Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe

"Let it be one cheerful rational voice amidst the din of mourners and polemics." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1840. A Brit-in-Helsinki's blog about global politics, climbing, cycling, things that annoy me and other bits of life. But not necessarily in that order.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Road biking

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It has been a superb day of sunshine and blue skies. I started the day a bit miserable that with a throat infection and dripping nose, I cou...

Funny things on the Radio

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It shouldn't really be that funny but I heard Senator Orrin Hatch on the NPR breakfast news say "crap" on Friday. It's no...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Americans buying more bikes than cars!

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That's it really. From the Huffington Post via the Outside blog : Americans bought more new bicycles than they did cars in the first qua...

Dumb Helsinki cycle paths #3

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If you can't find anywhere else to park, or are just too lazy to walk from a parking spot a bit further away, there is lots of space to ...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

European Cooperation - isn't it nice that we all get along?

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It's a funny thing, but until yesterday I don't think I had heard of the Czech nationalist political party Národni Strana , and then...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Getting sidetracked is not a crime

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I was meant to be researching the about to be released European Commission position paper on future financial regulation structures for the ...
Monday, May 25, 2009

If the BNP weren't a bunch of liars...

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I was tickled the other week to see that the BNP's flyer was rather easily shown to be deceptive and stuffed full of photos taken from p...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

UKIP - dodgy buggers

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Westminster is still wallowing in its own do-do, but don't vote for UKIP in the Euro elections as a better alternative! " The leade...
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