Monthly Archives: February 2006

In an interesting post about political party loyalties, Notes From a Small Bedroom writes about people having a sort of tribal loyalty to their political party. I certainly feel that way about Labour. Not to Blair, nor to his hand-picked … Continue reading →

Today sees the publication of the Power Report, claiming to be the biggest ever investigation into democracy in Britain. I haven’t had a chance to look at it properly yet, but one thing stood out like a sore thumb. Apart … Continue reading →

Liberty Central is up and running. I’ve got an immediate aversion to anything which smells of coalition, and I despise anything which considers coalition with Tories, whatever their views on civil liberties. I’m almost as averse to Lib Dems… and … Continue reading →

This picture was taken on Saturday during the Dublin riots. Did someone not tell the youth with the scarf in the foreground that these riots had nothing to do with Dion!

Iain Dale really should learn not to stand in his greenhouse and throw bricks at his neighbours. Obviously not content with rubbishing Neil Kinnock for “saying we should scrap the mile and adopt kilometres instead” when it later turns out … Continue reading →

Statement on Ken Livingstone chair of Unite Against Fascism The Chair of Unite Against Fascism Ken Livingstone has a record of three decades of opposition to racism, fascism and anti-Semitism. Millions of Londoners have twice chosen Ken Livingstone as their … Continue reading →

I have had my own run in recently which resulted in a ludicrous reference to the Standards Board. As it happens the Standards Board realised that it was an entirely frivilous complaint and it proved to be, as I forecast, … Continue reading →

Surely we’ve got to be preggmatic about this?

Over five million people at work in the UK regularly do unpaid overtime, giving their employers £23 billion of free work every year. If you’re one, why not take some time to reflect on how well (or badly) you’re balancing … Continue reading →

An interesting analysis of the US fatalities in Iraq compared with the same stage of the war in Vietnam at lies.com. Regrettably there is no comparison for dead Vietnamese and Iraqi citizens.