I am not tremendously optimistic about tomorrow's election. And by "not tremendously optimistic" I mean that I am deeply pessimistic. In fact the only way I can see it going is the turkeys voting en-masse not just for Christmas but for some kind of special extra-Christmas where every family has to eat three turkeys ( Read more... )

Well our government voted to begin the process of leaving the EU, which I suppose that we knew they would in spite of all the hopes one might have that there was something that could be done to prevent it. I was angry with them all over again. Angry with our main opposition party for not doing their job and opposing anything whatsoever angry with ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about politics over the last six months, as you might imagine. My political leanings are towards thinking that other people are mostly trying to do their best and that if you treat them fairly then the world could be pretty good but apparently that goes against the prevailing worldview right now ( Read more... )

Here is a point to ponder with regard to the fairness agenda our Condem masters are pushing forward ( Read more... )

I think a hung parliament may be the best outcome for this election- if any one party is going to have to take decisions that would potentially make them unelectable for a decade then they may back off, if it's a shared responsibility maybe they could handle it ( Read more... )

Reading this article on Afghan history and the ones that follow it made me very aware of how little I know about the roots of the current situation in Afghanistan and how deep our involvement with it goes. I mean sure, everyone knows about the retreat from Kabul and how the powers of the west provided weapons and training to the noble Mujahideen ( Read more... )

I was in the US for the last Democrat victory, back in 2000, and it's nice to see that in this case the election will be decided by popular mandate rather than by a single judge- that seemed to me a lot like taking one-man-one-vote a little far ( Read more... )

I know I go on about him, but the guy hits the nail on the head so often it's almost like he's a carpenter:
"...the government simply refuses to look beyond the present, for fear of seeing something it doesn’t like. For example, it has failed to conduct any assessment of global oil supply. When I asked the business department what contingency plans ( Read more... )

I'm annoyed by the budget, specifically the claim that putting another 2p per litre on petrol makes it a green budget. I'm sorry, Darling, there is no point saying "making people pay more for tax will force them off the roads" because it won't. People won't drive less than they are now because we have no choice. No british government has invested ( Read more... )

So I've been reading a book by a bloke called Greg Palast. It's very interesting. He's an investigative reporter, investigating stuff and then reporting it. The book is called The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and it is genuinely shocking. I always thought I was fairly cynical about politicians and the people in power, but I was mistaken. Things are ( Read more... )