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Blog off 28 Jun 2011 | 07:30 am
Update: you need to look at Big Smoke for my latest work (and my personal site). Thanks. A few eagle-eyed regular readers have pointed out to me that I haven't blogged in a while. I know. In fact the...
Time to end the war on drugs 2 Jun 2011 | 11:51 pm
This week marks the fortieth anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act which heralded the beginning of the war on drugs (a term first used by Nixon in June 1971). This war has done irreparable harm to mi...
Wednesday's Selection 2 Jun 2011 | 08:55 am
I dearly wish computers were less helpful. Right now my spellcheck is in French and I have absolutely no idea how to change it. How does it know I'm in France and why does it think I've suddenly becom...
Misc 1 Jun 2011 | 10:10 am
A friend of mine is involved in Cable Street to Brick Lane a film project charting 75 years of anti-fasicsm in the East End. Looks good. James Graham advises theLib Dems not to take any more Lords se...
Some idle thoughts on water 29 May 2011 | 10:36 am
This may make no sense what-so-ever but I've been thinking about water. More specifically I've been thinking about our attitude to the ancientness of water. Let me put it like this. When we see a mou...
A few blogs to highlight 29 May 2011 | 09:01 am
I've been reading a week is a long time for ages now, Jo felt I should show it some love. Happy to oblige. I may not have linked to Ann Pettifor's blog, Debtonation, before but well worth following. ...
Guest Post:: Climate Politics in Australia 27 May 2011 | 09:50 am
Thanks to Dwight Towers for this very useful and comrehensive guest post on climate politics in Australia, a hot topic in more ways than one. Incidentally, a few people have told me they've not been a...
Political picture of the day (second of two) 25 May 2011 | 11:00 pm
I'm told this was an electricians' demonstration this weekend in Mexico. I like the fact the motorcyclist has decided that this is a situation where he doesn't need to wear his helmet... I wonder if h...
Political picture of the day (one of two) 25 May 2011 | 08:00 pm
Every face in this picture is a treat, but I'm particularly keen on the school girl in the middle: she is just not impressed. Feel free to suggest captions.
Today's Misc 25 May 2011 | 04:26 am
Sometimes it takes 36 years to clear your name. See George Davis. I thought Cath Elliott's piece on the rape debate was one of the more thoughtful pieces. For all the fury Clarke-gate created we see...
