Category Archives: Politics

You do realise that anyone can apply?

June 30, 2011 – 2:20 pm

Tweet In the United Kingdown people have free will and the right to pursue whatever career they wish. Not everyone will have an equal chance of getting the job that they want because people will be limited to different extents by inherent ability, social class and means and of course the education that is made [...]

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A deafening No

May 18, 2011 – 8:51 pm

Tweet I haven’t had a lot of time to post lately and the topics I have been tempted to write about require a bit more thought than I can really manage at the moment. Still, I can manage a few seconds to point out that the Daily Mail editorial (or ‘comment’ as it is referred [...]

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We get the governance we deserve

May 6, 2011 – 10:20 pm

Tweet The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill So, an overwhelming no to even modest political reform. Money, power and fear have once again convinced people to vote against their own self-interest. I wonder in history lessons in the distant future school children will sit in wonder [...]

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Complexity

May 4, 2011 – 4:02 pm

Tweet After having exchanged a few words with Tom Harris MP on Twitter today regarding the increased complexity of AV I was trying to convey in no more than 140 characters the utter stupidity that underlies the argument that AV is too complex for the average voter or that complexity is in itself a negative [...]

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March 26th old news already

March 28, 2011 – 10:00 am

Tweet Today’s front pages: Daily Mail: ‘Fury over Bulger killer’s tryst with girl guard’, and a story about Princess Eugenie riding a bicycle. Daily Star: ‘JORDAN: If I revealed what REALLY happened Alex would be destroyed for ever!’, a small piece about Sian O’Callaghan and another about Coleen Rooney. Daily Mirror: ‘Back on the beach: [...]

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