You have to feel sorry for the electorate in Mid Bedfordshire. When they elected Nadine Dorries in 2005, I’m sure they couldn’t have know what a huge mistake they had made. You might recall how she accused Ben Goldacre of publishing parliamentary secrets. When Goldacre pointed out that the facts he had published were in… Continue reading Nadine Dorries is Confused Again
Category: politics
Surveillance
The Metropolitan Police have started a new counter-terrorism campaign which encourages people to report any suspicious activity that they see. Suspicious activity like owning too many mobile phones and taking photographs. I’m particularly puzzled by the poster about photography. It asks you to report people taking photos of CCTV cameras. Surely if you have a… Continue reading Surveillance
Nadine Dorries’ “Blog”
Nadine Dorries is the MP for Mid Bedfordshire. On her web site she has something that she calls a blog, although it only really resembles one superficially. Up until a couple of days ago, the biggest problem with it was that it didn’t allow linking to a particular entry, you could only link to a… Continue reading Nadine Dorries’ “Blog”
Iain Dale on Rwanda
Top tory pundit Iain Dale was a bit busy on Sunday I am spending today helping commemorate the tenth anniversary of the end of the Rwandan genocide Bit of a shame that he’s three years too late for the tenth anniversary. Just remember the quality of his research the next time you read “facts” on… Continue reading Iain Dale on Rwanda
Constitutional Misunderstandings
This is the third time I can remember a Prime Minister handing over power to a successor from the same party without a general election. Wilson handed over to Callaghan in 1976 and Thatcher handed over (albeit unwillingly) to Major in 1990. Every time this happens the same constitutional misunderstandings are heard. People start insisting… Continue reading Constitutional Misunderstandings
Ten Years On
What were you doing ten years ago today? I was still a member of the Labour party back then, so I took the day off and did some canvassing for them. I think I spent a lot of the day standing outside the polling station collecting polling numbers from people as they voted. And I… Continue reading Ten Years On
Harry in Iraq
I don’t personally care whether or not Prince Harry goes to Iraq. Or whether he throws a royal tantrum and resigns if he is banned from going. But this whole affair raises one question in my mind. If you join the army, then you are trained to be soldier. That becomes your job. If it’s… Continue reading Harry in Iraq
The Right to Arm Bears
The BBC Have You Say about the Virginia Tech shootings has (predictably) turned into a debate about the right to bear arms. There are, of course, many Americans who still believe that a society with free access to guns is safer than one without. And it doesn’t matter how much you try to persuade them… Continue reading The Right to Arm Bears
Pledge Successful
The pledge to send a copy of The God Delusion to every Westminster MP has succeeded (in fact, it’s now gone way beyond it’s target). I’ve just order a copy from Amazon to be sent to Martin Linton, my MP. All of the books should arrive over the next week or so. The pledge organiser… Continue reading Pledge Successful
Bigotry United
The eminently sensible Sexual Orientation Regulations will be debated in the House of Lords today. I strongly suspect that the bill will be passed but the homophobes and bigots are apparently organising a last-minute protest. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear here. Any christian who says that they object to this law on religious grounds… Continue reading Bigotry United