Category: UK Politics

The initial wave of sickening ‘we love David’ euphoria from the Tories has now died down a bit, and even the main, so far unresolved European issue of his short leadership – whether the Tory MEPs should leave the EPP

David Miliband MP, Minister of Communities and Local Government, has recently launched this blog on the website of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The first impression is a bit off-putting: the colour scheme is a very pastel shade

I’m sadly going to be away from London on 25th but I encourage any people reading this who will be in the London area to go along to the March for Free Expression. One of the organisers is the excellent

The USA is supposed to be a beacon to the world in terms of the openness of its economy, a dynamic country ready and prepared for globalisation. Oh, maybe not. Take one look at the reaction to the idea that

I’m quite angry today as I am in that odd situation of knowing a lot more about a news story than is presented in the media coverage. The matter concerns beef. Yes, I am a vegetarian, but I have had

I happened to see the last 15 minutes of a scary programme The New Fundamentalists on Channel 4 yesterday evening. An article from Channel 4’s website about the programme is here. The programme specifically focussed on 3 schools in the

I came across this excellent little quote via the National Secular Society: I would rather people went to their allotment on a Sunday than to church – it would do them and everybody else a lot more good. The quote

It’s been a big thing in the UK today: in some parts of South Eastern England the installation of water meters might become compulsuory. About time too! I can’t understand what all the fuss is about. It’s inherently sensible: the

You’ve heard or seen it before. Those adverts for cars or other expensive products offering you finance plans to spread the payment over affordable monthly installments. But the advert I was confronted with when boarding a Northern Line tube train