Thursday, January 15, 2015

Fear, loathing and level crossings

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A campaign has been launched in mid-Suffolk against proposals for closures of level crossings on the East Anglian Main Line, which passes t...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Musings on coming home...

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Today, I went to London to drop off my Indian visa application, a process which was fairly lengthy - I arrived at 10.45 and left at 1.15 - ...
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The end of the "cost of living crisis"?

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For those of us who have been around for a few years, the news that UK inflation has fallen to 0.5% is almost unbelievable, given what in...

West Suffolk Independents: interesting, but perhaps a bit misleading

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The news that one of Forest Heath's Independent councillors has formed a group called the West Suffolk Independents, with the intentio...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Is Douglas Alexander made of the right stuff when it comes to Europe?

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Despite the fact that I am usually eighty miles from London, I do read the Evening Standard fairly regularly - the 18.25 service from Ipswi...

Lies, damned lies and statistics used by politicians

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I've just dropped in on a debate on Twitter between Kilian Bourke and a Labour activist, in which the Labour activist claims that the C...
Monday, January 12, 2015

The campaign for Mid Suffolk 2015: vote for me, and I'll abolish myself?

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Yes, District (and Parish) Council elections are rapidly approaching, and it's time to start thinking about ideas for the manifesto. ...

Yes, let's have the Greens in the TV debates...

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The news that David Cameron is insisting that, unless the Greens are included, he won't be taking part in the TV debates, is almost amu...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Boris Johnson plays whiff-whaff with civil liberties

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I'm not particularly interested in this civil liberties stuff when it comes to these people's emails and mobile phone conversati...
Friday, January 09, 2015

I'm not really Charlie, it's perhaps a little more complicated than that...

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First, violence is never a justified response to satire, no matter how unpleasant one might find the material personally. That is, if you l...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

If I'm in a hospital full of sick people, and I have an appointment, presumably I might be sick...

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I've had a persistent, hacking cough for months now, and it has been annoying Ros, my work colleagues and random strangers for almost a...
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There is a corner of a Caribbean field that will be, forever... Latvian?

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The history of colonialism is filled with the quirky and the unexpected, if you know where to look.  And I am reminded, courtesy of Michael...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Calling for a pause, the new anti-strategy strategy

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In the modern era of soundbites and short term solutions to long term problems, I have noticed recently that, if you really have no idea wh...

Memories of Vanuatu, and a very dangerous post office

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If you didn't get to see part one of "Kate Humble: Into the Volcano" on Sunday night ( available on BBC iPlayer until 3 Febr...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

It's so easy for Indians to get a visa to come here, right?

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And this is just the beginning... I spent a slightly frustrating afternoon on Sunday, applying online for a visa to visit my family in ...

Open Europe's guide to the big events of 2015

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In my capacity as a member of the International Relations Committee of the Liberal Democrats, I am trying to keep abreast of events in bo...

Oh God, are we really going to have to endure four months of this?

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Which twin is the Tory? As I watch domestic politics descend into its regular pre-election contest to see who can offer voters the mos...
Monday, January 05, 2015

Has Iain Duncan-Smith conceded the General Election?

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Iain Duncan-Smith is to accelerate the rollout of Universal Credit so that Labour can't scrap it, or so it is said by the Daily Telegra...

"Rural bus services are crap,", says Labour shadow minister, "so we'll reallocate the blame to someone else..."

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Michael Dugher has, somewhat belatedly , realised that subsidies for bus services have been cut, resulting in a loss of services, especiall...

Is it hubristic to say that you'd quite like to win a blogging award?

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I have, over the years, been notable for my utter and complete failure to win any of the Liberal Democrat Voice blog awards (or any others,...
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