Paul Rowan MP just asked Tony Blair if he would consider going into coalition with the Conservatives. I think the failure of Tony Blair to come up with a simple yes or no answer, and instead bluster and dissemble, is highly significant. UPDATE: Bloody hell! Ming was brilliant on PMQs today. About time! UPDATE 2:… Continue reading Notice he didn’t say no
Day: February 15, 2006
Hughes4Tokenism?
Regular readers will have gather that I’m not only in favour of the party having more women MPs, but I want to see it take positive action on the issue. What I do oppose however is positive discrimination where it is not warranted, and simplistic tokenism. What therefore am I to make of this: Mr… Continue reading Hughes4Tokenism?
Smoking Ban Balls
A lot of nonsense has been written in the blogosphere about the smoking ban being “illiberal”. It isn’t. What it is is a perfect example of how liberalism doesn’t deal in absolutes. I make it a policy of distrusting anyone who suggests otherwise. For example, the smoking ban most definitely does pass Mill’s famous harm… Continue reading Smoking Ban Balls