I woke around 8am UK time, with a stinking hangover. Not fair! I’d not drunk any alcohol. I finally found the online programme for today’s DemocracyAlive! events. I don’t mean it wasn’t online before, just that I’d not made time to read it before now. I decided on going to these events:

• What public services for the future? Digital Transformation and Low-carbon economy
  (12 noon to 1pm)
• Festival launch (2pm to 3pm)
• [Koffiepauze (3pm to 4pm)]
• Democracy as a culture (4pm to 6pm)
• Talking Europe with Commissioner Vestager (6pm to 7pm)
• Talking Europe with Michel Barnier (7pm to 8pm)

Here’s how I got on, mostly recalled from tweets, texts and emails I sent at the time.

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