Category: Politics

The Sun’s backed Blair for this election which is not remotely unexpected. So I was disappointed to hear it given such import on the news this morning. The Sun only back winners, and in a two horse race, they’re not going 50-1 outsider. What would have happened if The Sun had backed Howard and Blair…

In 2005, it seems to me that getting access to party manifestos during an election should be pretty straightforward. Just download them in an accessible and easy to use format that’s cross platform. Adobe’s PDF format would seem to be the choice to make. And most party’s have used it, with one very notable, and…

It was nice knowing you. From now on, if you’re Muslim, you’re going to get stopped and searched much more. Hazel Blears, the minister responsible for counter-terrorism, said so. (I’d say, don’t take it personally, but it is personal). As many have said, we can quite confidentally admit defeat to Osama Bin Ladin. He has…

I know we mostly think of him as the loveable fool who’s hosted a couple of Have I Got News For Yous, but sometimes he speaks incredibly good sense for a Tory. His stance on ID cards is one of those times. We can now only hope that there are members of the upper house…

Help! We’re being overrun by illegal immigrants. I know this to be true because both Mr Blair and Mr Howard are saying so. They’re all coming through the tunnel or something. And they’re over-running the country like the aliens in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. For goodness’ sake, don’t go downloading the Government’s own statistics…

Thank goodness that the government have published their advice on what I can and cannot do should I be attacked in my own home! I recommend downloading the PDF and pinning it up somewhere so that you can regularly consult it. I certainly needed to know what the definition of “reasonable force” is. For example,…

It seems that Roy Jenkins wasn’t a fan of ID Cards. At the time it was being discussed as a way to combat Irish terrorist atrocities. Just replace “Irish” for “Islamic Fundamentalist” and see what difference it all really makes.

306 MPs voted for it, and 93 against. I don’t know who the MPs who voted against are at the moment, but there was an estimate of 18 Labour rebels. The suggestion is that those against the card were asked to make themselves scarce rather than voting against. I watched a fair amount of the…

Well it’s due to be debated in the House anytime now – well once everyone’s finished talking about Blunkett’s rail ticket. The Guardian’s Newsblog has a good summary of what some of the key supporters are saying in putting forward good reasons for the card and databases’s introduction (incidentally, I’m hearing far too little about…

On January 1 2005, the Freedom of Information Act comes fully into force. This will give us the right to ask various government departments and public authorities what data they hold on us. Remarkably, the Cabinet Office has suddenly decided that now would be a good time to delete all emails older than three months!…

Well I can’t say I’m sorry he’s gone.

The sordid small-minded Countryside Alliance feel that disrupting the visit of International Olympic Committee members to London is the way to go according to a report in The Observer. Personally, if a million people break the law on February 19, then they should be prosecuted and fined. Should give the rest of us a tax…