The Avuncular American

The Avuncular American

Gerald Loftus had every reason to be in a good mood when our correspondent tracked him down – as one of Belgium’s Democrats Abroad Speakers Bureau, Barack Obama’s victory left him elated and exhausted, but only too willing to share his thoughts with Together.
I ask him what he sees as the world’s reaction to the [...]

November 17th, 2008 by Andy Carling 

No More Coal – Interview with Stefan Singer, Director, Global Energy Policy, WWF

No More Coal – Interview with Stefan Singer, Director, Global Energy Policy, WWF

Demonstrators gather as MEP’s back caps on carbon emissions from power stations.
As MEPs met to decide on a range of climate change issues in Brussels, protestors campaigning against the construction of 50 coal fired power plants held a lively demonstration outside the parliament under the slogan, No More Coal.
Stefan Singer, Director, Global Energy Policy, WWFStefan [...]

October 7th, 2008 by Andy Carling 

Interview With Georgia’s Minister for Education

Interview With Georgia’s Minister for Education

Ghia Nodia, Georgia Minister for Education Today, I attended a meeting on Georgia and the EU, organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies. During a break I managed to get an interview with Ghia Nodia, the Georgian Minister for Education.
I also came accross two interesting papers, Post-Mortem on Europe’s First War of the 21st Century [...]

September 8th, 2008 by Andy Carling 

Interview with Nigel Farage as the Irish Votes Come In

Interview with Nigel Farage as the Irish Votes Come In

This morning I interviewed Nigel Farage MEP, leader of UKIP and of the EU Parliament’s Independence and Democracy movement.
Nigel Farage MEP, UKIP Leader. He had many interesting things to say regarding security, electoral reform, David Davis and civil liberties and the rise of the political class. As you would expect, this interview had to be [...]

June 13th, 2008 by Andy Carling 
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