Tag Archives: ideology
The Best & Worse of America
Watching the local TV here in Boston, I caught part of a trashy TV show that serves as the perfect vignette for the best and worst of America. The show was ‘Minute to Win It’. The premise isn’t that … Continue reading
Filed under Center right, Health
Ed Balls: The Return of Brownite Economics
Let’s face it: Ed Balls was to Gordon Brown as Laurel was to Hardy. His return will no doubt lead to ‘another fine mess’. This surprise reshuffle does change the calculus of Labour’s electability. When Ed Milliband decided not … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Politics, UK, UK Politics
Put the armour on. 2011 is going to Hurt
Happy New Year. Or is it? The reality is that 2011 is going to be pretty miserable for the whole country. Any honeymoon period for the Coalition (if there was one) is up. The reality of austerity measures are kicking-in. … Continue reading
Filed under Economy
The Worrying Rise of Lefty Internet Activism
Tim Montogomerie’s reflections on Iain’s Dale’s departure from the blog world got me thinking. Tim says the right previously enjoyed being in front on web campaigning but now risk falling behind if they haven’t already. He points particularly at … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, UK Politics
Why George Osborne is an Optimist – and Why He Needs to Be
The knives are well and truly out for George Osborne. The Observer reports that Labour are going to target him as the shadow teams ‘weakest link’. The polling data (referenced in the Observer article) confirms that the public are averse … Continue reading
Cameron’s Vision of ‘Post-Bureaucratic Age’
Today I attended a conference hosted by the grandly titled ‘Post-Bureaucratic Age Network’. Forget the pompous sounding name, make no mistake – the ideas promoted by the PBA Network will rock our world for the better. The keynote address was … Continue reading
Filed under Center right, IT Policy, Politics, UK, 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
How to frame the ‘Class Debate’: ‘Prejudice’ not ‘Envy’
One of the features of an indulgent Christmas nowadays, after the wine and pud, is to log on to the social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, etc) and read the thoughts and wishes of contacts both close and tenuous. One caught … Continue reading
Filed under Center right, Class, Politics, UK
Internship: How the increase in ‘Work Experience’ is damaging to our economy and society
One of the more worrying American imports in recent years is the so-called ‘internship’. The trend was recently highlighted by the BBC in relation to MPs use/misuse of them. The beeb have now followed up with a timely article explaining how … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
A Moderate Centre-Right Fundamentalist?
Whilst learning how to blog I wanted a good header for my page. I needed a strap-line to set people’s expections when they get here. After all, not everyone will be bothered to plough through the About Me biog or … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
