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Anthony Zacharzewski

Anthony Zacharzewski

Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding. President of Demsoc.org but posts here are personal.

📍 Brussels

Match of Tomorrow

The run in of the football season, and the game to watch tomorrow will be Carlisle United vs. Exeter City. Exeter need to win to have any chance of making the playoffs, but also need two of the three teams above them to fail to win. It might just happen.

Immigrants out

Lynton Crosby, the anti-immigrant’s immigrant is not popular in New Zealand.

PowerInquiry.blog

The Power Inquiry also has a blog.

The Power and the Glory

Well, the Power Inquiry was just as interesting as I thought it would be. I’m still ploughing through all the meaty goodness at the site, but two research papers are well worth a read. This paper discusses the picture of disillusionment with party politics in the UK, while this

Lookalike

My son (2 years 9 months) pointed to a copy of the Economist today, and said “It’s PC Plum”. In fact, it was King Gyanendra of Nepal in military uniform, but close enough: Gyanendra: Plum: Thanks to The Acorn for the picture link.

Fabians and democracy

The Fabian Society have been thinking about democracy. Meg Russell, from UCL’s Constitution Unit, has written a well-received pamphlet called Must Politics Always Disappoint? (review to follow). They have also devoted six pages of their Spring Review to a series of ‘postcards from the future’ (ack!) – really a series

Immigration

Claude Moraes – a Labour MEP in the SouthEast – has written a briefing on migration, exploding the common myths about our being swamped. It’s on his web site.

Drivers breaking the law get fined shock

A speed trap near Falmer, well-marked and in a clearly visible location has taken £750,000 in a year. Naturally, Volks^H^H^H^H^Hthe Daily Express is outraged. Oddly, in a similar vein, the RAC complain that speed cameras are only effective in their immediate area. Well, indeed,

Google Maps - WOW

Live pope-making on Metafilter

MeFi’s almost-live record of the papal election.