Are the Armed Forces being let down by government?

Posted on Wed 11 November 2009 in general • Tagged with politics, rememberance, war

Well the gruby counter accusations continue over a letter sent by Gordon Brown to offer condolences to a bereaved mother. For all the heat and noise it's generating for the papers, no doubt not helping the poor mother come to terms with her grief, it's become a proxy for a …


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Question Time

Posted on Fri 23 October 2009 in general • Tagged with bbc, bnp, politics

Well the reaction quotes are in from last nights Question Time, as are the viewing figures (7.9m, easily beating the previous 3.8m water mark at the height of the MPs expenses scandal). I'm not sure I'm cynical enough to accuse the BBC of engineering the media storm on …


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Policies I can get behind

Posted on Mon 05 October 2009 in general • Tagged with government IT, politics

I was little disappointed by David Cameron's performance on Sunday AM. It may just be the curse of any political leader these days if to be vague enough to avoid splitting their own party or come across as uncaring hatchet men. Everyone seems keen to cut waste without actually reducing …


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Orwell Diaries

Posted on Fri 28 August 2009 in general • Tagged with blogs, politics

The Orwell Diaries have been running for a little over a year now. One thing I've learned is his slight obsession with the egg production of his chickens as well as a few notes about living in Spain. However the last few weeks has seen more earnest reporting of the …


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Write to your MP time

Posted on Tue 25 August 2009 in general • Tagged with 3strikes, politics

I've not sent many letters to my current MP since I moved down south. So today I was moved to send the following:

Dear James Paice,

I'm writing to you today to let you know about my views on the
Governments proposed Internet disconnection policy [1] on accusation
of illegal …

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