I volunteered to watch some of the commissioner confirmation hearings, and write them up. I started with McGrath, Commissioner Designate for democracy , justice, and the rule of law; to get a full picture of my notes, see also Digital market regulation in the EU elsewhere on this wiki. See also Democratising the EU, Democratic…
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The battle that set the next 200 years of history, a sea battle of the coast of Greece in 31 BC. Are there any games that allow it to be recreated. It is most famous as a naval battle, but there may have been a land engagement. Famously Anthony & Cleopatra ran away/strategically retreated.
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I had another go at a city builder game. I have stopped playing Rise of Empires, here are my notes and links for Forge of Empires. …
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Technically not the budget, but here are some links and notes … TBH, not as bad as I expected but like many others I ask if its enough.
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I went to Barcelona to see some of the Americas cup live. It’s been a while and so I needed to revise my knowledge of the rules of the road.
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For various reasons I had a look at alternative themes. I am currently using one called minnow, or on this wiki which I believe is no longer supported. In particular I find it frustrating that the social media menu does not display the platform icons, except for twitter. Otherwise I find it quite cool. I…
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I finally bit the bullet, here’s the manual, here’s the app location.
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Class Wargames decided to play W40K which set me thinking. About boardgames and DnD again. Boardgames The W40K stuff took me towards the Battle of Actium. I found two games on Board Game Geek, and added them to my collection. One has probably gone, the other, Trireme seems available on the market, although the rules…
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I was looking at a piece of project work, considering the next Commission of EU . It seems that either part of VdL’s manifesto for the 24/29 programme or her letters to Commissioner designates contains the sentence as follows, “We will build on the Conference on the Future of Europe to instil a true and…
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The Commonwealth of Britain bill [ wikipedia | parliament ] was raised at the Chartist Conference yesterday and oddly I was notified tody of a conference on his legacy for next year. I mentioned him and his decline into parliamentary cretinism in my review of Simon Hannah’s book. The wikipedia page lists the reforms, which…
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This is a notes page. I think the EU has instigated six infringement processes against the UK. Several, maybe the majority of these relate to the “Internal Market Bill”, and maybe the “Windsor Framework”. From memory I believe the Commission is also in dispute with HMG over the treatment of EU citizen’s resident in the…
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Starmer met Ursula Von Der Leyen in Brussels yesterday. It seems they couldn’t agree on what to say. Here are my notes and links …
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Euronews reports a split in the European left group in the new European Parliament, this is followed up by some further reporting. I have not yet finished my reading, but this does not seem particularly strategic or even political. The left beyond the Social Democrats was pretty spit anyway between an independent presence, the European…
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Here is my #lab 24 page. Conference is to be in Liverpool again.
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