An online notebook
An online notebook
Good article by Bill Thompson on the BBC Technology News Site. The political classes will be surprised indeed if the next General Election doesn’t take place on 5 May. In fact Tony Blair might even lose votes if he disappoints…
I can’t tell you how pleased I am to have said something bordering on the truly reactionary. Is Boris trying to get back in Michael Howard’s good books? Still, a lengthy and serious post from Boris which shows that he…
Melanie Phillips has picked up on Iain Duncan Smith’s article in The Guardian. Phillips, I shoud point out, is someone I read for the same reason people pick scabs. It irritating, slightly painful, but nevertheless weirdly addictive. Anyway, her point…
Iain Duncan Smith thinks blogging can help the Tories win the election! For decades the national conversation in most western countries has been directed by a few talking heads. Newspapers play important roles but all the evidence suggests that broadcasters…
Read this over the weekend. Here’s my review for Palimpsest. So Now Who Do We Vote For? is a 160 odd page ‘book’ from John Harris, erstwhile editor of the excellent but now sadly defunct indie magazine Select and occasional…
Over on the Boris blog, the exciting debate continues on the comments section. Someone calling themself ‘Monkey’ commented that: Howard has made several intelligent manouvres in the past few days. Appearing on Talk Sport (the UK’s most popular radio station,…
According to the Boris Blog, Mr Johnson’s regular column has been dropped from today’s Torygraph in favour of a rather dull piece by Michael Howard trying to justify his dodgy immigration policy, reproduced here in all its swivel-eyed glory because…
Interesting page on the use of blogs by MPs: A lot of the people that you reach via a weblog will post comments on a weblog of their own and link to you in the process. Some weblogs have an…
The Campaign to save Wells Hospital has a website here.
This looks like it would be an interesting read, and a very good review. I’ve emphasised one important part for me. Do the right thing For once, here is some advice that Conservatives might find useful. David Cameron on Kieron…