tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post4622433593687985108..comments2024-03-29T04:30:50.738+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [micro-control 6] regional government proceeds apaceJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-30636204396416631082007-11-24T00:49:00.000+00:002007-11-24T00:49:00.000+00:00They're certainly not interesting to write as they...They're certainly not interesting to write as they're grim and are the result of wading through bureaucrat speak by the truckload.<BR/><BR/>However, I think a blogger has to do a certain amount of serious work to be taken seriously. Credit in this series is partly mine but largely rests on the badgers and ferrets who dug out the material.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-40077503473801334352007-11-23T20:44:00.000+00:002007-11-23T20:44:00.000+00:00I found this the most interesting of these posts, ...I found this the most interesting of these posts, so far. Not saying the others weren't, mind you.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-54374512014189082912007-11-23T20:36:00.000+00:002007-11-23T20:36:00.000+00:00I'm beginning to understand more. I'm not saying ...I'm beginning to understand more. I'm not saying I agree, mind!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-76772648611272666852007-11-23T09:38:00.000+00:002007-11-23T09:38:00.000+00:00‘if member states were to remain responsible for r...‘if member states were to remain responsible for regional policy then development of the Community would be jeopardised’.<BR/><BR/>By operating at a regional level the EU gets to permeate right through the workings of each nation’s government. So it’s not just the senior political class in each member state that looks to the EU gravy train for a financial boost (usually at the end of their careers), but local politicians also get in on the act via lucrative positions on EU funded quangos and similar public sector bodies. It means the EU’s influence goes much deeper than central government, avoiding the problem of a hostile administration being elected.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08204174267833645562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-40544124707954127762007-11-23T08:43:00.000+00:002007-11-23T08:43:00.000+00:00NUTS to that!<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" REL="nofollow">NUTS</A> to that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com