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Things
Right, I assume from the pie-related responses that everyone got it in one, but the graphs were of percentage of women in each Parliamentary party. I thought making the men blue was a big clue, I left the women as red, pink perhaps a shade too far ( Read more... ) -
Prediction
Because I enjoy looking silly, and despite the fact that the exit polls in 15 minutes are going to be very good for the Conservatives ( Read more... ) -
Housing
Hello. I shall repost this on Monday when people are reading, but anyway; for reasons wholly unrelated to the fact that I am impossible to live with (viz a new job in a different country), I will shortly be looking for a new flatmate. I'm likely, though not certain, also to want to move myself over the course of the Summer, so happy to offer a ( Read more... ) -
How to get an olive branch thrown back in your face
Politics intrudes. Sorry, it's that time of the election cycle. Anyway Professor Jonathan Rutherford (more of him later, but he's relevant) says the following on Labourlist today;
Whatever its current state, Labour is central to the progressive future and it needs to begin a process of democratic renewal both within its own organisation and by ( Read more... ) -
Still crazy after all these years
The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct ( Read more... ) -
This isn't in English, is it?
I need a sub, and not in a rude way. I don't really want to break the paragraph, and the jumble of numbers and numberwords isn't helping.
Despite widespread pessimism about achieving equal representation, there has been substantial progress in the number of women represented in the House of Commons over the last two decades. After 40 years after ( Read more... )
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