US Midterms

Posted on Tue 02 November 2010 in general • Tagged with politics, usa

Today the citizens of the USA go to the polls for the midterms. I'm following the story with a mild interest as given their position as a world power their politics does have an impact on the rest of us. The media in the UK are reporting them as a …


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Digital Democracy

Posted on Thu 01 July 2010 in general • Tagged with consulation, democracy, edemocracy, government, politics

Our new Coalition Overlordstm have launched a new web-site to solicit feedback from the citizenry on what laws should be repealed/modified. This is a little more involved than the current option to sign e-Petitions at the number 10 website. The site supports commenting, tagging as well subscribing to …


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Dunkirk, as it happens

Posted on Tue 08 June 2010 in general • Tagged with history, orwell, politics

It's interesting to see how much of a shock the Dunkirk Evacuation was to British. Although the start of war was noted by Orwell he quickly moved back to documenting his small holding activities and egg production. However as the B.E.F. was beaten back to their eventual humiliation …


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Electoral Reform

Posted on Tue 11 May 2010 in general • Tagged with election reform, elections, politics, pr

I know I planned to stop writing about politics post election but as things aren't quite decided yet I find I'm still thinking about it.

One of the more common statements coming from people wishing to see Labour somehow continue in office is that 52% of the population voted to …


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Interesting times, part 2

Posted on Fri 07 May 2010 in general • Tagged with ge2010, politics, results

I didn't make it to the declaration of my local constituency which eventually declared sometime around 5 in the morning. As a result I'm basically functioning on tea infusions. I may have to whip up a super-caffeine latte in a bit.

The results last night where all over the place …


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