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Technocrat to head government of Czech Republic
Clearly I don't really know enough about Czech politics to make sense of this, but this looks like the new Czech Prime Minister will not be a politician but a civil servant - the head of the Czech equivalent of the Office of National Statistics. Any oe out there know a bit more about what this......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-07 08:36:08 | Rating:

| Views: 111 | Comments: 0 | Tags: EU European Union Europe elections politics coalition Czech Czech Republic

So much Atheism? It must be a slow news day!
Not just one but two - count them - two atheist news stories in the press today. The official representatives must really have got their confidence care of the bus campaign. Mine won't be the only Christian response, but as these were the stories that left my husband and I getting annoyed......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-08 19:26:20 | Rating:

| Views: 119 | Comments: 0 | Tags: religion faith christianity atheism hospitals secular health prayer chaplains debaptism baptism christening

Doctor Who geek in pilgrimage...
Woohoo! We've spent ages thinking about where to go for a romantic weekend away and have finally settled on... Cardiff! Wales is, in my experience, wet. Most of the time. Rhod Gilbert - a rather fantastic out of breath stand up comic - plays on his welshness saying "I was......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-13 17:37:39 | Rating:

| Views: 121 | Comments: 0 | Tags: TV television Cardiff tourism Wales Doctor Who Torchwood hotel holiday vacation

Useless European Parliament Committees?
There's a row going on at Westminster at the moment because the Prime Minister seems to be proposing that MPs second home allowance and other allowances that are getting much press coverage at the moment should be removed and replaced with a flat rate daily allowance for attendance at the House......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-23 18:08:34 | Rating:

| Views: 191 | Comments: 0 | Tags: EU Europe politics committee legislative legislation legislature executive judiciary power useless politicians rapporteur european parliament

Who exactly are the EU blogging geeks talking to?
And in effect, how do you get to be one? EU blogger Julien Frisch has written an excellent post on the self-referential nature of the EU blogosphere, that many of the bloggers are starting to get to know each other in real life as well as talking to each other online and the fact that its......Read More

Posted on: 2009-04-23 18:26:16 | Rating:

| Views: 302 | Comments: 1 | Tags: EU Europe EU blogging blog blogging blogosphere geek EU geek EU geekery constitutional geekery

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