UK Politics

19.02.2007 UK Politics

Expect no Désirs d’avenir from Gordon

Plenty of politicians in Europe are waking up to the power of the internet one way or another. SÃ©golÃ¨ne Royal has led the way, putting the website DÃ©sirs d’Avenir at the centre of her campaign. Margot WallstrÃ¶m has been blogging

18.02.2007 UK Politics

Segregation in Brixton

I went to a concert of the band Guillemots at the Brixton Academy on Friday. The concert itself was a bit strange – Guillemots are very professional, but they are hard to relate to as a live band. The main

08.02.2007 UK Politics

Severe weather? No way

We were promised the heaviest snowfalls for years. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning. Colleagues in work were discussing yesterday how they are going to get to the office today. So what did we get? A bit of

06.02.2007 UK Politics

Grave safety fears

Have a look at the notice pictured above (click image to view it at full size). This pictures are from Danygraig cemetery in Risca. This is Caerphilly unitary authority’s approach to dealing with the issue of church headstones falling over

31.01.2007 UK Politics

Repair the potholes

Have no fear. I’ve not turned into a ranting car driver, complaining that the bumps in the road spoil my journey. It’s more serious than that. I’ve come close to being thrown off my bike in recent weeks thanks to

22.01.2007 UK Politics

Deputy Leader – what are Compass playing at?

Pressure group in the Labour Party – Compass – has today announced that it is polling all its members about which candidate for the Labour Party deputy leadership the organisation should support. While this strikes me as a bit odd

18.01.2007 UK Politics

PR is the only solution to the key seats issue

An interesting debate is brewing over at Bloggers4Labour about a Guardian column by Bill Rammell and Liam Byrne, and a response to that column by Jon Cruddas. The essence of the debate is that Byrne and Rammell state that Labour

10.01.2007 UK Politics

Pride in one’s surroundings

I’ve written before about the useless housing association – Pathmeads – that is my landlord here in Walworth. It has taken until today for them to ‘repair’ the problem of damp in the corner of the bedroom due to a

09.01.2007 UK Politics

What can Labour learn from Ségolène Royal? Find out on 23rd January

It’s a new year, and it’s time for another EUROPA-Soirée in the LME-LSE series (details here). This month we are talking about what Labour can learn from Ségolène Royal and her bid to become French President. Beyond that, the PS

28.12.2006 UK Politics

TUC and executive pay – give us some European examples

Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, has today released a statement calling for a national debate about the level of Chief Executives’ pay – read the full statement here, and a news summary from The Scotsman here. (Worth noting

18.12.2006 UK Politics

Britain’s grey baby-boomer cabinet

Politicians have the reputation of being boring and grey, and also predominantly male. So how does the UK cabinet shape up? And what might there be on the horizon? If you read until the end of this entry you’ll find

03.12.2006 UK Politics

How hard is it to pay Council Tax in Southwark? – the story goes on

I’m an honest person. I pay my taxes. Well, I do when I can. Or when I’m asked. It however seems that Southwark Borough Council does not really want any money from me. As soon as I moved to Villa