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Month: August 2009

  • Are only classical liberals interested in saving money?

    I was intrigued to see Mark Littlewood’s suggestion that Nick Clegg’s latest “In The Know” initiative is evidence of his innate classical liberalism. Maybe Mark is right and inside Clegg there is a slash and burn tax cutter struggling to come out (it certainly seems like that at times), but the idea that saving money…

  • Nick Clegg’s lost month

    I’m moaning again on Comment is Free: Sadly, the disappearance of the Lib Dem party leader each August has become an established part of the Lib Dem calendar. It used to be one of the things Charles Kennedy was regularly criticised for, the subtext often being that his disappearances were due to his drink problem,…

  • All about the honey mummy? Not good enough

    A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I were watching TV at home when the advert for Sugar Puffs appeared on our screen. I had seen the ad before and not thought anything of it. However on this occasion, my girlfriend, who is overweight, turned to me and said: “I don’t like this advert, it…

  • The 411 Show: Episode Three

    I forgot to post this up last week. Features lots of good music, plus a primer to Creative Commons and the legendary Al Ewing, writer of Judge Dredd and Murderdrome: Part two and all the “extras” can be found on the 441 Show website.

  • Andy Burnham’s unhealthy flag wrapping claptrap

    I’ve written a response to Andy Burnham’s astounding Guardian article on the NHS on the SLF website: Given the choice between “national”, “health” and “service” the word that Burnham considers most key to the Labour approach is the former. Ignore “health”, never mind “service” – who needs a bandage when you can wrap yourself in…