Archive for April, 2010

 

Freedom of speech FTW #SinghBCA

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

The British Chiropractic Association have, according to Simon Singh’s barrister, served a notice of withdrawal. Brief note from the excellent Jack of Kent, doubtlessly with more to follow, indicates that the question of dollars and cents is still up in the air. I’d just like to add one thing: The British Chiropractic Association happily promotes [...]

 

Off on my travels

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I will be in the land of the free and the home of the brave for a few days, so blogging, twittering and youtubing may be light. xD.

 

Francoism's last ride?

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

The senior investigating judge in Spain and scourge of human rights violators around the world, Baltasar Garzón, has been reported to the Supreme Court for allegedly acting beyond his competencies in ordering the exhumation of people who died in the Spanish Civil War, amongst other things (BBC, El Pais). The complaints were filed by three [...]

 

The cabinet banner

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

I’m half tempted to set this as a banner at the top of my blog for the duration of the election. On that note, Tom Harris has an updated version of Kinnock’s ‘I warn you not to be ordinary’ speech. xD.

 

Abortion after the election

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

The starting pistol is about to fire; as I type, the Queen is landing at Buckingham Palace in a helicopter. Manifestos are doubtless ready to be sent out, but the upcoming election will likely have a major effect on what is traditionally a matter of conscience on which the parties don’t take a position: abortion. [...]

 

Dave on BlogTV

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

If you’re interested in tuning in, I will be doing a BlogTV show starting at 1800BST today, 3rd April at blogtv.com/people/dlandoncole. xD.

 

Free speech for the win #singhbca

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

“I have sat among their learned men, for that honour I had, and been counted happy to be born in such a place of philosophic freedom, as they supposed England was, while themselves did nothing but bemoan the servile condition into which learning among them was brought; …. that nothing had been there written now [...]