An intriguing tweet from EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs:
I realised I made a mistake in my tweet. I meant ‘living’ not ‘leaving’ obviously. As I said, it was a long day. Sorry about this #EDD12
— Andris Piebalgs EU (@APiebalgsEU) October 17, 2012
What could he possibly have said?
#EU is a leaving reality. And the beating heart at the centre of it all is development cooperation. #EDD12
— Andris Piebalgs EU (@APiebalgsEU) October 17, 2012
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Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.
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