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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 27 January | 95 comments (95 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Then there's Jacob Rees-Mogg's proposal for an independent Somerset time zone, and Philip Davies' proposal to call it the "Berlin Time" Bill.

I presume this means putting the UK on Central European Time.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 04:46:07 AM EST
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Ah, yes indeed. I got mixed up, of course forward means a later official time. My mistake.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 05:12:01 AM EST
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Still, the original piece was utterly uninformative as to the content of the reform. You had to go to the "relatev news"...

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 05:13:56 AM EST
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And to stick to it, because I did exactly that. But probably did not go to all the related news.
Isn't that an annoying trend in political reporting? Nobody cares about policy, it's all about personal feuds, political plays...

As a policies addict with an aversion for politics, I am rather annoyed.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 05:52:57 AM EST
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You're going to love this.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 06:03:14 AM EST
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For me, the process is the interesting part. This is the executive preventing parliament from legislating.

I'm a policies person, but a democracy addict.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 07:20:15 AM EST
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In most countries, on paper the parliament legislates, but in practice it's the government originating the legislation.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 07:28:03 AM EST
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