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Entries in June, 2005

Is aid a waste of time and money?

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

A discussion about the pros and cons of aid.

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Wimbledon again

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Wimbledon fortnight is here again and all the Brits are out before the first weekend.

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African successes and the role of aid

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Fascinating and encouraging article about the economic progress and successes registered by Tanzania and a raft of other African countries in recent years.

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Live Aid, the NGOs, and the Ethiopian famine

Monday, June 27th, 2005

My reply to David Rieff’s criticism of Live Aid

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Telling a man by his books

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

In response to popular demand, expressed variously in other people’s blogs as a ‘meme’ or a ‘tig’ (neither of which terms I understand), I join other contributors in answering four challenging questions – challenging, because blogging, emailing, cycling aimlessly round Wandsworth, listening to Radio 3, and watching the 24-hour news programmes on television leave virtually [...]

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The UK rebate and the EU budget battle

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

I doubt if Blair and Brown are worried

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The easy way to monitor those blogs

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Software to read blogs with.

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That hateful religious hatred Bill

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Once again the government is seeking parliamentary approval for the religious hatred Bill which has been repeatedly condemned and rejected on all sides, from far left to far right, as an unconscionable and unenforceable assault on freedom of speech and expression. Notable features of the Bill include the absence of any attempt to define ‘religion’ [...]

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The Federation of the United Kingdom is here

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

The paradox highlighted by Tam Dalyell’s West Lothian Question (why should Scottish MPs at Westminster be allowed to vote on English domestic matters while they would not be allowed to vote on Scottish domestic matters, which are dealt with by the Scottish Assembly?) reflects the anomaly in our constitution created by devolution. With what amount [...]

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Photos in Flickr

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

A nice web program for sharing family pictures

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