This was my speech at the Grüne Bundesdelegiertenkongress yesterday in Leipzig. It was enough to get me more than 200 votes for position 14 on the list, and 299 votes for position 20. But not enough to get an electable position. Why? The structures of power in the party won […]
There was a fascinating piece in the FT yesterday by Alex Barker and Arthur Beesley entitled “How the Irish border backstop became Brexit’s defining issue“. “The backstop: How a ‘meaningless’ clause now risks derailing Brexit” by Edward Malnick in The Telegraph deserves a read too. But fascinating though those pieces […]
As explained in this blog post, I am seeking a place on the German Grüne European Parliament election list. The decision as to who makes it onto the list will be taken at a party conference on 10th November in Leipzig. This is my first campaign video, examining whether Germany […]
Brexit negotiations are heading towards their hardest phase. With less than 6 months to go, with no solution to the Irish Border problem in sight, and with Theresa May in a precarious position within her own party, the chances of actually getting a Withdrawal Agreement that is acceptable to both […]
Seeing this tweet heartened me a lot this morning: Tired, but excited on the way to London. WE STILL LOVE YOU 💖#PeoplesVoteMarch pic.twitter.com/JFJu7GlSSg — Terry Reintke (@TerryReintke) October 20, 2018 That’s the spirit! And Terry (on the left) is a German Green MEP, and Sibylle (on the right) is one […]
So there has been no progress on Brexit at the European Council that started last night and is carrying on today, and there will be no extra summit about Brexit mid-November either until Michel Barnier reports “decisive progress” in talks. I’d hoped it would not be so, and that a […]
A week from now leaders of the European Union’s 27+1 Member States will have sore heads after a long night. Friday 19th October will be the second day of the European Council at which the fate of the Brexit negotiations is to be decided. However hard it is, decide something […]
After having asked myself what libraries are for in my previous post, now the political bit – what can the EU do for libraries? Or what should it do? Ilona Kish from the Public Libraries 2020 programme in Brussels ran a workshop about funding opportunities for libraries here at Next […]
Straightforward honesty, clear ethics, transparency of motives and behaviour, and an ability to acknowledge when one is wrong, are personal values I personally hold dear, and they are – I would argue – values that the general public would like to also see from their politicians. The problem is, as […]
Today has been my first day at Next Library, a two day conference about libraries and their future that’s taking place at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek in Kreuzberg in Berlin. While I am super happy to be able to go to something that’s barely five minutes on foot from where I live, […]
It’s early September 2018. Officially Brexit – 29 March 2019 – is now just 199 days away. Lest we forget, the Withdrawal Agreement that is due to be agreed is supposed to deal with three issues – citizens rights, budgetary contributions, and the Irish border. There is something like an […]
Over the past week a fair few people have tweeted that it’s time for those on both sides of the Brexit debate to do more to respect the other side. Most of these comments come from the make-the-best-of-Brexit sort of people, many of them formerly soft Remain people who think […]
Here's @antoni_UK explaining why it is import the Government are held to account for #DeniedMyVote.
8 days to go and just under £14,000 to raise. Don't forget - if the 65K target is not reached, there is no legal challenge.
Support the case here:
https://t.co/MO5G3MQUK0 https://t.co/fXfykGs1ga
This is nuts. But it did have me laughing here, which was actually what I needed this morning!
Politico asked me to imagine Britain in 2029 after ten years under Boris Johnson and here it is. I'd say enjoy -
https://t.co/xjfIPdez9O
Exactly this.
So whatever happens the Leavers will scream "betrayal" - better to have done with it now and cross the floor now.
@jonworth In order to keep the power, he'll have to compromise. Then he'll be labeled "remainer/traitor" by ERG/brexiters.
Can't wait to see one of the biggest 2016 #Brexit campaigners being called a remainer. 🍿is ready!
