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I think I have some sort of political depression

By Jon on February 24, 2010

I have a problem. A serious problem. I’m beset by some kind of political depression.
It’s not because I fear the result of the UK’s forthcoming general election – even if Labour wins there will be scant optimism. The battle is about who cuts what, when – aside from occasional forays into whether Brown is a bully or whether Cameron u-turns [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged 2010 General Election, David Cameron, Depression, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg | 5 Responses

If you want to be a Eurocrat you have to be an arch-federalist – FT just uses the same old broken frames

By Jon on February 4, 2010

It’s good to see that the story that the UK government is cutting funding for the College of Europe is starting to be seen more widely – today’s FT has a story entitled “Funding cut for places at Eurocrat college“. I first wrote about the issue on Friday last week – maybe the FT Brussels people do keep an [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged Bruges, College of Europe, Eurocrats, Federalism, Financial Times, Nick Clegg | 2 Responses

2009
- How to really annoy a conference speaker - ThirdSector conference
  I've just finished making a presentation at a conference in London entitled "Cost-Effective
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
- Maryam Yazdanfar - you need more than Thatcher and the Queen
  Dailymotion blogged video The next in the series of videos from the SAP Congress - Maryam
2006
- Polly Toynbee on Sweden again
  Polly Toynbee is on about Sweden again in her column in The Guardian today - read it here. The