An interesting post speculating on the potential future expansion of the EU that I’d missed over at The Yorkshire Ranter, which follows on from the Washinton post article I quoted from the other day, and which was picked up fairly … Continue reading →

Interesting tidbit via Eurosavant – the UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, an Algerian, has apparently told a Dutch newspaper that (speaking in a personal, not professional capacity), thanks to the current chaos on the ground in Iraq, there … Continue reading →

So, the wording has been set, and unlike the 1975 Referendum is not a blatant attempt to distort the results. You’d think the anti-EU lot would be happy. But no. EU Referendum put up a post last night about British … Continue reading →

Toby at Straight Banana continues his quest to disprove Euromyths. If pro-Europeans really have to go into this much detail each time, we could be in trouble. There are hundreds of these things, and some of them are truly barking. … Continue reading →

Bloody hell. Someone’s been busy… This is one of the longest lists of political blogs I’ve seen, and seems to be getting updated fairly regularly. It’s even got a bit of indication as to what they’re about (in some cases … Continue reading →

Yep, the results for the Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards 2004 are out, and Europhobia just missed out on a prize. Bugger. Thanks to everyone who voted nonetheless – there’s always next year, I suppose. Oh, and if anyone wants … Continue reading →

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I’d missed this, so hat tip to The Periscope for spotting it. “As I started to turn round a guy tipped a bucket of farmyard muck over me and then threw the rest … Continue reading →

Hat tip for this to Elusive, the chappie who helped me work out the site redesign. For anyone following my desperate efforts to keep up with the latest developments in Ukraine a couple of weeks back (updates every five minutes, … Continue reading →

Sorry, this was too good not to mention. Via Anthony Wells comes the news that Oliver Stone is planning a biopic of Maggie Thatcher. Genius! Stone apparently said “Margaret Thatcher is an amazing woman and a good subject for a … Continue reading →

I’ve had a fiddle with the site, as you’ve probably noticed. Hopefully in-site navigation is a bit easier, and links to various other places are also more obvious. Thanks to a chap who goes by the name of Elusive, from … Continue reading →

A couple of nice profiles in the Sunday Times today which make interesting reading. One of Condoleeza Rice, riding high as the new US Secretary of State, and another of the Dutch Muslim politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, currently in hiding … Continue reading →

Well well well… Of course, it’s not going to get anywhere, but still – it’s the first time in nearly two centuries that an impeachment motion has made it to the Commons order paper, so this may prove to be … Continue reading →

Remember the outrage with Ken Bigley’s death? Noticed the lack of the same over Margaret Hassan? The former a guy who went to Iraq for a quick buck, fully aware of the dangers, the latter an aid worker who spent … Continue reading →

This is genius. How better to revive the reputation of the European Commission in the eyes of a sceptical public than fashion a statue of the new Commission President out of Lego? “To mark the many changes in Europe in … Continue reading →