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Monthly Archives: February 2011
There are just two minor flaws with No2AV’s claim that voting Yes2AV will cost £250m…
CAT: Why don’t we drop the defensive shields? KRYTEN: A superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws. One, we don’t have any defensive shields, and two, we don’t have any defensive shields. Now I realise that, technically speaking, that’s … Continue reading
Mehdi Hasan: If I was Ed Miliband…
Mehdi Hasan of the New Statesman is, without doubt, my favourite political journalist at the moment. He was great on Question Time a few weeks ago, and I quoted him in my blog on multiculturalism. He also proved why with … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged David Cameron, Deficit Denial, George Osborne, Medhi Hasan, Nick Clegg, Silly cuts
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The multiculturalism debate
I’ve written this post in response to a couple of comments on my earlier blog on multiculturalism. There were two main criticisms of it. The first was contesting that David Cameron had been pandering to far-right groups. I’ve responded to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Star, David Cameron, EDL, Islam, Multiculturalism, UK Politics
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Why No Platform is illiberal and misconceived
As an adjoiner to my previous post on multiculturalism, I wanted to write a piece on why the No Platform Policy is illiberal and misconceived. It’s something I’ve had strong views on for a while – I spoke at my … Continue reading
An A-Z of rubbish arguments from No2AV
A is for Australia As the No campaign never tire of telling us, only three countries use AV at the moment. One of them is Australia. According to one poll commissioned by the Institute for Public Affairs, 57% of Australians … Continue reading
Hey Porter, will you tell me the time? Time to go, actually*
* with apologies to Johnny Cash. It would not have been an easy year for anyone to have been President of the NUS. Aaron Porter has certainly had a difficult time of it, and there will doubtless be plenty of … Continue reading
A pictorial representation of just how excited I am about the Cricket World Cup
According to the counter on the Cricinfo website, the Cricket World Cup starts in approximately 8 hours time. I think the picture below represents my level of excitement about this prospect at the moment: If Test cricket is a four … Continue reading
The No to AV campaign is going all Phil Woolas on our asses
When any politician goes in for extreme negative attacks, it’s always the last act of a desperate campaign. Phil Woolas engaged in his unique brand of slurring when it was obvious he was going to lose. This week marked the start … Continue reading
David Cameron should have just thrown a brick through a curry house window
I read David Cameron’s speech on multiculturalism last Saturday. At least, I assume it was the speech he gave. It sounded like the Cabinet Office had lost the full transcript of Cameron’s speech, and had replaced it on their website … Continue reading
Fantastic Headlines 50-52 – Innuendo Edition
Apart from headlines involving Ed Balls, this series has been free of smut. I’m afraid that’s about to end with this set of three headlines. But let’s face it: you only read this for the rude bits, right? This headline, … Continue reading
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