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It’s not a generational issue, it’s more important than that

By Jon on July 9, 2009

There has been a bit of debate on Twitter this morning between @eurosocialiste and @boriswandoren about the ongoing behaviour of politicians in the European Parliament, specifically with regard to the behaviour of the socialists who have caved in and agreed with the EPP to carve up the positions in the EP between them (see Jean [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged European Parliament, Generations, Martin Schulz, PASD, S&D Group, Twitter | 11 Responses

Schizophrenic socialists and poker playing conservatives

By Jon on June 26, 2009

Change or die is the message to the PES from Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on Labourlist today, and he has this to say about the EP:
We now face the least progressive European Parliament in its history, with a far more eurosceptic and nationalist right-wing than ever before. Moreover, we also risk seeing a more assertive right-wing European Commission
But [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged EPP, European Parliament, Joseph Daul, Marton Schulz, PASD, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 1 Response

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