Rich and Carola have accepted the fact that the EU will probably implement their whole Green Deal before the Dithering Team finishes reviewing it. But undaunted by the extensiveness of the deal, they soldier through two policy areas which shoul

S2: European Union - Green Deal Part 3/4

Oct 25th, 2020 37m 50s

In this third of four episodes, Rich and Carola explore sustainable industry, as part of the EU’s Green Deal? As Carola says, faffing time is done. They talk about digital agriculture, algae, sweat, bioenergy, the textile industry, electro

S2: European Union - Green Deal Part 2/3

Oct 5th, 2020 33m

Union’s Green Deal was announced by Ursula von der Leyen back in 2019 and voted in by the European Parliament in January of this year. In this second of three (or will it be four?) episodes, Rich and Carola explore EU's Sustainable Agriculture

S2: European Union - Green Deal Part 1/3

Sep 11th, 2020 1h 1m

(now correct upload) Union’s Green Deal was announced by Ursula von der Leyen back in 2019 and voted in by the European Parliament in January of this year. In this first of three episodes, Rich and Carola touch on the politics of getting to th

S2: Labour Party UK - Green Industrial Revolution Part 3/3

Aug 28th, 2020 33m 53s

This is the third part of their exploration of the UK Labour Party’s “Green Industrial Revolution”, which was part of their 2019 Manifesto. Rich and Carola give their thumbs up and thumbs down for various policy sections. Bringing back essentia

S2: Labour Party UK - Green Industrial Revolution Part 2/3

Aug 14th, 2020 23m 25s

This is the second part to their exploration of the UK Labour Party’s “Green Industrial Revolution”, which was part of their 2019 Manifesto. Rich and Carola give their thumbs up and thumbs down for various policy sections. Bringing back essenti

S2: Labour Party UK – Green Industrial Revolution Part 1/3

Jul 31st, 2020 37m 57s

In their journey to find the perfect Green New Deal, and having put the bar high with the Green Party’s GND covered in the last two episodes, they move on to the Labour Party’s vision for a Green New Deal. The UK’s Labour Party integrated their

S2: Green Party of England and Wales - Green New Deal Part 2/2

Jul 17th, 2020 33m 40s

Recording this on Super Saturday, and not going to the pub, Carola and Rich are exploring the second half of the GND of England and Wales, and although they cannot agree on whether the six headings represent ‘pillars’ or ‘categories’, they agre

S2: Green Party of England and Wales - Green New Deal Part 1/2

Jul 4th, 2020 27m 54s

Carola and Rich are exploring the GND of the Green Party of England and Wales. It is so comprehensive that they had to discuss this over two episodes. This deal coversENERGYHOUSINGTRANSPORTINDUSTRYFORESTRY AND FARMINGINCOMEThe

S2: What if we were the government?

Jun 21st, 2020 26m 16s

In this episode: Could Britain move from a Furlough in lockdown to a Universal Basic Income (UBI) ending up in a green economy? It seems to solve so many weaknesses of the current schemes, especially considering our climate catastrophe just aro

S2: It’s all in a name: Green New Deals or Environmental and Social Justice?

Jun 14th, 2020 22m 58s

As we all prepare to move into a new socially distanced world, Carola and Rich debate how exactly the economy should be rebooted. Introducing the theme of the season, they are already dithering when deciding on the name of the theme, or is it a

S1: Season Finale and Post-Election Blues

Jan 13th, 2020 7m 37s

The UK general election has come and gone. We are still here but have a bit of a post-election blues. We also will Brexit by the end of the month (gulp). But we also have some plans for the next phase of our podcast and thus we will take a shor

S1: “You wake up after the General Election on Friday 13th and….”

Dec 8th, 2019 30m

Carola and Rich imagine four different outcomes of the General Election. With this, they prepare themselves for the worst, the best, the ‘meh’ and the ditheringly ‘ughhhh’.Last minute manifesto checks? Here are some links:Sky News - Gener

S1: EU Apps (2/2): Taxlandia, Innovation, European TV, European Jobs and a Relocation App

Dec 1st, 2019 33m 8s

Rich and Carola continue to explore all sorts of mobile apps that help people get to grips with what the EU is all about. They test their ability (in a game) to tax a country in order to ensure its citizens' happiness. It does not go too well,

S1: SHORT DITHER: Coffee and Tea

Nov 24th, 2019 6m 6s

One of our short 'ditherings'.Nothing important, nothing timely. We just captured the moment we discussed our own coffee and tea habits, and how this small part of our culture has something to say about the more significant aspects of UK vs

S1: EU Apps (1/2): Charter, Maps Quiz, EP Research Service and EU Region Stats

Nov 17th, 2019 32m 33s

DitheringE is going digital(er). Rich and Carola are exploring all sorts of mobile apps that help you get to grips with what the EU is all about. Whether you want to test your knowledge of European capitals, recite the articles of the chart

S1: Ursula von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (6/6): A new push for European Democracy

Nov 10th, 2019 1h 1m

Ursula von der Leyen’s agenda for the European Commission. This is a big chapter and - we fear - a long episode. The last chapter (and last of our episodes on v.d.Leyen’s political guidelines) is all about democracy; about securing our democrac

S1: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (5/6): A stronger Europe in the world

Oct 13th, 2019 44m 52s

Carola is still working from sunny but cold Turku in Finland, and Richard joins from rainy UK. They cover the fifth chapter of the guidelines, starting by making sense of the controversy around the commissioner titles, especially the commission

S1: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (4/6): Protecting our European Way of Life

Sep 8th, 2019 27m 18s

Carola and Rich join across two seas, Carola connects from Turku in Finland, and Rich is still in dizzyingly chaotic Brexitland. But they don’t let the current stunts by Boris Johnson, a parliament prorogation and (non-)constitutional battles p

S1: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (3/6): Europe fit for the Digital Age

Aug 26th, 2019 21m 39s

Having just come off recording the third take of this episode (yes, finally this has also happened to us), Rich provides a silly start to the show. They both explore Von Der Leyen’s agenda for a Europe fit for the Digital Age, including 5G Stan

S1: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (2/6): Who keeps our banking system in check? A vision of an economy that works for people

Aug 18th, 2019 32m 48s

Rich and Carola discuss the published priorities ("Political Guidelines") of incoming EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen and cover her vision of an “EU economy that works for people”. Many feel-good policies are mentioned, such as fa

S1: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Political Guidelines (1/6): Who buggered up the planet? The EU Green Deal and Ursula Von Der Leyen

Aug 9th, 2019 51m 6s

Rich and Carola are discussing the published priorities of incoming EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen. As they have different views on her leadership, this discussion should be interesting, especially has they get stuck into the EU G

S1: EU Charter (7/7) and five wishes for the European Union Fairy

Aug 2nd, 2019 29m 36s

Last chapter! Rich and Carola are celebrating with an extra-long episode (sooorrrry)….bickering about the ‘bindingness’ of charter articles and which of these have to be respected (rights) and which have to be observed (principles). They then g

S1: The European Union is under Construction (Ulrike Guérot)

Jul 26th, 2019 19m 45s

Rich and Carola chat about Ulrike Guérot’s concept of a future “Republic of Europe (still under construction)”, exploring contradicting meanings of the concept of sovereignty in the context of a European Union (state vs people). Guérot’s concep

S1: The EU Charter (6/7) and tackling Justice

Jul 19th, 2019 19m 48s

Rich and Carola tackle their most challenging EU Charter article yet, the one about Justice. The amount of silences, fumblings and ditherings demonstrate how much they feel out of their depth but, as loyal EU citizens (still), they have a go.