A tory defence of (a degree of) public higher education funding

commerce and trade 23 August 2009 0 Comments

Libertarian Tory blogger Thomas Byrne makes some arguments recently on his blog, then debated on Twitter, about the desirability or not of state funding of University. I don’t ever do this, but as a fellow Conservative, I am sure he won’t have a problem with a spot of forensic work on his blog post.  I’m in [...]

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Three men in a boat (up a creek without a paddle)

Uncategorized 31 May 2009 0 Comments

With apologies to Jerome K Jerome and anyone who loves the book as much as I do. As told to the blogger by David Cameron. THERE were four of us – Gordon, and Nick Clegg, and myself, and the Speaker of the House. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad [...]

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This blog will not be regulated by Simon Palmer

Uncategorized 4 May 2009 2 Comments

A chap working within the PR field has weighed into the argument around regulation of blogs. The article in the Sunday Business Post was as tiresome to read as the website of the chap in question, to whom I shall henceforth refer as ‘Mr Republic’ The basic precept seems to be that there should be [...]

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Fawkes denies dog dirt theft and IRA membership

Uncategorized 13 April 2009 1 Comment

Fascist blogger and denier of the brilliance of the Glorious Leader Guido Fawkes has been recorded by the Mirror denying hiding in piles of leaves last autumn collecting dog dirt in freezer bags.  We can reveal how he: DENIES membership of Al-Qameron, the fascist terrorist organisation terrifyingly spreading terrifying  terror amongst Labour MPs in marginal [...]

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Obama says hello, and someone screws up at the inauguration

politics,war for the whitehouse 20 January 2009 0 Comments

In a great inauguration ceremony, the first African-American President made an outstanding speech, which was, this blogger thought, not likely to do anything to underplay the expectations the world has of him.

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