So I'll try to summarise some key concepts around citizenship rights, different models of citizenship in some European countries and how this relates to diversity and equality of minority groups, and women.

I do have such a sight here:

front-paged by afew

As most people here know, I am a scientist.  I like my logic and my evidence and finding an explanation for why things do the things they do and how it all comes together.  I'm not religious.

But I have a conundrum.  How do I explain my near death experience?

If you can make it to Cardiff you are invited - 29th November.  More detail below the fold.

Weekend bump for the pretty pictures! - In Wales

Who 'does' politics?  Just the politicians?
Where does politics happen?  In political institutions like Parliaments and Assemblies?

Whose voices count and where is the power? When you make a choice around whether or not you buy GM food or boycott Israeli goods, or buy 'greener' or organic alternatives, how much does that count?

I am one person.  Do my private individual choices have an influence on public policy?  Do they only have an influence when many thousands of others make their voice heard as consumers? Does this still not even count?

Saturday afternoon walk, with people in various states of blinking or hiding from the camera.

It points out that as the TUC begins it's annual Congress, there are few parallels between now and 30 years ago where the UK was on the brink of the Winter of Discontent, other than Labour's popularity freefalling.

The minimum wage, family-friendly working and better protection for vulnerable workers are some of the results [of fruitful conversation between Labour and the Unions]. But other union demands, particularly on support for low-paid public sector workers and the return of some of the rights stripped away after 1979 (secondary picketing and simpler pre-strike balloting), have met a frostier response. And if the unions had little leverage on the government in the prosperous years, they will have even less so in recession, when rising unemployment and their members' financial anxieties undermine their strength.

A good friend of mine told me about Terezin when he knew I was to visit Prague and I was easily convinced that I should go.

I'm glad I did since it was extremely worthwhile and I felt it important to share and to encourage others to go should they get a chance. There was a lot to see, hence the length of the diary so I apologise for clogged browsers.  The album link is here.

I think it is a topic that people are split over, whether it is just too morbid to visit such a place, balanced against the need to ensure the atrocities are never forgotten is paramount.
I've included my own photos and although I cannot retain the detail of the exhibitions at the camp and the ghetto museum, I've used some info from the visitor guide to keep the diary as accurate as possible.

Saturday bump - In Wales

I'd probably a total nightmare to travel with were I to drag others around as if I were travelling alone. Prague involved a 5am start one day to get to Charles Bridge before the tourists arrived to clutter my photos with their inelegance.  I walked for miles and miles, fitting in as much as possible and not taking any breaks during the day beyond lunch, or grabbing a bottle of water en route to the next sight.  Something that afew will no doubt have something to say about given my obvious exhaustion by the time I turned up on his doorstep.

My obsessive documentation of interesting angles on everything I see through the camera lens in the quest to get a shot of that building/construction/thing that would somehow stand out from the millions of other similar shots in people's photo albums all across the world, would drive most people up the wall if they had to put up with that for too long.

European Tribune - August 16 Prague ET meetup - venue

having lunch at the Municipal House (Obecní dům) on náměstí Republiky (also a Metro station).

Secondly, it rained and following much discussion over beer we reached the conclusion that it rains at all meet ups where Brits are present, therefore it is our fault.

I have so far held off announcing anything because I did not know what I would base the exhibition around.  But now, I have a vision!  I won't tell you what it is but I would like to suggest a meet up in Cardiff on saturday November 29th.