Via Ken at EU Realist, let’s help some poor PhD student, shall we? Spirit of altruism and all that. Go here and follow the instructions – it’s a survey to check public perception of “the EU�s public diplomacy strategy online … Continue reading →

German elections: If you don’t know what the hell’s going on (which is most people, German or otherwise), you could do a lot worse than this round-up by Alex. Missed it yesterday – good stuff.

This – largely my take on the whole shoot to kill fiasco, with only minor quibbles, differences in interpretation and/or additions. It’s hard to summon up the will to write about it any more, it’s just so obviously been so … Continue reading →

Let’s hope so, eh? Today the wonderful data retention and electronic surveillance proposals put forward by our delightful government are being tabled by the European Commission amid EU-wide differences of opinion over their legality and effectiveness. Blair’s lovely plan, for … Continue reading →

Hmmm… Booze, you say? Free, you say? On the BBC, you say? If you’re a London-based blogger, it may be worth checking out. I shall reserve commitment for the time being, as I can’t remember if I’m meant to be … Continue reading →

It would appear (via la Worstall) that those of you who contributed to my London bombs beer fund a couple of months back in preference to Ken Livingstone’s official Red Cross one made the right choice. Am I seriously more … Continue reading →

This BiasedBBC cross-post actually makes some very valid points. I may have to re-assess my opinion of Auntie.

Look, sorry – I know everyone seems to expect that I’m a wishy-washy pinko liberal peacenik and stuff, but there’s only one way to describe this story – this is fucking cool! That’s what war should be all about – … Continue reading →

The Beeb, as ever, has a load of good info, including the wonderful bit “Mr Schroeder said he could not understand how the CDU ‘stakes a claim to political leadership from a disastrous election result’” – because, erm… they beat … Continue reading →

Well, well, well. Down to the wire, no obvious majority, and suggestions even appearing that Schr�der and Merkel should team up and form a coalition – much like Labour teaming up with the Tories. Yet both wannabe Chancellors have claimed … Continue reading →

Piss off, Murdoch. Oh, and the latest Britblog Roundup is up. Go, read and stuff.

Note to anyone who cares (so that’d be no one, then) – the archives by topic are now slighly more navigable, having been divided by date. However, as they’re updated manually and I haven’t had the inclination recently, they’re a … Continue reading →

By way of the lovely KathyF (who may or may not actually be lovely in the real world – I refuse to take responsibility for said description having never met her, she could be a vicious psychopathic terrorist for all … Continue reading →

Yep – our government does seem to think we’re that stupid. Or at least that enough of us are that stupid to make the old misdirection trick worth trying. Yesterday, Charles Clarke launched his new Terrorism Bill, packed full of … Continue reading →