by nabidana | Jul 24, 2009 | Hoons, politics, stupidity
The Norwich North by-election result has been delivered: a coup de vote which in any normal political circumstances would have a frenzied party sprinting to redress the mistakes it made and listen harder to the electorate than ever before. Not this time. Instead,...
by nabidana | Jul 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
I decided to treat myself to a couple of days’ annual leave after a wonderful visit to Rome, in order to recharge the batteries and be lazy. It was blissful until my desire to be pretty well informed kicked in, and I popped on Sky News and BBC News 24 to be...
by nabidana | Jul 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Far be it from me to take on an orthodoxy, to challenge a custom or to rail against a standard way of doing things, but sometimes, when presented with a silly convention, such as libel law or the principle that politicians ought not call one another liars,...
by nabidana | Jun 29, 2009 | Hoons, politics, stupidity
I’ve seen a few companies relaunch, and I’ve been through quite a few in the Conservative Party too, in my long career of membership. But Gordon Brown’s ‘Building Britain’s Future’ is fucking dreadful. In order to establish as a...
by nabidana | Jun 21, 2009 | Hoons, politics
How’s democracy doing? Is it alright? Perhaps it’s just sleeping? Listen!