Two lessons in politics and government from Ireland

Uncategorized 8 February 2010 0 Comments

Irlande, Nul Points First the mildly funny story.  It emerged this morning that since 2003, more than 18,000 people cases of serious road traffic offences have been brought to court in Ireland and convicted of.  Of those, it would appear that just over 700 of those cases were ever given penalty points, although points were [...]

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#SaveTheNHSFromAndyBurnham

Uncategorized 14 August 2009 0 Comments

Sorry about the hashtag-as-a-title thing, but it will make Tweeting a lot easier. The media is alight today, as it often is in silly season, with news of Dan Hannan, erstwhile Tory MEP from the South of England calling the NHS a ‘sixty year mistake’ and saying he wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Fact One:  [...]

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