February 23, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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If you haven’t been paying attention, left(ish) candidate Segolene Royal has spent much of the last few weeks making something of a tit of herself, with gaffes galore and all kinds of silly little errors that had piled up to … Continue reading
February 22, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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The Times’ Anatole Kaletsky’s normally worth reading, so check out his latest on Germany and the future of the EU – I’m too busy to have had a chance yet, myself. You could probably also do worse than check out … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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So, after nine months as Prime Minister of Italy, former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi (a bit of a political hero of mine if only thanks to his refusal to ever join a political party, despite holding two … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Something from me over at The Sharpener…
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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With Russia, like the US, in a two year electoral cycle (Parliamentary elections this year, Presidential next), I thought it was about time to beef up the Russia/CIS blogroll a bit, so have added a new section. Loads of good … Continue reading
February 19, 2007
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Step 1) Be the European Commission, already derided as a corrupt unelected bureaucracy with far too much power Step 2) Announce that you want to take over the world
February 18, 2007
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Bit of breaking news – a bomb’s gone off in a MacDonalds in St. Petersburg about an hour or so ago. Now I’m not much of a one for conspiracy theories, but this all sounds rather familiar… 1994 – Russian … Continue reading
February 16, 2007
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Busy again today, so have a gander at Siberian Light’s first in a planned series of interviews with Russia-focussed bloggers – this time with the entertainingly exasperation and rage-fuelled La Russophobe. Edit: Self-congratulation has now gone on request – apparently … Continue reading
February 14, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A fascinating article in the Guardian today (not something that I’ve found myself saying much in the last few years…) – if primarily due to a statistic: Of the European Parliament’s 785 MEPs – representing 492 million people from 27 … Continue reading
February 13, 2007
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Declaration of interest: I used to work as Sir Patrick’s researcher at the Commons. Though disagreeing with him on a number of aspects of policy (I’m not a Tory, after all), I both like and respect him as a person, … Continue reading
February 13, 2007
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OK, so what have I missed while I’ve been busy? The Centre For European Reform blog has been discussing the failure of the EU constitution and the need for a new kind of “pro-Europeanism”, in relation to that “Europe’s Story” … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
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And a slightly new look for the blog to boot – largely because a) the back-end code with the old template was a bit dodgy in places and b) I needed to work out how Wordpress works a bit more … Continue reading
February 7, 2007
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Sounds like an absolute mess, from its brief introduction just now. The somewhat surprising thing, however, is that in (Tory Shadow Leader of the House) Theresa May’s response to (Labour Leader of the House) Jack Straw’s introduction, I’m finding myself … Continue reading
February 7, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I was a bit annoyed last year when I ended up getting lumbered with one of the first of the new “e-passport” things. Not any more – I should have had more faith in our government’s ability to cock everything … Continue reading