Check it out, there’s some good stuff there. The following are sites I mean to check out, and are here largely for my reference. Ignore them if you like, or check them out and let me know which ones should … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago Michael Howard laid out his party’s masterplan for “The British Dream” (a particularly clunky appropriation of American political terminology). In fairness, the Conservatives have had the decency to keep their propaganda short, so for once … Continue reading →

Soon I hope to have in my posession a short(ish) manuscript which purports to show “how the inherent rights of the people in the U.K. (which are already constitutionally, legally established) will be annihilated by the proposed d’Estaing constitution for … Continue reading →

Via the ever-sarcastic Mr. Chicken Yoghurt, the latest roundup from the General Election Blog – including a couple of contributions from this very site. (Although quite when it became “mighty” I have no idea. That’s probably just the sarcasm again. … Continue reading →

Today’s the day for confirmation hearings into John Negroponte’s nomination as National Intelligence Director(NYTimes). Negroponte has a somewhat chequered past, parlaying a career in the murky pond of Latin American / US relations (El Salvador, Nicaragua) into that of senior … Continue reading →

Thus far, it seems everyone has learned the lessons of the last few elections: bringing up Europe is the kiss of death to any serious British election campaign. Staunchly anti-EU broadsheet the Telegraph has no mention of Europe among its … Continue reading →

Senator Barack Obama has a new blog! Obama is the junior Senator for Illinois, and many people’s pick for a future Democratic presidential candidate.

The first of a hopefully daily series of blog roundups is up now at the General Election Blog. As I am currently stupidly overworked I don’t know when I’ll get around to doing one, but any tips and pointers will … Continue reading →

Or did I just hallucinate the opening sequence of This Week? Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo dancing and singing like maniacs and the like. Could the programme have finally realised its inherent ridiculousness? Oh bollocks, now it turns out Benjamin … Continue reading →

For those of us who really wish we could all get over this pathetic us vs. them thing that’s supposedly been going on with Europe and America over the last few years, this new site, set up by some Daily … Continue reading →

Utterly unrelated to the usual Europhobia fare, but Diderot’s Lounge has a great series of posts from one of their bloggers from a recent trip to Afghanistan, with more promised, which are well worth a look: Afghan Trip I – … Continue reading →

Tim Worstall’s latest Britblog roundup is here for the browsing. Then, following these posts from the other day, The Observer has an interesting piece on French EU constitution referendum problems. In other news, the current anti-Japanese protests in China may … Continue reading →

Following the round-up at the General Election Blog, the ongoing worries about the dodginess of the system and my post from the other day asking whether the general election is going to happen thaks to Birmingham Lib Dem councillor John … Continue reading →

I’ve started another new blog, currently full of some fairly dodgy film reviews I’ve been getting paid to do for the last few months (my journalistic career, for those who don’t know, started off in film criticism). The USP? I … Continue reading →