Update: Ok, yes, we admit it. It was an April Fool’s joke. Well most of it was. I’m not really going to be taking a month off to live in a camper van with Tim and Sim-O (though I’m sure it would have been fun!) But the wiki really exists. And we really want your… Continue reading The People’s Pamphlet
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Tweedledum Meet Tweedledee
This is from Iain Dale’s blog: The thing is, people actually elected this woman to represent them, yet she seems incapable of rational argument or debate. If you disagree with her she cries foul and accuses you of being nasty. And yet she doesn’t understand it’s her own brand of nastiness which causes people to… Continue reading Tweedledum Meet Tweedledee
I Can’t Hear You La La La La
When the internet first really started to take off ten or fifteen years ago, it was seen as a personal publishing platform. Suddenly, you didn’t need to have support from a TV network or a book publisher in order to get your views in front of a huge potential audience. All you needed was some… Continue reading I Can’t Hear You La La La La
Nadnomics
Nadine Dorries (the MP for mid-Narnia) has been explaining why she is not in favour of all-women short-lists. I have to confess that positive discrimination makes me slightly uncomfortable, so it would have been easy for her to write something that I would have had to grudgingly admit to agreeing with. Luckily for me, she… Continue reading Nadnomics
1970 Calling
Nadine Dorries seems to be writing her blog today from about forty years ago. She’s talking about single mothers. I like the idea that we can introduce a structure that will capture 16 and 17 year old girls and teach them parenting skills, help them to acquire the knowledge which will enable them to run… Continue reading 1970 Calling
Not A Broadcast Medium
How do you use Twitter? Do you see it as a tool for interacting with people, or do you simply use it as a broadcast medium? Is it a place for dialogue or monologue? I started thinking about this over the weekend whilst thinking about Nadine Dorries, the MP for Middle England. Back in May,… Continue reading Not A Broadcast Medium
Unsaying Things on the Internet
I think that one of the reasons that a certain type of politician is wary of the internet is that once you’ve said something on the internet, it becomes very hard to unsay it. If you’re used to dealing with the world of newpapers and broadcast media where everything is ephemeral then it must be… Continue reading Unsaying Things on the Internet
Supporting Mad Nad
I find myself in the extremely odd position of having to support Nadine Dorries. I mean, obviously I despise the woman. And I don’t think she ever wrote a word on her blog that I agreed with. But I do think that she should be allowed to spout whatever nonsense she wants without having lawyers… Continue reading Supporting Mad Nad
A Missing Blog
Looks like Nadine Dorries might have gone too far this time. She’s been on extremely dodgy ground for the last week, since the Daily Telegraph’s investigation into MPs’ expenses started looking at her. Over the last week she’s been posting an increasing bizarre stream of consciousness on her blog. She tried to explain what was… Continue reading A Missing Blog
Blogging Nonsense
One of the joys of MPs having blogs is that you often get to see what they are really like without their utterances going through the filter of the party spin machine. And it’s amazing how often so many of them make complete fools of themselves. Today’s example is Nadine Dorries. Of course as a… Continue reading Blogging Nonsense