*sigh* a few days out of the office having a blast at the samba festival and I get back to find the office is euromyth central. For the general information of the world out there – we are not banning the acre, we are just not extending the use of a derogation that the UKContinue reading “It’s raining Euromyths”
Tag Archives: Watch this Space
Feeling calmer now
I didn’t post yesterday because I was having a ‘mare of a day dealing with various administrative things in Brussels and here and the entry would have been one long rant. And no-one wants that, do they! But I met a friend after work and went to Watch this Space and that went a longContinue reading “Feeling calmer now”
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”
First the cucumbers, now the kiwis
[Sigh] One step forward, two steps back… The redtops are full of a story today about a market trader who is being fined for his kiwis being 1mm smaller than the rules for grade 2 kiwis allow. Of course “Brussels bureaucrats” are getting the blame. Now, there are a number of things here: 1) We doContinue reading “First the cucumbers, now the kiwis”
What it’s all about
Today has been a little microcosm of what this job is going to be about. We started out with two “bonkers Brussels” stories, neither of which were correctly reported. Firstly was the one about “Brussels” (I love the way they say that) has banned dogs from the kitchen of good old British B&Bs. The TimesContinue reading “What it’s all about”