I'll stick to the geek topics in Chairman Brown's speech to conference yesterday. The issue of broadband poverty is a uniquely western problem in an age where we have mostly* solved the problems of feeding, housing and medical care for the population. However as more and more things become available …

Fun as it is to watch Labour struggle to contain a revolt by it's own members to oust Chairman Brown I can't help thinking a change of leader wouldn't do any good right now. While it's easier to argue against a general election for your first switch of leader while …

It seems oddly appropriate that on the day it's reported that keeping the DNA of innocent people criminalises them that George Orwells diaries are to be released. In a thoroughly modern approach the diaries will come out in "real time" + 70 years in blog form. You can find the blog …

I'm not sure what to think about the implications of the Max Mosley story. It's not like I hold the head of the FIA as any sort of role-model for how to live my life. And apart from a little prurient curiosity as to what he was getting up to …

To me this is just another indication the government has gone into fully reactive mode. Another example was the lead up to the Youth Crime Action plan.

I quite like the Tory proposals for fuel duty although with one caveat. The cost of fuel must continue to rise as an …