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Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate
Written by Jonathan Fryer on 10th November 2008 – 2:50 pmMonday
Each autumn, I’m invited by Public Affairs International to give a briefing in London to foreign civil servants about relations between British political parties, the public and the media. A majority of the participants this afternoon are from Qatar and the UAE, which is an interesting reflection of current global realities. As their government ministers [...]
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Opinion: Fighting the Euro-elections on European Issues
Written by Jonathan Fryer on 22nd October 2008 – 7:45 amLogically, the European elections – due to take place on 4 June next year – should be about European issues. But in Britain, at least, they never have been. Shamefully, even the Liberal Democrats, as the only consistently pro-European party in this country, has accepted the received wisdom that Europe is the love that dare [...]
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Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate
Written by Jonathan Fryer on 25th September 2008 – 10:57 amWednesday
On the tube over to West London, I wonder how Ukraine and Slovakia have managed to have their national celebrations on the same day, and both at lunchtime. Fortunately the two embassies are close to each other, and predictably there is a lot of toing-and-froing between. I decide to do Ukraine first, having recently [...]
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Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate
Written by Jonathan Fryer on 17th July 2008 – 3:12 pmSaturday
The sun shines on London Pride, as fellow London Euro-candidates Dinti Batstone, Christopher Le Breton, John Pindar and I march with members of the LibDem LGBT campaigning group, DELGA. They have arranged a stall right in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. While Nick Clegg addresses the rally there, our Euro-team hands [...]
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