CADS Boat Trip 2017 Photo Gallery
Our ambassador Sir Geoffrey and Lady Mary Emma joined us to say farewell as they return to the UK. Friday June 16 2017 Click on images below to view in full page gallery mode.
Category CADS Blog
UK election brief – and it is!
Lots has been written over the past few days about the election, so do accept my apology for the following summary of the UK election, and what needs to happen next. – We don’t like the divisive, jingoistic, Little England…
Amsterdam Brexit Meeting
Dear CADS, The consulate has advised us that the Amsterdam Open Forum Brexit meeting with Ambassadorial and Consulate General staff will be held in Amsterdam on 19th June at 1730. To register and obtain details of the venue, please email Laura…
Letter to Maidenhead Voters
Dear CADS, There has been not a whit of response to our concerns regarding future trade between The UK and The Netherlands. Theresa May is utterly incompetent as Prime Minster, and I have written the following letter on our behalf…
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…
