by nabidana | Oct 24, 2010 | politics
One of the most important things students learn when studying the media is that, often, the decision of an editor or proprietor to, or not to, publish or broadcast a particular story places immense power in the hands of that person. Often the mainstream media enjoys...
by nabidana | Oct 19, 2010 | politics
There is nothing either particularly logical or elegant about the embodiment of the basic economic problem in the Guns versus Butter conundrum, but there’s probably a well established way to pay someone through taxpayer cash to paint a picture of it or commit...
by nabidana | Oct 5, 2010 | politics
All political parties do strange stuff at Party Conference season, but it’s important that we keep an eye on the soundness or otherwise of our own. Here’s a miniature guide, which we shall start using tomorrow.
by nabidana | Oct 3, 2010 | politics
Basil McCrea made a lot of enemies in his early Assembly career, mostly by being reasonable, collegiate and friendly; this is rarely the way anyone seeking to be elected UUP leader would like to be introduced to the casual onlooker, but so it was that he fought and...