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Paul Dallison

@pdallisonesque.bsky.social
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By day, mild-mannered Deputy EU Editor at POLITICO Europe, Declassified columnist, occasional stand-up comedian, and writer/performer at The Schuman Show. By night, same.

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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Quiz question for Italian readers: Which is the bigger food crime? a) cream in a carbonara b) cappuccino after late morning c) pineapple on pizza More in Declassified @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/mamm...
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Mamma mia! Investigating crimes against Italian food.
So-called Italian food on sale in the European Parliament causes shock and anger.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Game of Gnomes! This week's Declassified available for your delight/abject horror/indifference @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/game...
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Game of Gnomes: The politics of small garden ornaments
The European Parliament is the latest in a long line to mix politics and gnomes.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It's the big @politico.eu Competitiveness Europe Summit and you keep up with what's going on with our blog www.politico.eu/article/comp...
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Competitive Europe Summit — live updates
All the latest updates and analysis from POLITICO’s big competitiveness gathering.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Soft (furnishings) power in this week's Declassified column @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/decl...
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Flat-pack diplomacy: The UN’s tiny Ikea table takes center stage
Trump likes gold. Putin likes giants. The United Nations likes its tables to be very cheap.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
New Declassified column @politico.eu rocks 🤘 www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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Testing times for Ursula von der Leyen, the heavy metal Commission chief
European Commission president has a musical past, but is she now secretly a fan of heavy rock?
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Which is sexier, London or Brussels? Declassified has the answer @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/is-l...
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Is London sexy or a dangerous hellhole?
It’s a divided world out there, pitting the “Woke Leftist Brigade” against the late Silvio Berlusconi.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
In this week's Declassified @politico.eu I come up with a new superhero franchise www.politico.eu/article/meet...
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Meet the Fanatic Four: ICE Man, Tattooed Can’t Watch Porn Man, the Human Torch, and Good Jeans Woman!
We need a new superhero franchise, so let’s call Sydney Sweeney and some bloke who used to be Superman!
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This week's Declassified @politico.eu has... Donald Trump Katy Perry Justin Trudeau A plague of locusts and Aliens! www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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The aliens are coming! Donald Trump and locusts vs. Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau
The world is in a terrible state, and the extraterrestrials are planning to invade. Happy summer!
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
With Donald Trump heading to Scotland, here are 18 times his love of golf got political www.politico.eu/article/18-t...
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18 times Donald Trump’s golf habit got political
The U.S. president loves playing golf but his hobby can get him into trouble.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This week's Declassified is a little devilish 👿 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Trump, Putin and Ozzy Osbourne’s deals with the devil
Russia bans the devil, so he heads straight to the White House.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hulk Hogan, basically Donald Trump with muscles and a mustache. More by me here... www.politico.eu/article/hulk...
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From Hulkamania to Trumpamania: Hulk Hogan’s political journey
Hulk Hogan once claimed he wanted to be U.S. president.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I wrote about Ozzy Osbourne and politics www.politico.eu/article/ozzy...
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The political wisdom of Ozzy Osbourne
The heavy metal icon, who has died aged 76, had several brushes with the political class.
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
After an extended break, my weekly humour column, Declassified, is back @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/emma...
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Le Roi et moi! Macron (and 90+ penises) make British trip
Britain gets Emmanuel Macron and the Bayeux Tapestry (for a bit).
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Paul Dallison @pdallisonesque.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Paris is full of bedbugs, so I went and spoke to one
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Paris is disgusting, and I love it: A bedbug’s tale
Parisians are furious about bedbugs but are they right to be? We asked a bedbug.
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