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You are right wing - they are right.
Mensch is refreshingly unlike you - though still a conservative
In most ways you are as you say:- conservative anti-progressive, unable to understand wit, good writing, or the ability to hold contrasting political views.
to summarise:- Mensch is right, the Guardian is generally right - and you are generally wrong.
Roger Helmer MEP: What do local Tories think of Louise Mensch MP's love of The Guardian?
Roger Helmer MEP blogs here. Louise Mensch (née Bagshawe) has achieved a huge amount of airtime recently. She is of course the very model of a modern Conservative MP. Young(ish), a woman, a successful author, sitting on a small fortune made from her chick-lit ventures, married to the manager...
well said - and we must be equally concerned that anonymous and lulsec are not drawn further down this track of self appointed nerd judges. These groups pretend to be defending internet freedom but may, by their emotionally crippled behaviour be its worst enemy...
The End of WikiLeaks
Last fall when the news broke that WikiLeaks was in possession of a quarter million U.S. diplomatic cables, I wrote that the putative pro-transparency organization was in fact a detriment to a serious movement aimed at more openness in government. Mine was among the few voices on the left at t...
couple of my immediate responses as others are on top of the literal ones
"Who will rid me of this turdulent editor?"
"Bring me the head of Paul Dacre"
the sooner these shits are buried alongside the NoW the better off the world will be.
The Daily Mail knowingly and commercially used my photos despite my denying them permission.
A few days ago, I snapped a picture in The GAP on Oxford Street: their ALWAYS SKINNY mannequins' legs are not only always skinny, but anorexically/starved so. I tweeted it, and TwitPic'd one picture. Then Cory BoingBoing'ed it. Then the WashPo emailed, asking permission to reprint, and asked...
It is sickening to here people abusing or decrying something approaching genuine anarchy (the taking of responsibility and refusal to either blame or attach all responsibility to governments and state professionals).
The sooner we all decide that our families and communities are the people we need to spend our time with, depend upon, reward with our friendship and love - and reject the idea that a doctor, copper, lawyer or social worker has to deal with our problems the better...
Big society? - not a good name
Lots of small societies of friends is what we need, then kids will grow up raised by a village as they should.
no commentary required
Background here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGF8a1HwP8
A glimpse of the world without Murdoch -
(exaggerated for comic effect of course)
the murdoch factor
What a day yesterday was. The Murdoch double act was quite something, wasn't it? I'm not sure we learned anything new of substance. But we did get to examine the Murdochs. The curtain was pulled aside and a doddery hobbit stepped out, accompanied by his replicant sidekick. The first thing to n...
Like Zeldin's conversational dinners it seems - I have a menu from one I helped organise in Wales - highly recommended. The "big lunch" also has this understanding of how conversation can be steered to build human bridges beyond close tribe.
On the pleasure of talking to strangers
Last week we launched The School of Life’s conversation meals at Konstam in King's Cross. The restaurant is known for its seasonal and locally sourced cuisine and as Nina Caplan (Time Out’s features editor) wrote, “everything was sourced from within the M25 except the topics for discussion”. Th...
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