An extremely interesting piece by Paul Mason of Newsnight was brought to my attention yesterday, looking at the future of the tabloids as on-line media gain ground. I believe that in this job I need to be looking at the media in its entirety and not just the traditional press, whether broadsheet or tabloid. People getContinue reading “The role of on-line media”
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
According to the Open europe blog, I am “extremely chirpy” – does this count as them saying something positive about Europe? They also say I use too many exclamation marks – a fact of which I am well aware (I also use too many hyphens and brackets as well). Still, nice to know someone’s reading!Continue reading “Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep”
Totally starstruck
Back in the office after the trip to Liverpool. And what a trip it was! I got up there on time to make sure the cars were there, before the President and his entourage arrived. We drove to Liverpool and once we had all checked in and put our stuff in our rooms, a fewContinue reading “Totally starstruck”
Your right to get treatment in another EU country
A crazy day today, with the announcement about the proposal to clarify an individual’s rights to get healthcare in another country. We came in this morning to find it was front page of the Daily Mail – positive EU coverage on the front page of the Mail!! An expert in the issue had come overContinue reading “Your right to get treatment in another EU country”
Pif Paf Pof
It’s in the Scottish papers today that Alyn Smith MEP is starting a campaign for Scotland to have its own entry to the Eurovision song contest. There’s quite a lot to be said for that (ie it might have a chance of doing well!). But actually the first year’s entry is already written – don’tContinue reading “Pif Paf Pof”
Happy birthday booze cruise
Today is the 40th birthday of the Customs Union. One of the things I find when you talk to people about the EU is that some of the benefits have been around for so long that people take them for granted and only look at the immediate (true of anything I suppose). But without theContinue reading “Happy birthday booze cruise”