There was perhaps a time in the mid-1990s when few people in Britain would admit to being a Conservative with a big ‘C’, but that’s not what I’m getting at. Is there any mainstream politician in the UK today who embraces little ‘c’ conservativism?
I don’t mean what is properly called economic liberalism - support [...]
Filed under: conservatism, conservatives, ukpolitics on February 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m ashamed to admit it, but the thing I find most intriguing about Mitt Romney is his name. I assumed ‘Mitt’ must be short for something (it’s his middle name, by the way – don’t you think ‘Willard Romney’ would sound a tad more distinguished?), and according to Wikipedia that part of his name comes [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on February 15th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The coverage of this issue on many of the blogs which have picked it up needs a sense of perspective. Clareification is a magazine by Clare students, and aimed at Clare students. I am not a Clare student (and have no official ties with Clare College whatsoever) and have never even seen a copy of [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Following Owen’s post, I think it is fair to say that we, the bloggers, have all been keen not to undermine the position of Clareification’s guest editor by posting on the issue and sparking wider international, as well as national, controversy. This would only lead to the college’s position vis-a-vis the editor being even more [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Ok, I’ll lay something out in the open. I didn’t mean to imply that the debate about freedom of speech was over, merely that I’d discussed the cartoons many times with my peers, and it always goes in a circle around the ideas of freedom of speech, offensive material, and the practical safety of individuals [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 14 Comments »
First, let me say it’s great to see so many of you from all over the world interested in our blog - we’re very grateful for the attention and hope you’ll continue to drop in now and then in the future.
However, I am afraid I will have to disappoint some of you now. Here are [...]
Filed under: clareification, clarepoliticsnews, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We are extremely sorry and disappointed to announce that Jim Naughtie has had to cancel his appearance at Clare Politics on Thursday at short notice. Jim asked that we passed on his personal apologies. We are now looking to rebook Jim to come to talk to us in the near future.
Filed under: clareification, clarepoliticsnews on February 13th, 2007 | 12 Comments »
No, it’s not Heat. Or Cosmopolitan. Or even Grazia. It’s the Observer. Not only is it too scared to utter the word ‘feminism’ in its new(-ish) Woman magazine, but it offers up content which assumes that the feminist movement never happened – and that’s the first wave.
I’ve been waiting for [...]
Filed under: clareification, gender on February 13th, 2007 | 11 Comments »
One of our readers suggests that Rudy Giuliani has nothing to fear from the religious right, because his social liberalism will allow him to tap into the libertarian right. I’m not sure this is true. This report suggests that Giuliani is going to have difficulties, particularly with his views on abortion. The crucial point:
Of those [...]
Filed under: abortion, election2008, rudyriuliani, uspolitics on February 12th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I imagine David Cameron is secretly rather pleased that his cannabis smoking at Eton has come out. While he may have shocked some of the Tory old guard, he will be counting on gaining credibility with the people he’s really trying to impress – younger, floating voters who probably smoke the odd illicit spliff [...]
Filed under: davidcameron, gender, health, religion on February 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
