Month: October 2005
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Whatever doubts I may have about Labour’s new proposals on education, I will agree with Jonathan Calder on one thing: it is entirely consistent for the Tories to agree with them. Cameron is quite right to point out that after eight years we appear to be right back to Grant Maintained Status. Cameron’s tactic is…
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I’m massively behind schedule on my attempt to blog the Lib Dems’ Tax Commission (pdf), so without further ado… This chapter is basically wrapped around a single proposal. That is, to radically shift the tax burden of local authorities from 20% local taxes / 80% national government to 80%/20%. In principle, I absolutely applaud this…
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Yes, yes, I know I’m two weeks behind the times, but I’ve just seen MoFo’s A Very Social Secretary. Pluses? It was useful to be able to put the events of the Blunkett Affair in perspective with the deeply serious events that the man was intricately involved with at the time, even if I doubt…
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I was wondering when someone was going to mention smokatoriums.
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Busy busy, in preparation for going away this weekend. I’d intended to write a post in response to the New Scientist’s recent issue dedicated to “Reality Wars” but in the meantime I thought I’d simply point people to this exciting new theory on Intelligent Falling.