From Jack of Kent – Paul Clarke: an anatomy of injustice. Jack of Kent does something very interesting in this lucid explanation of the situation. He shows that it is possible to agree with the initial reaction of the masses, even so the masses are so uninformed that their opinions are of little to no [...]

The Pod Delusion is a new podcast that I really like; in their own words: The Pod Delusion is a podcast about interesting things. From scepticism to lefty liberal things, it’s commentary from a secular, rationalist, ‘Guardianista’, sort of perspective. A bit like From Our Own Correspondent but with more jokes. I’ve contributed a piece [...]

Courtesy of the Huffington Post: Saturday, anti-immigration Tea Parties were held in cities across the country to protest the upcoming comprehensive immigration reform bill. In Minnesota, Tea Partiers were punked by one speaker who got the crowd cheering about evicting European immigrants who “stole” this country. Robert Erickson (reportedly an alias) used language similar to [...]

Shortly, white smoke will appear over a building in a European capital and, apparently after having checked that the incumbent has testicles, a new political figure will be anointed with little formal power but great powers of influence and suggestion. Not habemus papam, but habemus praesidentem consilium europeum1. As you may be aware, I am [...]

Anyone watching the State Opening of Parliament today would have seen, in an outrageous affront to right-thinking people everywhere, that he only bowed twice, instead of the traditional thrice when entering the Commons. Anyone entering the Commons is expected to bow their head three times; we can only assume that Black Rod meant a deliberate [...]

Following on from the Atheist Bus Campaign – “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” – there’s a new billboard campaign with a slightly more political edge. The first one I’ve seen is on the huge advertising hoarding at the Old Street roundabout in London EC1. The text reads “please don’t [...]

From the Guardian: President Barack Obama, who pledged to eradicate childhood hunger, has described as “unsettling” the agriculture department survey, which says 50 million people in the US – one in six of the population – were unable to afford to buy sufficient food to stay healthy at some point last year, in large part [...]

Now, here’s an interesting one. Nick Griffin, MEP for the north-west, is going to run for Parliament in London, against Margaret Hodge in Barking. I was rather under the impression that Richard Barnbrook was going to be the BNP’s candidate there – he certainly seems to think so. Glad to see that Griffin has such [...]

I had the very great pleasure of listening to two first-rate speakers at Skeptics in the Pub Westminster this evening – Professor David Nutt and Dr Evan Harris MP. Professor Nutt went through the advice that had been given by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to Alan Johnson and the frankly [...]

Would be very interested to know what any LibDems think of this: http://bit.ly/ujQhU # I'll be in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Thurs and Fri if anyone's free. # RT @CouncillorTudor @LukePollard @robnewman13 Lib Dem cllr calls 4 truth over govt coverup of existence of aliens http://tinyurl.com/yh9ejox # Comments on my Blog by Nadine Dorries #worldsthinnestbooks # [...]