Category Archives: european union

Green Party email spam, EU email good!

It would seem that a number of people continue to be outraged by getting an unsolicited email from the Greens. But was it really the method that outraged them or was it the messenger? Now I’m pretty self evidently not … Continue reading

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Who has been telling porkies

I am half expecting an outbreak of cannibalism within a week if rumours spread that human flesh is the closest thing to the taste of pig meat. And was it really necessary to destroy all pork meat? Sure I can … Continue reading

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Where Mary Lou McDonald gets it wrong on Lisbon.

In an article in the Irish Times, SF’s MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald makes the case that the Lisbon referendum must not be rerun but that the Treaty must be renegotiated. The thing is she then goes on to … Continue reading

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Lisbon:Lisboa – holding my nose and voting…

It’s not a bad treaty, it’s also not a very good treaty. I don’t hate it, I don’t much love it either. Yet I’ve got to have an opinion on it and I’ve got to vote. So what to do, … Continue reading

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