Friday, September 29, 2006

Are Americans unspeakably vile?... No, actually...

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Liberty Cat asks this question in a recent blog post. And I must confess, on the face of a 65-34 vote in the US Senate and a 253-168 vote ...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Flame wars - an update...

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Well, having just had a courteous exchange with Leah Darbyshire , I can't help feeling that the civilised option can work if we 'ju...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Flame wars - what are they good for?

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It seems that the ongoing saga of the Darbyshires against the Liberal Democrats is continuing, and has been brought to my attention by an ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

As the nights draw in...

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... the prospect of the Regional Conference draws ever closer. Luckily, the Regional Conference Committee, chaired by the ever patient Alis...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Oh no, I'm in danger of becoming serious!

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Perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration. I do know that my family are making 'worried' noises like, "You've sounded a ...
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Friday, September 22, 2006

Nation building and America - a philosophical disconnect

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In recent weeks, the sheer scale of the failure of the West in terms of building what might be recognised as functioning democracies in Afg...
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Summer is over... at last it's time to celebrate!

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I have had the dubious privilege for supporting my beloved martlets for more than thirty years, one of the cursed collection of sporting te...

The problem with so-called politicians...

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Alright, this is going to come across as a mite naive but what the hell... As one of the political theatre's more delicate actors (...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

For you, Herr Valladares, ze conference is over...

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Unfortunately, due to a rather unfortunate lack of leave (yes, well, all of the trips I've taken thus far this year might account for t...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

'Liberal Bureaucracy' goes transatlantic!

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No, I'm not getting on an aeroplane bound for some far flung, exotic location in the Americas, tempting though it might be. It is with...
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A year later, more warm words, but real progress?

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I've already indicated that I had been unimpressed by the tenor of the motion scheduled for consideration on equality and diversity iss...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

To Brighton, where a new blog emperor is crowned...

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To Brighton for the opening salvoes of the Autumn Federal Conference. For reasons best known to myself, I originally decided not to book a ...
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Friday, September 15, 2006

A week in the life of someone else's Local Party

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One of the things about being a self-acknowledged faceless bureaucrat is people assume that you understand 'stuff'. And so I found ...

We're all recognition junkies now...

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Much excitement in the Lib Dem corner of the blogosphere after Iain Dale's announcement of his top 100 Lib Dem blogs . Modesty forbids ...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Diversity and equality - missing the point?

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I feel kind of bad about returning to this topic but, regretfully, have little choice it would appear. I've already noted the lack of a...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Where in the world was Mark Valladares?

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It seems that everyone is generating maps to show where they've been so I thought I might join in... create your own visited count...
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Monday, September 04, 2006

When satire becomes reality... or does it?

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Last month, in one of my vitriolic moments, I wrote a piece suggesting some of the things that Cameron's shiny new Conservative party c...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

And it's goodnight from me...

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It's official, and minuted accordingly, and I will cease to be Chair of Dulwich and West Norwood Liberal Democrats on 31 December, desp...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Postcode lottery - or a new localism?

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Let me make one thing clear - I share the view that infertility is a terrible thing, blighting lives and denying people the opportunity to ...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

I coulda been a contender - Part III

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At least I've amused Susanne. I got over-enthusiastic and changed my template, thus removing all of my changes and removing all of my p...