Paul Dallison
LightNews LightNews
banner
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Paul Dallison
@pdallisonesque.bsky.social
1K followers 220 following 13 posts
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.
Posts Replies Media Videos
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Game of Gnomes! This week's Declassified available for your delight/abject horror/indifference @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/game...
Game of Gnomes: The politics of small garden ornaments
The European Parliament is the latest in a long line to mix politics and gnomes.
www.politico.eu
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
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...
Competitive Europe Summit — live updates
All the latest updates and analysis from POLITICO’s big competitiveness gathering.
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Soft (furnishings) power in this week's Declassified column @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/decl...
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.
www.politico.eu
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
New Declassified column @politico.eu rocks 🤘
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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?
www.politico.eu
September 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Which is sexier, London or Brussels? Declassified has the answer @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/is-l...
Is London sexy or a dangerous hellhole?
It’s a divided world out there, pitting the “Woke Leftist Brigade” against the late Silvio Berlusconi.
www.politico.eu
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
In this week's Declassified @politico.eu I come up with a new superhero franchise
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
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!
www.politico.eu
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
This week's Declassified @politico.eu has...
Donald Trump
Katy Perry
Justin Trudeau
A plague of locusts
and Aliens!
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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!
www.politico.eu
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
With Donald Trump heading to Scotland, here are 18 times his love of golf got political
www.politico.eu/article/18-t...
18 times Donald Trump’s golf habit got political
The U.S. president loves playing golf but his hobby can get him into trouble.
www.politico.eu
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
This week's Declassified is a little devilish 👿
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump, Putin and Ozzy Osbourne’s deals with the devil
Russia bans the devil, so he heads straight to the White House.
www.politico.eu
July 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Hulk Hogan, basically Donald Trump with muscles and a mustache. More by me here...
www.politico.eu/article/hulk...
From Hulkamania to Trumpamania: Hulk Hogan’s political journey
Hulk Hogan once claimed he wanted to be U.S. president.
www.politico.eu
July 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
I wrote about Ozzy Osbourne and politics
www.politico.eu/article/ozzy...
The political wisdom of Ozzy Osbourne
The heavy metal icon, who has died aged 76, had several brushes with the political class.
www.politico.eu
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
After an extended break, my weekly humour column, Declassified, is back @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Le Roi et moi! Macron (and 90+ penises) make British trip
Britain gets Emmanuel Macron and the Bayeux Tapestry (for a bit).
www.politico.eu
July 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
pdallisonesque.bsky.social
Paris is full of bedbugs, so I went and spoke to one
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.
www.politico.eu
October 6, 2023 at 8:19 AM