but asking you how you see the function and influence of the kind of site you envisage.

I would like to see ET getting to the stage where, like DKos, Huffington post and a number of other US sites, it is widely known and read, and a standard reference point for anyone (including, but not exclusively journalists, parliamentarians and policymakers) writing about a topic or wishing to be informed about it - with particular reference to EU and supranational issues - a sort of mini emergent Demos for a polity which lacks a direct popular base (other than an election every 4 years).

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."