Category Archives: Conservatives

Pædos, Prisoners, and Cameron’s Attack on Human Rights

Posted on 17 February 2011 by Robert

What the Prime Minister seems to forget, is that Human Rights laws are designed to protect the most hated in our society, not least because these people are always amongst the most vulnerable too. They are supposed to frustrate our gut reaction. They are meant to be inconvenient. Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Debate, Human Rights, Law and Order | 4 Comments

Digital Elections, Digital Government

Posted on 9 June 2010 by Robert

A key, yet slightly depressing, conclusion was that funding matters Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Internet Philosophy, Media, New Labour, UK | 3 Comments

That Hypothetical B&B Again

Posted on 6 April 2010 by Robert

Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Home Secretary, is at the centre of a mini-controversy because he suggested that Christian B&B owners should be able to turn away gay couples. We have been here before, and I have already formed my view.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Debate, UK | 1 Comment

Think local, act local?

Posted on 4 February 2009 by Robert

Its almost as if those people who are actually spending the money to make this work are participating in a leisure activity, rather than an everyday participation in a market that could sustain the local economy. Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Economy, Environment, UK, USA | 1 Comment

Cameron’s Speech

Posted on 1 October 2008 by Robert

I thought it was better delivered than the Prime Minister’s, although that was to be expected.  The rhetoric flowed more easily too, and several of the passages could resonate with undecideds, despite being deceptions: For Labour there is only the … Continue reading →

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