May 26, 2012
by Nosemonkey
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Oh God… Two minutes in, and it’s the campest thing I’ve seen all year. This is going to be excellent… Three minutes in, it’s not exactly a *European* opening, is it? Rather Middle Eastern, I’d have said. Four minutes in, … Continue reading
May 26, 2012
by Nosemonkey
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Trying out asides from my mobile. Full-on high-tech, me…
If this works, the likelihood of typos on here increases significantly – but so does the likelihood of miniature musings on the move…
May 26, 2012
by Nosemonkey
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So, it’s been a while… But now I’m seriously pondering a bit more blogging action on this place. Good old Jon Worth has got the back end up to date for me, and I’ve just installed a new theme to … Continue reading
January 5, 2012
by Nosemonkey
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Site’s still screwed (some kind of issue in the database, by the look of things – a legacy of this place having been around too long), but thought I’d try and cobble something together, what with 2011 – with just … Continue reading
December 29, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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The dangers of having a blog approaching its 9th birthday – there’s lots of stuff going on in the back end, and things seem to have broken with the latest Wordpress upgrade. Hence reversion to a more simple theme than … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Ahead of today’s Commons vote on a possible EU referendum, some basic points that many are overlooking (originally posted as a comment over at Jon Worth’s place): Referenda have a decidedly unclear position within the UK constitution. The people are … Continue reading
October 9, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Just insanely busy in the real world. For ongoing EU / eurozone crisis comment (etc.) from me, your best bet is to follow me on Twitter. That said, this post’s original, short title (“Not dead, honest”) could refer to the … Continue reading
July 2, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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The way the (pro-EU) Guardian portrays it, he might well be with his speech as Poland took over the rotating EU presidency* yesterday: Assuming the rotating presidency of the EU for the first time, Donald Tusk rounded on the leaders … Continue reading
June 21, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Random thoughts – because, let’s face it, no one knows what’s going to happen and most economic predictions over the last few years have proven utterly mistaken. To note: I’ve always been euro-sceptic. Yes, that was deliberately hyphenated: I’ve never … Continue reading
May 27, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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“Let’s leave the EU and join the EEA or EFTA – Norway and Switzerland are doing fine without EU membership!” It’s a perennial argument of a surprisingly large number of anti-EU types, and I’ve been meaning to do a proper … Continue reading
May 25, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Alerted by a rather simplistic, often factually inaccurate article over on Liberal Conspiracy, I’ve ended up checking out the new British campaign for a referendum on continued British membership of the EU, The People’s Pledge. More to the point, I’ve … Continue reading
May 8, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Forgive me, father, for I have sinned – it has been pretty much three months since my last post. This is the longest I’ve gone without updating this place since mid-2004. Why? Mostly the real world – I’ve just got … Continue reading
February 1, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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Just found an interesting response to my UK-EU trade post from a couple of months back, from what is a new blog to me, Brittopic. It’s worth reading in full to see a few objections and some issues raised – … Continue reading
January 15, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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I won it last year – there’s no reason why (if you have a blog on EU affairs) you couldn’t win it this year. From the press release: The European Parliament Prize for Journalism will be awarded for the fourth … Continue reading