Category: politics and life
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What happens when a former Health Minister and Home Office Minister get together? That’s right, they come up with a grandiose IT project that, um, doesn’t work. (or at least, I’ve been trying to look at it for the past hour with no joy apart from briefly seeing a picture of some prepubescent girl looking…
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It’s occurred to me that Tony Blair is living one of Gandhi’s maxims out, but in reverse. First he won. Then people got angry with him. Now people are laughing at him. And then…?
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I meant to blog about this article yesterday but hey, don’t you know there’s a war on? As a summary of the various arguments currently raging between what is often oversimplified as faith groups and secularists, it isn’t too bad. But unfortunately, it is also guilty of a moral relativism and lazy journalistic notions about…
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I’ve been wondering whether to blog about this all day, as it must surely be pretty obvious to all concerned what a terrible mistake it was. But, to recap, Ming asked the following question: “Have a look at me. Do I look too old?” How is anyone supposed to answer this? Does he look old,…
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Last week, John Redwood was complaining about how his speech 10 years ago on single mothers had been deliberately distorted by Labour spin doctors. He has a point, particularly given that Labour has now gone far further than the Tories ever did in this area, but I don’t think anyone should be too sympathetic when…