I seem to have been scooting around the country quite a bit already this year, and although it's nice to get up north or into the countryside (and even better when you can do both), there's still something magical about London that you don't find in places like the Peak District (where I was last weekend ( Read more... )

So just caught up on last nights Question Time. For those of you that missed it, it's available on iplayer at the moment:


(Direct link)The slagging match at the begining was a bit pointless. Throwing quotes at him and him denying them isn't going to convince anyone that's BNP policy unless they know he's already said them, in which case they ( Read more... )

There's a number of things that have got me thinking about nationalism recently including discussions about British nationalism with a member of the BNP on facebook and a talk on nationalism in Palestine by the socialists on Tuesday evening. I guess I still just don't get it ( Read more... )

So, I woke up this morning to discover that the BNP have been elected to a seat in the North-West. As far I am aware, the North-West isn't actually full of BNP supporters, although there are a few and they have the right to vote to express their views ( Read more... )

I like this idea, even if the chances of it ever happening are slim to none.


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I've been a bit confused about the number of adverts and mentions of mothers day online this week, as far as I was aware it was back before Easter like it normally is ( Read more... )

This is currently flying from the flagpole in the Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank:


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This is interesting:


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I was shocked this morning to find out that we were actually going to deny the foreign workers who work for the Italian company who have been subcontracted to take out at the Lindsey Oil Refinery some of the work that has been contractually offered to them ( Read more... )

Protest over foreign labour fearSo, let me get this straight, these protesters are proposing a nationalistic "jobs for the boys" strategy? And there was me thinking we might be getting away from those sorts of antiquated views and awarding jobs on merit ( Read more... )