I’ll put a YouTube link up when it’s available. In the meantime, you can see me debating the Iraq inquiry with Jeremy Corbyn MP and Sabah al-Mokhtar on Inside Story on Al Jazeera at 2330 online or on Sky channel 514. xD.

Even if they are the main ones. The English Democrats’ Peter Davies has won the Mayoralty of Doncaster. The previous incumbent, Martin Winter, was criticised over failings by Doncaster Council following the death of seven children on the at-risk register. Davies’ first actions were to say that he wanted to stop funding Doncaster Gay Pride [...]

I would vote for Sir Alan Haselhurst for Speaker, were I able, for three reasons. Firstly, I think he is the candidate who will do the best job of chairing the House of Commons and reining in its yah-boo tendency. He has been one of the firmest and fairest deputy speakers. Secondly, everyone else is [...]

I’ve moved servers and, bizarrely, the permalink structure has broken. I did have it as year/date/day/title but that doesn’t work, so I’ve had to change it to simply post number. Anybody have any ideas why that might have happened? xD.

I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue returns to Radio 4 in half an hour. Hurray! # Uxbridge English Dictionary Twitter anyone? #isihac # RT @Paul0Evans1 RT @qwghlmI wish people would stop giving Piers Morgan the oxygen of publicity. In fact, stop giving him oxygen full stop # I wish people would stop giving the BNP [...]

I am in the process of moving servers and so service may be slightly intermittent. If anyone notices anything odd going on, let me know! xD.

“The Iraq war was a disaster” is a familiar refrain. Unfortunately, that doesn’t tell us very much. Do we mean the concept, the planning, the implementation, the strategy, the tactics, what? Or do we want an official stick with which to beat the government? Were the problems with the Iraq war just the basis on [...]

El Pais report French UMP, German CDU doing well # Le Monde exit poll: UMP 28%, PS 17.5%, EE 14.8%. Bad for the socialists, good for the greens # FR: UMP 28.3%; PS 17.5%; EE (Cohn-Bendit) 15.5%; MoDem (Bayrou) 9%; Gauche 6.3%; NPA (Besacenot) 5%; LO 1.3%; FN 6.5%; Libertas 5% # Turnout in Spain [...]

The LSE SU is embarking on a fairly radical programme whereby it will share some staff with SUARTS, the SU for the University of the Arts, London. Details of the proposals can be found on the LSE SU website and a brief comment from me is at the end of this post. LSE SU General [...]

I have a post up over at the Liberal Conspiracy by way of a note to the Parliamentary Labour Party. xD.