My wordpress drafts folder is full of good stuff, but most notably is this phenomenal thread from Ella Jakubowska on Wednesday afternoon detailing the <cough/> repeated mis-self-reporting and suboptimal engagement by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, whom I am increasingly wondering may have spent the past year rather tired and confused:
…and then, today, come back to this from Patrick Breyer which at first reading suggests that the whole thing is dead because the European Parliament has finally understood and grokked the enormity and ramifications of the proposal:
As with all forms of parenting, I have learned not to celebrate apparent small victories too early: just because the toddler has eaten a broccoli floret does not mean they won’t later turn the plate upside-down and demand a cookie.
THAT SAID: it would be really nice to have some huge-nation-state-level good news for once.
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