Jon Worth's Euroblog

08.03.2006 UK Politics

Reporting of worse quality than the beef?

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

07.03.2006 UK Politics

Scary schools

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

03.03.2006 UK Politics

Defending allotments from God

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

03.03.2006 Technology

Blog geography

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

03.03.2006 EU Politics

Supporting the Tre Kronor

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

03.03.2006 EU Politics

Not a hope of working for the European Commission

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

02.03.2006 EU Politics

Petition against trafficking women for the World Cup

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