Monthly Archives: January 2010
Thoughts: The Blair Perfomance
I actually ‘won’ a ticket for the afternoon session. I got excited when it arrived in the post only to find on closer inspection that it wasn’t for the main room, but a ticket for the viewing gallery. i.e. the … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Iraq, Politics, UK Politics
View on Legality of Iraq War: 2002
Sometimes you find something fascinating in your personal archives. Given Tony Blair’s evidence today I searched my hard drive for anything I had written on Iraq and found this 2002 letter to my then MP: 16th August 2002, To: Colin … Continue reading
Filed under Iraq, UK, UK Politics
Is Cameron Missing a Trick with Twitter? Is he heck!
Yesterday, David Cameron received a direct appeal from Conservative Uber-Blogger Tim Montgomerie to take up Twitter. You can watch the question and response here. Yet more pressure on the Tories to play ‘catch-up’ with this medium came with this report … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Politics, UK, UK Politics
Childcare Vouchers: What Will the Conservatives Do?
Childcare Vouchers: What Will the Conservatives Do? As innovative tax breaks go the one I always loved the most was the childcare voucher scheme. Now this isn’t just because I was once an enthusiastic recipient (consider my interest therefore declared), … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Politics, UK, UK Politics
Million Pound ‘Crowd-Source’ Website: Not as Crackers as it May Sound.
Recently the Conservative Party has been trying to convince the public that it ‘gets’ the internet. The best example is Maude’s Conference announcement that much more government spending would be published on the net so an army of “armchair auditors” … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, IT Policy, UK, UK Politics
British Media’s Oh-So-Predictable ‘Outrage’ at UK Readiness for Freak Snow
“[…] for Northerners snow is something to skive for and go sledging in while for Southerners it is a ‘national emergency’.”* *Slightly misquoted from the book “Pies and Prejudice.” By Stuart Maconie – The first dump of proper snow each … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Indulgent, UK, UK Politics
