Sunday, December 31, 2006

Happy New Year

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This song was written by Dave Goulder. I know it from the Martin Carthy album Landfall . The January Man The January man he walks the road I...

Lord Bonkers' last diary of the year

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This is Lord Bonkers' contribution to Liberator 315. He also has his own website . After writing the item on football in Rutland I disc...
Friday, December 29, 2006

The Liberal England year: Part 2

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Part 1 ended with June. In 2006, the next month was... July I rhapsodised about A Canterbury Tale , complained about the sums the BBC was p...

The Liberal England year: Part 1

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Last year I had the idea of looking back on the past 12 months of this blog, but did not get round to doing it. Now Mark Valladares at Liber...

Repatriating powers from Europe

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Liberal Review has rediscovered my review of The Orange Book and reprinted a couple of paragraphs. Rather to my surprise, they read quite ...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Merry Christmas

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The Oxen Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock, "Now they are all on their knees", An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embe...

Lembit in the clear

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On Thursday we reported that the Shropshire Star had reported that Lembit Opik is "to be quizzed by Liberal Democrat officials follow...
Friday, December 22, 2006

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

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There is a good seasonal entry by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst on the OUP blog looking at the extraordinary career of this Dickens story. He en...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Putting on the veil

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Brendan O'Neill writes about the hijab on Comment is Free and gets it right: When a woman donned the burka in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan...

How the child protection industry stole Christmas

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Over-cautious child protection policies are blighting Christmas events – from the vetting of Santas and bell ringers, to bans on parents tak...
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Touch my bum this is life

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The Shropshire Star reports : Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik is to be quizzed by Liberal Democrat officials following nationwide publicity ...
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

One of the finest films ever made

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I have been known to write enthusiastically about Jack Clayton's 1967 film Our Mother's House - its music in particular. But I am...

Lib Dems and a basic income

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Stumbling and Mumbling asks : Are the Lib Dems moving towards advocating a citizens' basic income? Though this speech by Ming Campbell ...
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Apologies for the break in service

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I am sorry not to have posted anything here for a while. I have been busy with work and family responsibilities since the death of my stepfa...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

Has Inspector Knacker already interviewed Blair?

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The First Post's mole sifts the evidence (if moles can sift).
Sunday, December 10, 2006

Market Harborough Rail Users

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The week's good cause: Harborough Rail Users .

Harborough woman gives birth to cat: Latest

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In February of last year I reported that a Market Harborough woman had given birth to a cat in 1569. Well, news was almost slow to reach us...

Kew was like that

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My House Points column from Friday's Liberal Democrat News . Carrying the banner I was never a member of CND, even in its second heyday ...
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Why England are losing in Australia

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Well, one reason anyway. Two-nil down, England must think about changing their team. Yet their next match is little better than a beer match...

The cry of the wheway

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It was good to see Rob Wheway quoted extensively in the Guardian yesterday on the decline of children's outdoor play and of community ...
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