Thinking about the blog

Thinking about the blog

Bloggers who write about blogging are like teenagers who not only insist on writing petry, but then reading it out as well.  On that note, forgive me.  I accidentally chucked my web address into yahoo search today, and it came up with this: I’m not vain, and...

Why am I proud to be a Conservative? Part Two

The State, Britishness and Community In my previous post I covered why I liked what Conservatives stand for in Health, Education and Defence, and above all, in terms of Freedom, and what that means to me. In this post, I’m going to cover what it means to me to...

Who Governs? May 2009

I started writing this in September, then someone stole the world economy.  So, almost a year since the last ‘Who Governs’, here’s the comprehensive story of what’s happening in the world: The Conservatives have an enormous lead in the polls,...

Libertas – An unfortunate shower of cretins

Just posted this over on the Libertas.eu website blog, guessing it won’t see the light of day. To put this in context, I’m responding to the ‘historic opportunity to vote for the ‘exciting and positive vision’ put forward by Libertas:...

An Open Letter to Simon Palmer

4 May 2009 Dear Simon, Having read your interesting and presumably satirical views on the state of Irish blogging, I decided to check out your website to see how ‘down with the kids’ you are, and to identify whether your site has what it takes to convince...