I'm a liberal. I don't like banning things. I'm an environmentalist, I think destroying the planet is a Bad Thing, and am fairly convinced by the science on climate change. But, as is always the case, liberalism wins out. Banning traditional lightbulbs is a bad idea ( Read more... )

Meme time: -Choose a book genre
-Choose five books from that genre
-Tell me why I should read them.
Nice'n simple. I pick history:

1. An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (or 2000 years of Upper Class Idiots in charge)--John O'Farrell
( Everyone should know at least the basics of the history of these islands )

Chris Dillow responds to the question: Iain Dale is inviting people to complete the sentence, "you know you're a Conservative when..."
OK. Here goes:
( 7 typical unthinking Tory positions )