More about the soon-to-be-suspended Mayor
Saturday, February 25th, 2006An update to my earlier piece about the absurd affair of the suspended mayor, noting the flimsiness and lack of proportion of the full text of the tribunal’s finding [More >>>]
Entries in February, 2006
A mayor suspended: so much for democracy
Saturday, February 25th, 2006An unelected panel of unknown nobodies has overturned the will of the London voters and left the capital leaderless for a month, all over an incident of unprecedented triviality [More >>>]
Club class for a prince? I wonder
Friday, February 24th, 2006Prince Charles confided to his diary that on his return from the handover of Hong Kong he had to endure the rigours of a club class seat while the politicians travelled in First. There could though be another explanation [More >>>]
Smoking: one more freedom and a lot more votes lost
Saturday, February 18th, 2006Ironical that after so many New Labour assaults on our civil liberties, it’s the ban on smoking in pubs and working men’s clubs that may have turned the Labour tide against Blair [more >>>]
By-passing parliament: the blogs got there first
Thursday, February 16th, 2006An open e-mail to Daniel Finkelstein for being the first to air nationally the scandal of a Bill empowering ministers to make new laws without troubling parliament [more >>>]
The Queen’s personal prerogative powers and a federal Britain (dream on)
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006Proposals: transfer the Queen’s remaining personal prerogative powers to an independent commission; finish the half-completed task of making the UK a proper federation — evidently too radical to be given an airing (except here)… [more >>>]
Contact facility restored
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006I can again receive messages sent to me from the ‘contact’ facility of the website, after an interruption of service [more >>>]
Bush priorities: defence up, health down
Saturday, February 11th, 2006‘Bush puts stress on defence’ and cuts health — Financial Times [More >>>]
Muslims and the west: a notable television debate
Saturday, February 11th, 2006Anyone with broadband who missed the BBC TV Newsnight debate about the Muslim protests over the Danish cartoons and their global implications on 6 Feb should watch it on the BBC Newsnight website while it’s still available [more >>>]
Those cartoons: support the Danes!
Thursday, February 9th, 2006It was silly to exercise the undoubted right to publish those cartoons, but the hysterical reaction across the world has been an outrage, and we should give far more support to our Danish friends and partners [More >>>]
