May 25, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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The really short version? It’s utterly rubbish. But this is how it works, courtesy of a short film by the Green Party: Note: This is not an endorsement of the Green Party. But their logic for preventing BNP leader Nick … Continue reading
May 22, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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This has been on various UKIP election leaflets, so it’s evidently a claim they’re proud of – but does it stand up? Simple maths tells us that Britain paying £40 million a day to the EU would mean an annual … Continue reading
May 12, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Alternate post title: Westminster MPs: Not as corrupt as UKIP MEPs… Continue reading
April 23, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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And so time for the annual reminder of why St George is the ideal symbol for Britain’s European legacy.
February 12, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Via the Convention on Modern Liberty‘s Twitter feed and following yesterday’s post on German concerns about the EU being used as a democratic bypass comes news of a worrying development for the freedom of every EU citizen: People may be … Continue reading
February 5, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Interesting analysis from European Voice today: Some members of the European Monetary Union (EMU) – Ireland and Greece obviously, and Italy, too – are discovering that what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjudges a global recession is cruelly exposing their … Continue reading
January 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Six months to go, and the first poll of UK voting intentions appears. Much of interest. Continue reading
November 12, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Remember him? Silver-haired former daytime TV presenter (forced to quit over racist comments) turned ranting political fanatic who was so loopy even UKIP didn’t want him – so bonkers, in fact, that even the anti-EU party he founded himself, Veritas, … Continue reading
October 29, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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20 years after Maggie Thatcher’s notorious Bruges speech, time for another look… Continue reading
October 3, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Here she is – Baroness Ashton. Never heard of her? Neither’s pretty much anyone else. I think that’s part of the point. Continue reading
September 22, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Absolutely hilarious (via): “Of 40 people questioned, none could put names to photographs of all 23 Cabinet ministers. Only one managed to recognise more than half of them… A total of seven ministers – nearly a third of the Cabinet … Continue reading
August 20, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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There’s a rather good look at blogland’s attempts to cover strange going ons in faraway lands of which they know little from the chap behind tip-top Central Asia blog Registan, which is well worth reading in full: “Elite bloggers often … Continue reading
August 18, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Yesterday’s Observer was on really rather good form, with a decent long article amply demonstrating the human cost – easy to forget when trying to work out the wider geopolitical remifications: “They sifted out villagers with Georgian surnames, immediately executing … Continue reading
August 6, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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So then, nutty eurosceptic types who blamed the so-called Metric Martyrs‘ persecution on the EU (rather than, erm… a combination of a pre-EEC British decision to simplify measurements and their own obstinacy in not maintaining legal scales) – what’s the … Continue reading