* I would sit down and write a long post on my views of the Tuition Fee vote, the protests and the agressive and dangerous mishandling of peacful protestors by the Metropolitan Police, but much more eloquent people have stated their views (which echo mine so well) that it seemed better to collect their writing together [...]
I’ve been enjoying a very interesting and fruitful Twitter conversation with @adambanksdotcom and @zoeimogen, both of whom I heartily recommend you follow, about failings in our current political system. With 140-charaters being a bit limiting when discussing wide-reaching political reform, I decided to put down my current thoughts on actions we could take to improve [...]
I’ve just sent the following to my MP, Joan Ruddock (Labour), via the Open Rights Group website. If you live in the UK, please, please contact your MP and tell them why having ISPs restrict which content providers we can get information from on-line is unacceptable in a society that purports to be free. I [...]
Yesterday, at 11 o’clock, most of us paused in our daily activities and spent a few quiet moment remembering the sacrifices of brave men and women who gave their lives in defence of this country and to keep us free from oppression. Some shed a silent tear. Others wept, consumed by the pain of recent [...]
David Allen Green (aka @jackofkent) posted an article on the New Statesman website today titled “A strike for Bonfire Night“. In the light of planned strike action by London’s Fire-service workers on 5th of November, he asks whether such public-service industrial actions are often unnecessary and if they could on occasion constitute an abuse of [...]
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet on the Digital Economy Act front lately. This is due to the General Election and the need to get the facts with regard to what can and can’t be done, realistically, when there are so many issues that the new [...]