I have today come across this excellent multi-author blog about demography – Demography Matters. For anyone that is concerned about the ageing populations in Europe, what to do about birth rates, family stuctures etc., this should be a worthwhile read. After having studied demography with Prof. David Coleman at Oxford […]
I’m sadly going to be away from London on 25th but I encourage any people reading this who will be in the London area to go along to the March for Free Expression. One of the organisers is the excellent National Secular Society. If you are concerned about the current […]
The USA is supposed to be a beacon to the world in terms of the openness of its economy, a dynamic country ready and prepared for globalisation. Oh, maybe not. Take one look at the reaction to the idea that Dubai Ports World may have taken control of 6 US […]
It’s taken a while for this site to see the light of day, but finally the new homepage for Swedish multi-party, left-of-centre, pro-European organisation Vänster för Europa is online. I did the organisation and implementation, and they will then keep it up to date. It’s a bit strange that I […]
I’m quite angry today as I am in that odd situation of knowing a lot more about a news story than is presented in the media coverage. The matter concerns beef. Yes, I am a vegetarian, but I have had the fun of discussing the beef ban with the French […]
I happened to see the last 15 minutes of a scary programme The New Fundamentalists on Channel 4 yesterday evening. An article from Channel 4’s website about the programme is here. The programme specifically focussed on 3 schools in the North East of England that have been created under the […]
I came across this excellent little quote via the National Secular Society: I would rather people went to their allotment on a Sunday than to church – it would do them and everybody else a lot more good. The quote relates to an interesting little story where the Church of […]
This map is the ClustrMap from today for this website – too see the latest one, click the small map at the bottom of any page. I have to say I am getting quite confused by the geographic balance of the visitors to this website… This blog is about EU […]
I normally dislike The Local, the only news service on the internet in English about Sweden. It tends to have a highly cynical, Daily Mail style take on Sweden and the social model – plenty of ex-pats who don’t like Systembolaget having a rant. However, this week they have really […]
So there it is in the picture: the Berlaymont building of the European Commission. Grand headquarters of the supranational executive, fledgling European government… Ah, well, seems I am dreaming in more ways than one. I spent all of yesterday afternoon at a seminar that was supposed to equip me with […]
The Party of European Socialists are running a decent online petition against human trafficking during the World Cup. They are urging EU member states, and specifically Barroso to lead the initiative, to do something to stop the problems with football fans’ vulgar need to buy women. So spent a few […]
We hear the phrase all the time “We need to bring Europe closer to its citizens” – or variations of it. I’ve had quite a guts full of those trite words in the last couple of days as I have been typing up the verbatim minutes of the Sound of […]
