The Democratic Society

Always good to catch up with @firetail

5 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@tom_watson Carmelitas on c. Doctor Dou (http://www.carmelitas.biz/) - lovely lovely staff and good catalan food/drink

yesterday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

At #thersa talking about local government and planning for next year.

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The Taxpayers Alliance have a cinema ad calling for EU withdrawal - @leftfootfwd takes issue with the claims in it - http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009...

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@davebriggs planning for next year = working how to get enough funding for @demsoc that I don't starve, so interesting in more ways than 1!

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Noted: Failed AP factcheck on Palin http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog...

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Noted: Dull, imperfect, but let's all cheer Van Rompuy's victory http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment...

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RT @Nosemonkey: Ah, it turns out it wasn't a bad dream. The EU's supposed top jobs really have gone to a couple of nobodies. *sigh*

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Next Left: But what does Europe want to do in the world? http://www.nextleft.org/2009... (via @thefabians)

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@Documentally boringly?

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Charlemagne: EU appointments are lowest common denominator, show EU has no intention of talking to the world - http://www.economist.com/blogs...

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@chrisgarrett Like there is good GDP (revenue from inventive business) and bad GDP (buying more petrol because traffic congestion is bad)

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@DarenBBC But I thought the pictures came from TF1

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@AnneFairweather Yes, my wife's family is Belgian, so I know what you mean.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@SubtleBlade Probably some obscure UEFA contract drawn in blood on a goat skin. Single market, eh?

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

RT @iaindale: Blogpost: Chairman of Standards Committee Forced to Stand Down http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2009... < extraordinary story behind it

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@AnneFairweather If you doubt it, look for tomorrow's headlines about how we are now ruled by a Belgian. That's what people believe, alas.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@AnneFairweather Well, she will be a vice-President of the Commission and run the unified External Relations - that's pretty chunky.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Cathy Ashton? I do not get it. At least van Rompuy's been PM - Ashton's never even run a Gvt department, let alone been Foreign Sec.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton get top EU jobs, according to various sources - http://julienfrisch.blogspot.com/2009...

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Preparing to spend the next 72 hours enraged by the stupid, petty, sneering xenophobia of the UK media.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Wishing I was at #pdfeurope with everyone else.

Thursday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Democratic, decentralised and difficult - http://www.demsoc.org/blog...

Thursday from The Democratic Society Blog - Comment - Like - Share

@wethink Definitely better than the other way round.

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

The EU top jobs race turns nasty http://www.economist.com/blogs...

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Telegraph reporting 6 parliamentarians, including leader of Essex CC who sits in Lords, face exes fraud charges - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Brighton's Tory open primary won by @charlottev (Charlotte Vere)

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@AndyArgus Oh, I see her. I thought you meant Andrew Wealls. Surprised Digby is out so soon

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

@AndyArgus Mary Weale?

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Damn. My WP installation for the blog has been compromised by spammers. Reinstalling now but the blog will be unavailable for a while.

Wednesday from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share