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Crikey. If you watch Star Wars prequels, you realise that actually R2D2 and Chewbacca are the real movers and shakers, and in a pretty dark way too. - How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time
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"because my worldview is so different from that of Orwell and his Cold War-era readers, I have to “think” my way into their political struggles in a way that someone even twenty years ago probably did not" - Muslim Victims of 9/11
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Category Archives: New Labour
Instant ASBOs
This is a 180 degree reversal of the “innocent until proven guilty” principle. Its like being asked to solve a mathematical equation, and simply changing the answer to fit your workings out. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, New Labour, Scotland
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Joe Quango
There is a horrible ‘meta’ level to this entire idea. It is as if someone in a focus group somewhere has suggested that “giving the public more of a say” would be a good idea, and this policy has been devised on that basis. Continue reading
Posted in New Labour
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Labour MP: “Please help me find something interesting to do”
Labour MP Austin Mitchell has a weblog. He has a ‘general ramblings’ spot, where he writes a light-hearted. His latest entry chronicles a set of missed divisions because he has forgotten ‘Whip-speak’, and finishes thus: Having seen how much David … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, New Labour
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It’s not the winning, its the taking part
The fact is, Gary, the opposition came out early, took us by surprise, and put us off our game. We’ve gone on the defensive, and the fans are saying “what’s going on here, I don’t recognise this team any more.” They’re not playing the kind of game that made the fans support them in the first place. Continue reading
Posted in New Labour, Terrorism
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Squandering Political Capital
Blair will not resign in shame, whatever Bloggerheads demands. But that does not mean that this “long goodbye” is an example of democratic failure. Instead, the slow decline in the Prime Minister’s power is an example of democracy at work – albeit with an extraordinarily long and frustrating time-lag… Continue reading
Posted in Debate, New Labour
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Terror, Tyranny, and Tony
The argument that I find most sickening is that which holds that since the current government is trustworthy and ethical, it follows that no future governments will abuse the powers they inherit. Never mind that I have no respect for the ethics of this government – Blair’s argument is a nonsense on its own terms. He cannot predict what future governments (or future police forces for that matter) will be like. Continue reading
Posted in Debate, New Labour
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Letter to Lord Falconer
Trust is not a right; it is something to be earned Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, New Labour
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