It’s often hard for liberal socialist types like myself to remember, but the last Labour Prime Minister but one resigned in the midst of a party funding scandal. When most of us hear mention of Tony Blair, we think “war criminal”, so it is easy to forget that the rush into an illegal war happened … Continue reading What’s wrong with British party funding anyway?
Month: May 2015
Equality
Yes I support proportional representation and yes that would mean more than 1 UKIP MP. Millions of people voted for UKIP in this election and they have just as much right to representation as you and me. Disagreeing with UKIP and the general public does not give us the right to impose upon them a … Continue reading Equality
My Predictive text is getting better (punctuation added by me)
From the pen of Marcus Tatton-Blue: Dear Sir or something like that.
Whatever you do at this election, vote
This election is a good time to look back over the last twenty years. A lot has changed, and a lot will change in the future. Twenty years ago there was no Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly. The age of consent for homosexual acts was 5 years higher than the age of consent for heterosexual … Continue reading Whatever you do at this election, vote