What an exhausting, confusing, chaotic, exciting, unexpected, depressing, remarkable weekend. For the last several weeks, EU leaders have been struggling to get ahead of the story. Instead of leading, they have been reacting to events in the financial markets (and reacting slowly). Every time they thought they had put enough money on the table to…
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UK Bureaucrats Cosy up to Tories
It’s a miserable day in Trento today. It’s cold, raining and the skies are overcast. But I’m still smiling, because the wife’s back with me in Italy after doing research for a couple of months at the University of Bath. David Cameron is also no doubt smiling today, because his party has possibly just dodged…
UK #LeadersDebate
The UK leaders debate last night was great TV. I had my laptop set up with a live stream from the BBC, a couple of weissbiers and snacks in front of me, and I was settled down to a night of entertainment. Next to the video, I had my Twitter stream providing running commentary (I…