Yaaaaaay! Vacant US Supreme Court seat! A fiver on it going to someone who’s anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, pro-gun and pro-war. (More here
July 1, 2005
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July 1, 2005
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Federalism and the US
Federalism – lessons from American history (likely to appeal to you Eurosceptics out there): first States, Countries and Nations from The Sierra Times, then The States’ Rights Tradition Nobody Knows from LewRockwell.com.
July 1, 2005
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The US media and Iraq
The Village Voice – Psst! There’s a War Going On – a fairly biting attack on the US media’s coverage of Iraq and stuff. Its link to the Salon article War? What war? is also worth a look for a … Continue reading
July 1, 2005
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“EU glory”
The BBC – A six-month charge for EU glory – good overview of the problems to be faced – and a few other distractions I’d forgotten about: “In [the] final part of the year, when the main Council decisions are … Continue reading
July 1, 2005
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45 years of ambivalence
Le Monde – The United Kingdom and the building of Europe: 45 years of ambivalence – a nicely critical timeline (in French), along with one of those all too common terrifying pictures of Thatcher…
July 1, 2005
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Licence to protest
The Government’s love for liberty knows no bounds. In addition to the wholly unnecesary extravagence of id cards, Charles Clarke has now decided that those wishing to protest near the seat of government (ie where it has the only chance … Continue reading
July 1, 2005
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President Blair
You can just picture the smug grin on his face first thing this morning as Cherie rolls over in bed with a sultry “Good morning, Mr President”, can’t you? (Excuse me a moment while I go and scrum myself down … Continue reading
June 29, 2005
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German ID
In Actual Fact on the practical side of ID cards: “What was surprising yesterday was that four people, in Bundesgrenzschutz uniform got on the train at Colmar in France and during the 10km journey to Saarbr�cken in Germany, went through … Continue reading
June 18, 2005
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Is there a crisis? Not yet, there ain’t…
Le Monde seems to think there’s one already and – perhaps unsurprisingly – thinks it’s all Tony’s fault. The New York Times seems to be rather more anti-Chirac. From that NYT article, Luxembourg’s somewhat hysterical Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker once … Continue reading
June 6, 2005
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EU Pick ‘n’ Mix
Switzerland, eh? Never could quite work out their insistence on holding referenda on everything under the sun, but they’ve got it nicely right this time. Not only have they demonstrated happily that they’re one of the least homophobic countries in … Continue reading
May 31, 2005
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Blair has waited and Blair has seen
Well, that didn’t take long… The Guardian: Europe’s shattered dream: Blair to challenge Chirac Amid surprise that Paris and Berlin appear determined to press ahead with the ratification process after a 55% no vote, Mr Chirac will be asked in … Continue reading
May 24, 2005
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The French referendum debate
The French press, unsurprisingly considering their hard-fought referendum is due at the end of the week, has been analysing the EU like never before, with major newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro devoting reams of copy to dissecting that damned … Continue reading
April 20, 2005
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Bye bye Berlusconi
So, farewell, then Dodgiest democratically-elected dude And longest-serving Italian premier for decades. You followed Bush Like a loyal pup, But your corruption And control of Italy’s media, Plus your arrogance And self-pardoning ways, Makes me glad you’re gone, Albeit only … Continue reading
April 15, 2005
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New EU blog and thoughts on the French referendum
I hadn’t spotted EU Rota before, and it seems to be literate, which makes a nice change. It has a couple of interesting posts on the French constitutional referendum, especially here, which makes some points I’ve been pondering: Regardless of … Continue reading