Dear Reader, If you are a regular you will know that I have made a lot of changes to my blog this year. My switch from blogger to wordpress has allowed me to add a lot more information. Thank you to my friendly critic Martin Meenagh for spotting that I had lost a couple of posts [...]
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06:34 Are the Brits really so insecure that we need media programmes on ‘Britishness’? R4 seems to think so # 08:37 Voting in Industry + Energy Cttee on 10 Energy Reports – security +supply, cross border transmission, co-operation + energy efficiency # 14:32 Long day in Committees. Since I am on Women’s Committee plus Industry [...]
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I gave this speech in the European Parliament last week: “I am very pleased indeed to have this opportunity to discuss this debate. It is only unfortunate that we are doing it on a Thursday afternoon when it is not quite as well attended as perhaps it should be. “I do think this is an [...]
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With the Easter Holidays coming up fast, I thought I’d give all travellers and their families some important information about European Health Insurance Cards and the need to make sure they are still valid. Obviously I hope that readers don’t need to get emergency healthcare when on holiday in Europe. But if emergency treatment is [...]
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I like this fresh clean site from the Camden Town with Primrose Hill Labour team. It is the sort of web presence that all councillors and candidates should be looking to have. An instant running report on the work that they are doing, and a chance to show the campaigning and representational work. With free software [...]
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07:29 Back from Strasbourg yesterday and hear on Today that crabs feel pain. French chefs look out # 08:37 Succession to throne not most important issue, but welcome new anti-discrimination proposals # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
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Dear Ms. Hale, I write this open letter to you further to your e-mails of the 12th and 16th of March, which threaten me with a groundless criminal prosecution for talking about the sexual harassment that Rosemarie Corscadden suffered at the hands of the tormentors at Crédit Agricole. I have not received any further correspondence [...]
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Dr. Caroline Jackson MEP In politics, you often have personal friendships across the Party divide. Perhaps because she is the only Conservative woman MEP I have always got on well with Caroline Jackson MEP. She is a hard worker and her dedication on Environmental matters particularly has been acknowledged across the European parliament. I have [...]
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I see the Daily Mail has picked up HERE that managers at equity broker Cheuvreux, part of the Crédit Agricole financial group, will get huge bonuses this year despite receiving a French government bail out of more than £2.5m. What is worse is that a number of individuals who have been accused of sexually harassing women [...]
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20:44 Lights on canal very atmospheric as I look out of my office window # 08:37 Primary education to enter the real world – thumbs up to Twitter and blogs # 12:44 Martin Schulz PSE leader condemns fascist le Pen for calling holocaust a detail of history # 19:28 Remember to check your European Health [...]
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