Our official office Twitter account has attracted some attention from people who don’t like the EU. Fair enough. However, I’m not going to engage with this level of debate: @EUlondonrep I hate Barrosso! Who voted for the cunt? Answer:No one! How can we vote the cunt out? Answer: We can’t! EU = fascist state @EUlondonrepContinue reading “You can’t argue with these people”
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Social media for humanitarian change
I’m at an event today organised by the World Food Programme on Social media for humanitarian change. Some interesting speakers from the worlds of humanitarian assistance and social media. Hoping to hear about how people are using social media to affect change. If there’s anything exciting I will blog it, or you can also followContinue reading “Social media for humanitarian change”
The EU is not banning kids from blowing up balloons
Can I point out a few things? 1) The EU rules can regulate how things are put on the market, but not how they are used in the home. So they recommend supervision for use of balloons etc that children could choke on, but don’t ban children from using them. 2) 25000 British kids areContinue reading “The EU is not banning kids from blowing up balloons”
Our world in a week
These two latest haiku say it all about our anarchical weather. They were written in the space of a week! Picnic in the sun Among fallen leaves. How odd This October is. Leaving in the dark, Today starts while it’s still night: Winter’s on its way.
Off-topic: Well done Greenwich Council
It’s easy to take to Twitter or a blog when something is getting you down (you know who you are…Southeastern Rail) so I thought I would buck the trend by noting when something has gone right. I left my house yesterday morning (bin day in our street) to be confronted by clothes, shoes and bagsContinue reading “Off-topic: Well done Greenwich Council”
Blogguer dans une autre langue
Notre jour du blogging multilingue est là, et comme je suis encore une fois en voyage, j’ai invité mon collègue traducteur John d’écrire quelque-chose cette année. Voilà sa contribution, et vous trouverez aussi des autres contributions dans les commentaires des postes anterieurs. I ddathlu’r Diwrnod Ewropeaidd ar gyfer Ieithoedd, rydym yn gobeithio bydd pobol oContinue reading “Blogguer dans une autre langue”
Talking about Europe in the UK
Sat here at an event about the European Regional Development Fund in London, almost a month into the new job, and looking at my Twitter feed, it occurs to me that there are so many people in the UK who are working on letting people know about opportunities in Europe. Some are very local, someContinue reading “Talking about Europe in the UK”
Ageing across Europe
You may not know this, but 2012 will be the European Year of Active Ageing. The official title, in the way of these things, is European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations, which is not only clunky, but hits one of my syntactical bugbears, the difference between “between” and “among”. I think thereContinue reading “Ageing across Europe”
The intern experience
We sometimes have work experience interns working in the office here. I know there is a lot of talk about interns, but I think that the European Commission manages it quite well. Outside the graduate intern scheme, which is open to all and paid, we are allowed to take short-term unpaid interns. However, their timeContinue reading “The intern experience”
Heading out to the country
I spent several days last week out of the office, which is going to be the great bit about the new job (getting out there and meeting real people, that is, rather than not being in the office…!) I started in Durham, speaking at an event on Europe in My Region, hosted by the EuropeContinue reading “Heading out to the country”