Tag: nick-cohen

Why Nick Cohen should worry less about twitchforks and more about the media Frankenstein

1 November 2009

Nick Cohen is up in arms about how Twitter is embracing the power of the mob and that this is bad news for freedom of speech. Ironically (at least ironic to anyone who has read Mr Cohen’s denunciations Revolutionary Communists), his old sparring partner Brendan O’Neill feels the same way. I have to say there…
Nick Cohen on housing and generational equity

18 March 2007

Critic of Nick Cohen that I tend to be, his contribution this week outlining the problems with the UK housing market is well worth a read.
The limits of collective bargaining

8 March 2007

No-one can deny that collective bargaining has brought ordinary people very real rights that they could never have acquired through other means. Every employee in the country has a lot to be grateful to the Labour Movement. But there comes a point where the disadvantages of the hive mind approach starts to outweigh the advantages.…

Why Nick Cohen should worry less about twitchforks and more about the media Frankenstein