Dirty Election

Posted on Mon 12 April 2010 in general • Tagged with budget, ge2010, NHS, politics, spending, tax

It looks like it's shaping up to be a very dirty election. The latest scare tactic involving cancer treatment also raised question about how the leaflets were targeted. The Labour party seem to be working very hard to promote the image of posh Tories waxing their moustaches between looking for …


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Under starters orders

Posted on Wed 07 April 2010 in general • Tagged with cambridge, election, politics

It wasn't exactly the most surprising announcement but the race is now on for who forms the next government. Anyone not registered to vote has about 13 days to make sure they are registered for the election.

According to the Electoral Reform Society there isn't much point voting as all …


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Who got all the laughs

Posted on Tue 30 March 2010 in general • Tagged with general election, politics, tax

As debates go the whole thing seemed more than a little sterile. The 3 would-be holders of the purse strings post election kept their points so tightly focused it almost had the air of people running through checklists. Although there was a little back and forth between the candidates, usually …


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Google's change of heart

Posted on Wed 13 January 2010 in geek • Tagged with censorship, china, google, politics

So Google are finally having second thoughts about their relationship with China. We may see then end of google.cn as a search engine that filters search results that might embarrass the authorities.

Google got a lot of stick at the time when they first created their Chinese presence. In …


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Simon Singh

Posted on Fri 11 December 2009 in geek • Tagged with law, libel, media, politics, science

As the nights draw in again it's time to hit the lecture circuit. Cambridge is pretty well served with public lectures as well as a number of other organisations that organises talks in return for a small donation on the day or subscription. Last night I went to the IET's …


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