I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I want insight and humour. I read to be informed, entertained, and in the current madness, reminded that sanity is still out there. I am repulsed by blowhards and fools. There is too much choice if you want poor drag acts holding themselves as providing informed comment. EuroComment’s Peter Ludlow gives a fly on the … Read more
I just re-read Malcom Gladwell’s “David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants.’ I think the David & Goliath story provides essential lessons in political campaigning. I have pasted the below. A Political Campaigners Guidebook Gladwell’s book is “about what happens when ordinary people confronts giants … powerful opponents of all kinds” … Read more
Yesterday, the Commission published their 2018 Work Programme. I was anxious. I was at the airport when the proposals were adopted. An airport departure gates is not the best place to digest a bulky set of new proposals. I need not have worried. The Commission’s Work Programme for 2018 is a master-piece in brevity. It … Read more
Recently a friend asked about setting up their organisation in Brussels. I came back with 21 things to take into account. Only set up in Brussels as a lobbying shop. K Street is only in DC for a reason. Belgium is not cheap. Use the following technology and services: Fiscal note (or evernote if … Read more