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Some questions for David Cameron today

By Jon on November 4, 2009

It has been widely trailed that David Cameron is going to outline his new European policy today, after capitulating yesterday on the Treaty of Lisbon issue. The feral members of the Tory Party are baying for blood, so what is Cameron going to give them?
The most likely position that Cameron is going to propose to negotiate [...]

Posted in Euroblog | Tagged David Cameron, David Davis, European Union, Referendums, Renegotiation | 10 Responses

The joy of languages

By Jon on February 19, 2009

Today’s EUObserver has an article about how the European Commission is struggling to find enough English language mother tongue interpreters. As everyone in Brussels works in English, so the need for Brits and Irish to speak other European languages declines – or at least that’s the gist of the article. The scrapping of compulsory language learning to [...]

Posted in Belgian Life, EU Politics, Euroblog, Travel | Tagged European Union, Languages | 3 Responses

2009
- Atheist Bus - why did it work?
  Here are some slides I have put together explaining why the atheist bus campaign worked. Feel free
2008
- Paul Stinchcombe and the McCanns - two sides of the British media
  My visits to London give me a short, sharp dose of news in the UK - and what a dose over the last
2007
- Skiing in Ã…re, hence little blogging
  I'm away from everything for a week, skiing in Ã…re in JÃ¤mtland in norther Sweden. It's the
2006
- Polly Toynbee on Sweden again
  Polly Toynbee is on about Sweden again in her column in The Guardian today - read it here. The