DExEU reply to our letter

Dear CADS, Today I received the following reply from the UK government to our letter outlining our concerns about Brexit. As you will see, it is content-free, and fails to address any of our concerns. Most irritatingly, it suggests that…

Captain Blackadder Sir !

Mike’s Badhuistheater brings a brand new play to the stage: Blackadder Goes Forth. Blackadder is a high level comedy that ruthlessly denounces the cynicism of politicians. The style of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot can be spotted in the brilliant sarcasm.…

A moving occasion.

It was a moving occasion. Yesterday’s lunch turned into a charity funfest, with Sue the Hulphond being introduced to Peter van der Linden, and to the rest of us, by her foster family. She will likely be placed as a…

Will May survive June?

The UK prime minister has called an election for June 8th, asking the British public to give her approval for what the government is doing. As chair, I have written to her minister David Davis to give him our opinion.…

The Greatest Thing

  …is in June in The Hague. You can board a canal boat which floats you to the venue for a song and mime show. Does that sound fun? Then read the press release, and order your tickets for a…

NBCC meeting on Brexit, Trump and the Dutch election

Last Thursday 23rd March, a large group of Anglo-Dutch business people met at the Allen Overy offices to hear some of the analysis that has been done on how Anglo-Dutch business may develop in the coming years, and what opportunities…

What constitutes democracy?

To all you CADS who have ever liked something on Facebook, or granted access to a little app in return for finding out how clever you are at maths or some other quiz, or what kind of personality you have,…

April 1st Charity Event organised by the International Rotary Club, Amsterdam

Sjaki-Tari-Us. Exclusive Fundraising Dinner By John Richardson You are cordially invited to attend an Exclusive Fundraising Dinner, which will be held on April 1, 2017 at 19.00 at the Ball Room, Hilton Amsterdam. Proceeds from this event will benefit our international project, Sjaki-Tari-Us in Bali, Indonesia. You can…

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