and away- away in the half-life ( Read more... )

It was an honour and a pleasure to be present at Gwyn and Lucy's wedding. So many people there I like and don't see enough of. I was a really great ceremony, then with the castle, the snow (SNOWFIGHT!) and laughs all the day. Even made some kind of long-overdue peace with Profaniti so that was nice ( Read more... )

Details of Petition ( Read more... )

If The Digital Economy Bill is passed in its current form any photograph you have put up on the internet can be used by anyone for marketing/branding/etc (unless of course you have in place the appropriate copywright ( Read more... )

"Junk politics does not demand justice or the reparation of rights. It always personalizes issues rather than clarifying them. It eschews real debate for manufactured scandals, celebrity gossip and spectacles. It trumpets eternal optimism, endlessly praises our moral strength and character, and communicates in a feel-your-pain language. The result ( Read more... )

"...for those in every country who seek to mend the evils of our condition by reasoned experiment within the framework of the existing social system. If you fail, rational change will be gravely prejudiced throughout the world, leaving orthodoxy and revolution to fight it out."
John Manard Keynes in a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

'A word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard ( Read more... )

For quite a while now, I have been preaching that people are not stupid. They may be ignorant or tired, beaten, weak, deluded, angry or arrogant but they are never stupid. Yet since I mentioned this to a work colleague, I seem to see more examples that cannot be explained any other way than stupidity. Leaving aside medical matters of the brain ( Read more... )

"Birling: Rubbish! If you don't come down hard on these people they'd soon be asking for the earth ( Read more... )

Future of the Left 'The hope that House Built'

Some observations from recent weeks:

I am now reviewing for www.remotegoat.co.uk. Expect to be asked to be a plus one in the future ( Read more... )