Following this week’s first reading of the European Union Bill, designed to protect British sovereignty, a look at just what this means in the context of the British constitution Continue reading
January 13, 2011
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December 31, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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The EU in the UK media: Event videos
Sorry – no time to write up yet, so beneath the fold are the videos of the event I spoke at earlier this month, looking at how the EU is portrayed in the British media and blogs. The first panel … Continue reading
December 3, 2010
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Nosemonkey speaks: The EU in the UK media (and blogs)
As long-time readers will know, one of this blog’s lasting obsessions is the portrayal of the EU in the British media. Hell, the rampant bias and distortions (from both the pro- and the anti- camps) were pretty much what got … Continue reading
November 7, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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UK trade, the EU, and the Rotterdam Effect
As many of you know, I spend far too much of my (increasingly limited) spare time arguing with eurosceptics on the internet. Some are professional eurosceptics (recent discussions have included ones with Declan Ganley, founder of anti-Lisbon Treaty party Libertas, … Continue reading
October 16, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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So, I’ve won the internet category of the European Parliament Prize for Journalism
Some thoughts… Continue reading
September 15, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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France, the Roma, and the Divine Right of States
In the 17th century, Britain fought a civil war over the principle that no one – not even the King – should be above the law. This conflict resulted in the destruction of the concept of divine right in Britain … Continue reading
September 3, 2010
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We are experiencing technical difficulties
I’m currently being migrated to a new server / hosting company, and upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress at the same time – it appears that this is causing a few issues along the way. Apparently the RSS feed … Continue reading
August 28, 2010
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Starting an EU reading list
The first in what I hope will become a new series in which I’ll start compiling an EU reading list Continue reading
August 27, 2010
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Not dead – just tweeting
Horrifically busy in the real world, hence the longest break in blogging on this site in more than six years. I am, however, still commenting away about the EU (among other things) in 140 characters or less on Twitter on … Continue reading
July 2, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Best anti-EU comment ever?
More egg nonsense, I’m afraid, but this was too good not to share. From the comments to inexplicably popular UK political blogger Iain Dale’s “you couldn’t make it up” post about the made-up story about the EU banning the selling … Continue reading
July 1, 2010
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The Food Standards Agency responds over their EU banning selling eggs by number quote
Following the nonsense over the EU banning selling eggs by number, many have seized on the anonymous Food Standards Agency spokeswoman quoted by the Mail on Sunday as saying “This proposal would disallow selling by numbers. Retailers would not be … Continue reading
July 1, 2010
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Britain’s new foreign policy approach
As regular readers of this blog will know, my single biggest worry about the Conservative party taking office in the UK was the prospect of arch-eurosceptic William Hague taking over the Foreign Office (the man who, as leader of the … Continue reading
June 29, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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You COULD make it up: On abolishing eggs by the dozen
So, the EU is apparently planning to make it illegal to sell eggs by the dozen… “Utter madness!”, you cry. “How could anyone possibly be so stupid?” Continue reading
June 24, 2010
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On increasing the number of MEPs
The European Parliament is getting bigger – 18 new MEPs joining (thanks to the Lisbon Treaty), taking the total to 754. Cue the predictable outrage from the usual suspects about the “cost” of these new MEPs, rent-a-quote eurosceptic think tank … Continue reading