I tried to make a comment on the Blog entry http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2011/08/panic-on-streets-of-london.html, but I guess my comment was too long, because I couldn’t post it! So, here is my comment, given that I’ve gone to all the problem of typing it in Notepad. The comments in quotes are statements made by…
Politics
I’m awaiting the outpourings of the apologists over the riots engulfing London at the moment. The original chain of events started with the shooting by police of a local man, Mark Duggan. Whatever the outcome of the investigations into the circumstances of Duggan’s death, as far as I’m concerned, if…
Greece = what happens when you force wholly disparate economies into a currency union in the name of an outdated political ideology. The EU has managed to stifle opposition by labelling its opponents as small-minded nationalists and huge swathes of the public have bought into this. “Anti-EU? Must be a…
Apologies in advance for the strength in tone of this rant, but I’m absolutely gutted about the result in the referendum on AV and I know exactly whom to blame… the British electorate. We are offered a chance to make our voting system more representative and fairer and 70% of…
Almost as joyful to see as the death of Bin Laden is the clear annoyance of the conspiracy theorists and the apologists of anti-western doctrines, as the falling away of Al Qaeda’s support continues, thanks to three main factors:- Firstly, the Arab Spring, which has been spurred on through increasing…
The No To AV campaign has been making the erroneous claim that AV will lead to more coalitions. The deciding factor in coalitions is the number of parties gaining widespread support. If you have more than two parties gaining significant electoral support, you are likely to end up having coalitions….