Block reform to get reform

What annoys me most about IWantAReferendum.com is it’s completely anti-intellectual stance and the way it presents the Lisbon Treaty as the most significant EU treaty in terms of pooling sovereignty in history. Whether you are pro or anti a referendum, that is clearly nonsense. But I’ve banged on about the nonsense of all this in… Continue reading Block reform to get reform

Can science find a cure for conservativism?

Nature always does contrive That every boy and every gal That’s born into the world alive Is either a little Liberal Or else a little Conservative. Iolanthe, W. S. Gilbert There was an interesting article in New Scientist last week about research suggesting a genetic basis for political opinion (You can’t read the full article?… Continue reading Can science find a cure for conservativism?