Month: December 2007

  • This is glorious. The thought that we might some day see David Cameron urinate on stage live on television at a party conference is one of the things that will keep me going from now on in politics.

  • A few hours ago, I started what I thought would be a pretty straightforward upgrade of this website’s software. Big mistake. Now, 7 hours later, I seem to be back again. Apologies for the disappearance. Everything seems to be working again, at least at the punter’s end of things. Let me know if you notice…

  • Good grief – it’s all memes this time of year! Well, I’ve been tagged by Alix Mortimer for the Crazy 8 meme, and so I’ll have a go: 8 things I am passionate about: Land value taxation Intergenerational equity Secularism Electoral reform (STV to be precise – god I’m a cliché) Human rights 2000AD Science…

  • Gavin Whenman has tagged me for this desktop meme, so given that I am currently trying to encourage people to take part in a meme of my own, I have complied. Bloody embarrassing. I feel like I’m showing people a picture of me in my underwear. All those scraggy files filling the things up. Anyway,…

  • Up: Chris Huhne (to Home Affairs): no big surprise that Chris is one of the big winners here. Brave of Clegg to invite comparisons: if Huhne does too good a job it might be used against his predecessor in the role. Ed Davey (to Foreign Affairs): an interesting move. Have never pegged Ed as a…