November 16, 2016
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on If anyone’s still paying any attention – new blog
You may be interested in a new blog I’ve set up – partly to play with Medium, partly to order my own thoughts post-Brexit and post-Trump. Yes, it’s a bit political. And it may evolve into something else – because … Continue reading
December 11, 2015
by Nosemonkey
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Yesterday I returned from work to find an anti-EU leaflet on the doorstep. So you can imagine my surprise to find it was covered in an array of spurious bullshit. Let’s take a look, “point” by “point”: 1) EU cost. … Continue reading
June 18, 2012
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on The FP Twitterati 100 – including me, it seems…
I appear to have been listed among prestigious company in Foreign Policy magazine’s Twitterati Top 100. I’m rather flattered, it must be said – not least because Foreign Policy’s been rather good of late. In fact, I have a draft … Continue reading
June 7, 2012
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on My return to blogging: A mission statement
There’s infinitely more being written about the EU these days than when I started this blog 9+ years ago. Some of it is excellent, some of it interesting, some of it utterly fatuous. My aim with this blog has always … 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
December 3, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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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
October 16, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Some thoughts… Continue reading
September 3, 2010
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on 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 27, 2010
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on 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
May 20, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Details here. I’ve been named the UK finalist in the internet section for my June 2009 post on the percentage of UK laws that come from the EU (also published on Liberal Conspiracy and BlogActiv). From the announcement: “An article … Continue reading
March 22, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Insanely busy in the real world, is all. I even missed this place’s 7th birthday… If you want to find a bit more EU-related commentary in the meantime, your first port of call should be Bloggingportal.eu – a handy aggregator … Continue reading
January 31, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Forgot all about this, as the interview was originally conducted back in October, but it’s in the latest issue of Shift Mag, which focusses on Euroscepticism. Have a gander at the whole lot here or, below the fold, check out … Continue reading
September 7, 2009
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Apologies for absence…
All kinds of real-world excitement of late, including some very good news on the job front just this morning, has kept me off blogging for a bit. However, I’ve been informed that if anyone fancied leaving comments in support of … Continue reading
July 29, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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A new European blogging platform I’ve been helping to develop, aimed at raising the level of debate Continue reading