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Questioning is not the same as scepticism
Nosemonkey has an excellent thought piece on the dishonesty in the EU debate . I've responded on his blog, but wanted a chance to write a bit more than is really acceptable when commenting on someone else's blog - I was pushing it as it was! The Nosemonkey piece was in response to the......Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-17 16:39:26 | Rating:

| Views: 70 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Europe EU European European Union questioning sceptic scepticism nosemonkey debate EP parliament

Testing our commitment to Voltaire...
Just heard on the radio that a newly elected member of the European Parliament has been heckled, shouted down and pelted with eggs during a press conference being held outside the palace of Westminster. the MEP has said that this is a "very sad day for British democracy". This......Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-09 14:08:19 | Rating:

| Views: 59 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Voltaire democracy representation proportional representation PR politics EU European politics protest protesters demonstration religion

Dealing with 5 new EU realities
So the new European Parliament is taking shape, and the stories of results night in the UK were as follows: - Labour third nationally at 16%; - BNP get two MEPs elected; - Greens biggest winners in SW and SE (2 MEPs on relatively low % of vote); - UKIP share of vote increases by less......Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-09 12:37:53 | Rating:

| Views: 30 | Comments: 0 | Tags: EU Europe European politics EP vote voting elections EP elections politics

'Political Shock' and making it better
Are we in for a democratic or political shock as a result of the recession? Professor Niall Ferguson is speaking on this idea tonight and trailed his ideas on Radio 4's Today programme. His ideas didn't actually seem too far from what I've posted......Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-02 17:43:34 | Rating:

| Views: 56 | Comments: 1 | Tags: politics policy guillotine legislation constituencies scandal expenses Lords reform scrutiny fixed term parliament recall written constitution proportional representation PR general elec

voting YES in a referendum
Short post this... Has anyone else noticed that the basic assumption behind calling for a referendum seems to be that there would inevitably be a "no" vote? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8078637.stm ...Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-02 12:49:23 | Rating:

| Views: 36 | Comments: 2 | Tags: EU Europe Lisbon Treaty referendum vote voting

When your child bites mine
My son is sitting happily in the rocking car thing at the playgroup, smiling and rocking. I'm glad - he's been a bit clingy this morning so it's nice to see him getting into playing. Your son decides he wants the car. He goes over and pushes my son, who ignores him. Your son......Read More

Posted on: 2009-06-02 08:24:13 | Rating:

| Views: 65 | Comments: 4 | Tags: family child children baby toddler tantrum bite biting argument telling off

Why voting matters even when the system is complic
,,, courtesy of the Green Party, and Nosemonkey;s site, worth sharing: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-26 14:07:12 | Rating:

| Views: 68 | Comments: 1 | Tags: EU Europe politics vote voting protest vote

European elections - what are we voting for?
I've been sort of avoiding blogging on the current Euroepan elections campaign. Basically the debate in the UK has been so far from a sensible discussion about how decisions are made in the EU (of which the UK is part and from which a substantial part of UK law is directly applicable), that it......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-26 13:56:11 | Rating:

| Views: 499 | Comments: 3 | Tags: EU Europe politics elections European elections EP elections vote voting why vote what's t about

Power without responsibility, in all senses
"Power without responsibility: the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages" Somehow this has become my phrase of the week... Power without responsibility I - politics If you're following the story in the news, you're probably aware that our MPs seem to be somewhat......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-15 19:11:44 | Rating:

| Views: 76 | Comments: 2 | Tags: politics MP parliament expenses MP expenses respect terry pratchett consequences power without responsibility responsibility press media

Back to Brussels...
So I'm just back from three days in Brussels. Things are different there, but somehow a bit the same. It's that end-of-regime time, the run up to the European Parliament elections and the change of Commission, that funny sort of time where there's deals to be made but......Read More

Posted on: 2009-05-06 17:16:59 | Rating:

| Views: 57 | Comments: 0 | Tags: life moving Belgium Brussels UK London home expat growing up 1000 Auderghem Terveuren

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