( Some disjointed thoughts about the UK election )

Last week, ChrisC and I got some post. It turns out to be a ticky-box survey each from Mr Cameron, asking for our opinions on how to run the country ( Read more... )

Shall we have a little unscheduled boogie?

I think we shall.

Hefner - The Day That Thatcher Dies [link to mp3 expired ( Read more... )

Right. This post has been a month in the writing, so is hideously out of date. It's also hideously long, being mostly for my future-self's reference. You have been warned :)

( The Shows I Saw At The Fringe )

So, very shortly after the election I used the handy http://theyworkforyou.com mechanism to write to my MP ( Read more... )

I suck at trying to engage with the political process ( Read more... )

So, last night a controversial bill passed its third reading. This isn't obvious: even the BBC carries only a mashed-over story covering people's comment on what would happen if the bill were passed, with a sentence buried a couple of paragraphs in mentioning that it was passed last night by a majority of 142. Is there a rule about not reporting ( Read more... )

A couple of times recently I've mentioned http://www.theyworkforyou.com, and been surprised at the number of people who don't know about it. It's dead simple: type your postcode in, and get a random bunch of information (eg voting record on big issues, attendance record, links to speeches ( Read more... )

Well, well, well. Mr Brown (Gordon, in this case) has issued the apology we were talking about the other day. According to the BBC, he agrees that the treatment meted out to Turing as a result of his homosexuality was - though legal - "utterly unfair ( Read more... )

If we assume that:

(a) most people don't bother voting in elections[*]
(b) people are more likely to complain when they don't like something than offer praise when they do

does it follow that parties like UKIP will always do well in elections for MEPs ?

[*] Turn-out figures show that about 1 in 3 people voted in the European elections last week.