This area is a bit of a free for all on the above subject. No manifesto as such but maybe some interesting ideas may get floated. No.1 Does free will exist? Science tells us that any action we make is initiated in a part of our brain which comes before the conscious [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Reformation Lite
(The Bullingdon Club) When is a reformation not a reformation? Exhibit #1. Ed Milliband’s recent call for “Reform” : • More power for parliamentary select committees to scrutinise legislation. • More power to be devolved to local government. • The language of the chamber – such as calling MPs “my right honourable friend”. • The [...]
DEMOCRATIC AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM ALERT – UPGRADE REQUIRED
The Lobby Group Org announces the commencement of the system upgrade project. As a non political organisation comprising various eclectic individuals, who were first introduced to each other in cyberspace, this project is strictly outside any self interested party, be it political, financial, corporate, media or philosophical. Debate will initially be facilitated by using a series [...]
European Elections 2009
Are these elections relevant? Will anyone care? David Cameron is trying to use these as a platform to call for a general election in the UK, will the results of these european elections indicate the mood of the country or will people just be reacting to current issues which they will forget further down the line? [...]
Oops
Just in case the news is being suppressed in the UK: the BBC quote of the day about GB’s blusher is only the tip of the story. According to continental sources, the bag lost by Brown’s aide contained the full spin briefing for his defence against the Telegraph, who are trying to get their hands [...]
No way to save us
I dont think saying sorry will make any difference anymore. You say sorry to someone for accidently bumping into them in the street, not for systematically screwing what you can within the rules of parliamentary expenses. For that you have to first resign, then say sorry, nothing else cuts the mustard for people who [...]
Car Trouble
Whipped butter is a strange thing. Doesn’t really have enough consistency to be absorbed into the toast in the correct manner and therefore makes for a disappointing breakfast experience. But that is not the issue. It was, however, over breakfast that I was reading in the Toronto Globe and Mail that Chrysler’s bankruptcy protection plan [...]
Anyone want a different way?
No significant numbers of people will vote for it at the moment but they would if the media put even half the effort into it as they do to promoting the status quo. I think people will vote for an alternative vision if it is compelling and backed up by debate and publicity. Once it [...]
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