Calling new(ish) political bloggers: Come, tell us you exist and stuff.

Oooh – I like this! Another critical examination of the British political blogosphere to complement my lengthy ramble yesterday. (And yet another description of me to add to the last couple of weeks’ pile of “progressive lefty” and “Tory”: I’m … Continue reading →

Yet another example of how Blair and co are trying to screw us by abusing the mechanisms EU (via): “On 1-2 December 2005, European Union justice and security ministers at a Council of the European Union meeting in Brussels plan … Continue reading →

UK Blogging: cliques and changes – a new (rather lengthy) post by me at The Sharpener. Apologies in advance for any boredom that ensues…

Forgot to mention this: a good overview of ID cards in history from Chris Lightfoot, which helps give some context not only to the inanity of the current proposals, but also to the government’s methods of trying to introduce them. … Continue reading →

How do you fancy getting paid to brainwash our nation’s youth? Oh, sorry… Did I say “brainwash our nation’s youth”? I meant, erm… “run an educational project about the EU. This includes a nationwide programme of sceptical talks for sixth-formers, … Continue reading →

BBC News: Met chief to face Menezes probe: ” The Independent Police Complaints Commission probe will be led by senior investigator Mike Grant, and be separate from the IPCC’s existing investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.” Of course, they … Continue reading →

It’s not often you get an accessible yet interesting programme on the EU appearing on the telly (cf. the abysmal shite that was How Euro Are You? a few weeks back), so tonight’s Panorama, Battle for Europe, came as a … Continue reading →

Britblog Roundup 41 – different home, usual quality.

Great Grimsby (Pffft!) MP Austin Mitchell rules. And he should blog more often. A sample, from his latest musings on Labour’s “Educashun White Paper”: “Then, finally, Triumph. The follow-up Press Release: “Parents give schools plan the thumbs up”. MP rushes … Continue reading →

As honourable as I find this sort of thing and the subsequent support, does anyone else get the feeling that something’s not right here? Am I merely being cynical in thinking this could be a deliberate ploy to keep the … Continue reading →

They’ve been and gone and made a helpful page with links to all the featured blogs in our dear Mr Worstall‘s book. Which is rather handy. (Oh, and I can confirm, following a few ales last night, that Messrs Worstall, … Continue reading →

Courtesy of the EU, and we’re now well on the way to bypassing the British parliament just as Blair and co planned (even if they did originally want the data to be stored for three years): “An European Union parliament … Continue reading →

Easyjetsetter has some interesting observations on Angela Merkel and the EU which are well worth a look.