Does the right really value freedom? The acid test.

I’m trying to sum up how I feel having watched the video on the Guardian website of Ian Tomlinson being bit by a policeman with a baton while he had his hands in his pockets and was walking away from them. I’d say anger, but I think the honest answer is: panic. I watched it… Continue reading Does the right really value freedom? The acid test.

Blog Awards – I am the law!

I enjoyed being a judge so much for the ERS blog awards earlier this year I decided I might try my hand again. This time I’m to be the token male for the inaugural Campaign for Gender Balance Blog Awards. I’m not going to express my own views about who I think should be nominated… Continue reading Blog Awards – I am the law!

E X C L U S I V E (ish): Mingmeet – where’s the meat?

Sort of an exclusive here as I think I may be the first to write up my account of the interview with Ming that the finalists for the Blog of the Year held on Sunday morning. Jonathan Calder actually beat me to it by about 12 hours but at the time of writing hadn’t given… Continue reading E X C L U S I V E (ish): Mingmeet – where’s the meat?