So, everybody loves David Cameron? Sure. I do. You do. The Establishment does. Poor people…don’t hate him. Even hippies like him. So what could possibly wreck his chances of winning the next election?
Well, obviously there’s Gordon, but I’m not going to discuss that. Creaky Goliath vs. plucky David- I wouldn’t like to call it. But [...]
Filed under: conservatives, davidcameron, europe on January 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Now, I had said to everyone that my first proper Presidential post was going to be on Rudy Giuliani, because everybody keeps commenting about him on my posts. But two things got rid of that idea. First, I realised that Giuliani hadn’t officially declared yet, and is in fact “straddling a gray area between candidate [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on January 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
She is the unlucky minister who gets the job of defending the governments stance on gambling which consists of licensing 90 new casinos in the last two years, with 10 supercasinos in the pipeline, according to a recently leaked document.
There are certain arguments in favour of liberalising gambling. While it is certainly addictive (Mark Griffiths, [...]
Filed under: gambling, labour, society on January 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t see why Catholic adoption agencies should be allowed to deny their services to homosexuals because they view them as sinners. Does this mean they currently also refuse to house children with cohabiting couples? There are many things the Catholic Church view as sinful which many heterosexual married couples will guiltlessly do on a [...]
Filed under: adoption, religion on January 25th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, that’s one less person I have to worry about. John Kerry announced today that he will not run again for the US Presidency, causing all the Democrats to breathe huge (but inaudible, for fear of offending a respected party member) sighs of relief. I have nothing against John Kerry personally. I’m sure he’s a [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on January 25th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The current debate on gay adoption being forced upon Christian adoption agencies by government legislation raises some sensitive issues between advancing “liberal” causes and the wholesale imposition of “liberalism” in a manner more in keeping with “liberal fascism,” (for want of a better phrase.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6297107.stm
Christian adoption agencies are but one of many adoption [...]
Filed under: adoption, religion on January 25th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The influential Council of Circuit Judges is opposing proposed changes in the law to boost rape conviction rates. The Guardian led with this article on the front page, highlighting the abysmal 5% conviction rate from rape trials. The judges are objecting to three points, first of all a new definition of consent to sexual intercourse [...]
Filed under: crime, society, ukpolitics on January 23rd, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Health is one of those subjects which most young, fit, healthy people don’t even register: the frequent calls to arms about conditions in nursing homes. MRSA… doesn’t apply to me. NHS reform… could it get any more boring? But the day will come, my youthful friends, when your back will ache, your liver will wither, [...]
Filed under: health on January 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1995296,00.html
This article, claiming as it does that British society continues on the downward spiral that it has been set on since time immemorial, is sadly typical of ‘lazy journalism’. This is really no more than a written version of the BBC’s hit ‘Grumpy Old Men’.
However, what really grates is not criticism of the modern order [...]
Filed under: conservatives, society, ukpolitics on January 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
So she’s in it; and she’s in it to win (although why anyone would be in a hernia-inducingly expensive Presidential race to lose, I’m not entirely sure).
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By the end of today, ladies and gentlemen, entries will be closed and the race for the Democratic nominee officially beginning. Yes, people point out that John Kerry has [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on January 21st, 2007 | 4 Comments »
