Some notes and links on regulating the media and election interference …
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About the Sahra Wagenknect Alliance
There is an election coming up in Germany, and both the Free Democrats and die Linke are polling at under 5%, which means they’re out. The BSW is seen as Left Populist, with a lot of focus being put on their position on immigration. This article i.e. mine, starts with a look at an interview…
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SDR 2024/25
There is to be another Strategic Defence Review, its being going for a while just showing that all new governments need one; and I am of the view that it is clear that the Tories left the Armed Forces in a very poor position. This was first made in Dec 14, and I made a…
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Fixing Brexit
There’s a lot of mucking around, but here are some links and notes on how Labour’s “Fix Brexit” is working. This page was made in Dec 2024;
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On Britain’s Aircraft Carriers
They don’t seem very reliable, and we have to ask, do we really need them. Some notes and links …
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EU Commissioner confirmation hearings
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 Budget 2024
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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The next Commission
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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Tony Benn and his legacy
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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Infringements of the Withdrawal Agreement
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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Sir Keir goes to Brussels
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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Duffield resigns the Labour Whip
Another split in the European Left?
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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Labour Conference 2024
Here is my #lab 24 page. Conference is to be in Liverpool again.
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European Conservatives and Reformists
I had some interest in the ECR after the European Parliament elections, as they became the third largest party, and so made this page. The group was jointly founded by the British Tories as they build their off-ramp to Brexit and left the EPP. The parliamentary group is constructed for each parliament; in the 10th…
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