A group of MPs objected to Brian Haw’s protest about the Iraq. He’s been camping in Parliament Square for years. The MPs got so upset that they brought in a law banning all protests around Westminster in order to get rid of him. Except the law was so badly worded that it doesn’t apply to… Continue reading Brian Haw Can Stay
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George W Bush in October 2004 We are fighting these terrorists with our military in Afghanistan and Iraq and beyond so we do not have to face them in the streets of our own cities.
Making Money From ID Cards
One of the worrying things about ID cards is the idea that putting all of those personal details together in one database is just asking for trouble when unscrupulous people get hold of the contents of that database. Of course. it doesn’t help when those unscrupulous people happen to be the people who are running… Continue reading Making Money From ID Cards
Eroding Freedoms
I’ve been concentrating on other things recently, so I haven’t had time to post about the new limits on demonstrations around parliament. Luckily, Robin over at perfect.co.uk has summarised it all nicely so I don’t have to. But looking at it in a wider context, it’s just one more step along a path which increasingly… Continue reading Eroding Freedoms
G8 climate plans ‘watered down’
This is all very disappointing. A leaked copy of a document on climate change being drafted for the G8 summit suggests plans have been watered down. A version of the communiqué leaked in May treated climate change as a fact and pledged money to energy projects. In the new version the words “our world is… Continue reading G8 climate plans ‘watered down’
ID card bill delayed in face of rebels
Oh dear. What a terrible shame :) A last minute hitch appears to have delayed the introduction of the government’s identity cards legislation this week despite the hopes of the home secretary, Charles Clarke, that it would be published before the Commons rises for the Whitsun break on Friday.
Falconer warns against switch to PR
You’d think that Lord Falconer would be keeping his head down for a while after that little embarassment over the Iraq legal advice. But no, he’s on Today this morning saying that he sees no “groundswell” of support for a change in the voting system. Well I don’t know who he’s been talking to, but… Continue reading Falconer warns against switch to PR
The Tory Party is Dying
Interesting article from yesterday’s Observer about how the Tory party is in danger of becoming extinct. It points out that while Tory grandees spent Friday morning crowing about how well they had done, the truth is a little different. Tony Blair had just won an unprecedented third victory in a row for Labour, with a… Continue reading The Tory Party is Dying
Dodgy Predictions
In all the excitment before the election, I forgot to mention this article from the Guardian. They asked a number of psychics and clairvoyants what they thought the result would be. Most of them got something pretty close to the correct result, which wasn’t exactly difficult, but I’d seriously recommend that anyone planning to get… Continue reading Dodgy Predictions
General Election 2005
So here’s where I’ll be posting my thoughts on the election results as they come through (assuming, of course, that I have the time). It’s now coming up to ten o’clock when the polls close and the BBC will be announcing the results of their exit poll. I’m not really expecting any surprises. The only… Continue reading General Election 2005