Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Razzall skedaddles

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Tim Razzall has resigned as chairman of the Liberal Democrats' Campaigns and Communications Committee. ePolitix reports : A party spokes...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Nat Watch is back

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The Labour-inspired Nat Watch site has been relaunched.
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John Reid at Sidney Street

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The BBC reports : Home Secretary John Reid has been accused of possibly putting efforts to deport foreign prisoners at risk after joining a ...
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Matthew Taylor and Miss Marple

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Earlier this year I went on about Miss Marple at some length, arguing that the BBC adaptations starring Joan Hickson were superior to the r...
Monday, May 29, 2006

Margaret Beckett's caravan

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Why are people (examples here , here and here ) so bitchy about the fact that Beckett enjoys taking caravan holidays? Surely this is one of...
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Survivng members of the 1945 Parliament

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This posting on The Snow in the Summer or So-So was also found via The Virtual Stoa . It was written on the death of John Profumo and says ...

Tim Collins? Bring it on

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Iain Dale has been pondering who should be the Conservative candidate in the Bromley & Chislehurst by-election: I have looked through t...
Sunday, May 28, 2006

Congratulations to the England selectors

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Not a headline you read every day, but I think the England cricket selectors deserve some praise for their approach this summer. Ashley Gile...
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David Cameron the NeoCon

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Last week I wrote approvingly about an article by Matthew Parris. I quoted what he described as an extract from a speech by William Hague: ...

To thee I do present the merry month of May

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Before the month is over, there is time to catch this page on the Common Ground site. It is devoted to seasonal fruit and vegetables, season...

Reading for Sunday

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My usual recommendations: Tim Worstall's Britblog Roundup ; The First Post's digest of the Sunday papers.

Labour's deputy leadership debate

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And an impressive debate it is, with weighty contributions on both sides. Here is Andy Burnham making a nuanced case for Prescott to contin...
Friday, May 26, 2006

A E Housman and the Squeezy Lemon

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The South Shropshire Journal has the story of the day: Villagers were due to meet last night in a bid to halt a gay pop festival taking pl...
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Nuclear power in Iran

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Borrowed from Lenin's Tomb , who borrowed it from MRZine .

Ardent for a glimpse of James Chuter-Ede

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Today's House Points column from Liberal Democrat News . Face spotting It’s one of the sights of London. The Commons division bell rings...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

More from Lord Bonkers

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If you enjoyed Lord Bonkers' Diary you may want to explore the archive of earlier diaries on his own website.

Lord Bonkers' Diary

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After posting details of the new Liberator yesterday I have received numerous letters asking me to post the whole of Lord Bonkers' Diar...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Histories of abuse

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Last year I contributed a chapter on "Histories of abuse" to the book Making and Breaking Children's Lives . This was edited b...

Liberator 310 is out

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If you already subscribe to Liberator magazine, you should by now have received the latest issue. Highlights include: Lib Dem MEP Graham Wa...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Opting back into the state system

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned , favourably but in passing, that the independent Belvedere School in Liverpool was planning to enter the ...