Month: July 2006

  • My boss has written a nice post about the last episodes of the West Wing last night, linking it with the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report this week on Royal prerogative. For me, the “choke” moment of the two episodes was the bit when Bartlet gave Charlie his copy of the US Constitution. But…

  • The Jack Straw pledge I started a week ago is nearly at 2/3rds the target 100 I set.  If you haven’t already signed, today’s the deadline to get to it! And whether you’ve signed up yet or not about it, if you’re a blogger, please blog about it.  With a bit more of a push…

  • Lib Dem donor faces jail sentence Today is shaping up to be a great media day for the Lib Dems.  You’ve got to laugh.

  • I launched this website a couple on months ago on The Big Issue – a radio programme on Resonance FM. They’ve just added a couple of excerpts of the programme on their website for your listening pleasure (I’m on all the ones dated 24 May). One thing that occurred to me relistening to these things. …

  • Hear me now! The Big Issue Radio Show has posted some excerpts from the edition I did a couple of months ago (I’m on all the links dated 24 May). Listen to me going on about the BNP and, in particular, Hands Off Our Future. Alas, my remarks about Mark Oaten are lost to posterity.