Month: April 2007
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The SNP are correct to point out that claims about passport checks on the border if Scotland becomes an independent country are wide of the mark, but on one issue I’m a little confused. If they are to retain the pound as currency, who will set the interest rate, and in whose interests will they…
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This would seem to be a rather silly idea, almost as silly as what Jimmy Wales is wearing in the accompanying photo. By all means, have the debate, but what on Earth will it achieve? I can’t help but suspect that it’s on its way though, and certain forces of darkness will embrace it with…
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Normally, I would say the answer is no. However, Angus MacNeil does unfortunately fail the hypocrisy test on two grounds: Firstly, as I wrote earlier, he voted against the Sexual Orientation Regulations. In his view therefore, what a person gets up to in their private lives is fair game and legitimate grounds to be denied…
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Oliver Kamm is predicting doom and gloom about political blogs again: The blogosphere, in short, is a reliable vehicle for the coagulation of opinion and the poisoning of debate. It is a fact of civic life that is changing how politics is conducted – overwhelmingly for the worse, and with no one accountable for the…
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Having read this article, I’m having visions of Brian Souter and Alex Salmond bogling together to Sinitta’s disco beat (yes, yes, I know the story doesn’t involve either of them, but it’s in my head nonetheless).