DoE - S1: The EU Charter (6/7) and tackling Justice
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Rich and Carola tackle their most challenging EU Charter article yet, the one about Justice. The amount of silences, fumblings and ditherings demonstrate how much they feel out of their depth but, as loyal EU citizens (still), they have a… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: The EU Charter (5/7), EU Top Jobs and Citizen Rights
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Rich and Carola chat top jobs, EU ones, and provide a handy cheat sheet of the top 5 EU jobs currently being agreed and negotiated. Then they move to cover the Chapter 5 of the European Charter, including whether Carola… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: EU Charter (4/7), James Bond on the Eurostar, Flight-shaming and Solidarity
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Rich is a bit grumpy and Carola has “Flugscham”, as Carola has just flown back from a working trip to Switzerland, encountering a new terminology on signs around airport passport control. Both of them have a bit of a lengthy… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: The EU Charter (3/7), Equality, Windrush, and News in Latin
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In this Episode Rich and Carola are not dithering around…. well, actually they are. They can’t help it, so this episode is longer than usual but with less tea. Whilst covering Chapter 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights… Continue reading →
One of our short ‘ditherings’. Nothing particularly illuminating here, just us trying to decide on sound effects for the podcast. So…… what does ‘dithering’ actually sound like. If you know, let us know on Twitter @DitheringE All tea-cup sounds made… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: The EU Charter (2/7) & Freedom…..freedom…..freedom
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Rich and Carola continue their exploration of the EU Charter but end up chatting about curtailing their son’s freedoms whilst advocating for EU fundamental rights. Their meanderings cover liberty, GDPR, freedom of expression, education and the four freedoms of the… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: Checking our EU Pulse: the Citizenship Barometer
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Between cups of tea and checking out their own EU pulse, Rich and Carola dissect the Euro Barometer Number 89 – European Citizenship. Pondering about some surprising statistics: that BREXIT-land’s attitudes towards immigration is more positive than the EU average,… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: Dithering at a Spring Conference: Green Party Conference, Green New Deal, MEP Gina Dowding
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Dithering on the Edge of Europe reports back from the Spring Conference of the Green Party of England and Wales, held in lovely (mostly) sunny Scarborough. Rich and Carola cover how much Brexit featured (or not), they joined in the… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: The EU Charter (1/7) and The Beauty and Dignity of being European….
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Between cups of tea and some more dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it means to be a European family and live in the UK. In this episode, Rich and Carola gush over the EU Charter, its beautiful… Continue reading →
DoE - S1: Eurovision or European Parliament Elections?
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Between cups of tea and a lot of dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it means to be a European family and live in the UK. Carola and Rich still have clinking cups of tea but they could… Continue reading →