Here it is, the long-promised Giuliani post (and you’ll notice that I’m capable of spelling his name, which is more than I can say for a lot of people – is that a problem for a future President? Answers on a postcard/otherwise known as the comments field…). He’s actually declared now, and is running as [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on February 11th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This is almost a seamless transition from the discussion of Britishness we see above, into a questioning of the proposed changes to the House of Lords as outlined by Jack Straw. The House of Lords is that old cliché, peculiarly British. Its role has been relatively unclear since at least 1867, though I’m not going [...]
Filed under: constitution, electoralreform, history, labour, ukpolitics on February 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When the Equal Pay Act in Britain came into force in 1975, the pay gap between men and women was 30%. Today is it 18% (says the Equal Opportunities Commission). These statistics may help you to understand the significance of the animal at the beginning of this post (continuing my wildlife theme). [...]
Filed under: gender, labour, ukpolitics on February 10th, 2007 | No Comments »
We’ve just upgraded our web site to integrate our new blog into the main page. There may be a few problems with some content over the next couple of days, but I’ll try to iron them out as soon as possible. Let me know if you have any difficulties.
The highlights videos are not yet available [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews on February 8th, 2007 | No Comments »
We would be delighted to hear from you if you wish to reserve a seat at a meeting in Cambridge or if you would like to suggest a speaker for a future event.
For all enquiries related to speakers - including speaker suggestions, which we welcome - please contact the Secretary, Ed Ballard. He can be [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 8th, 2007 | No Comments »
Dave on Fire is right, migration is certainly not a modern phenomenon. Humanity began in Africa (probably) and the first immigrants to these isles have been followed by many other groups who sought a new life in our rainy ‘Atlantic archipelago’ (in John Pocock’s phrase). I made it sound as if that was unimportant, and [...]
Filed under: education on February 7th, 2007 | No Comments »
This is very interesting. Apparently several senior Republicans are now talking of a Hillary presidency as “virtually inevitable”. This will be news to a lot of people, not least the betting markets, which still put her chances at around 25%.
Now if Bill were allowed to run, a President Clinton might well seem the inevitable result. [...]
Filed under: election2008, uspolitics on February 7th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The debate brought forward on the subject of Britishness, and the stomach churning article which we are directed to in the Independent on government initiatives to teach Britishness in the classroom, leaves some serious questions unanswered.
Alan Johnson proclaims that we are ”a nation built from and by people from other countries.” A new GCSE combining History [...]
Filed under: education, history on February 6th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
As I was shaving under my arms this morning, I thought of comedian Shazia Mirza. According to her, ‘hairy is the new black’, and it is still possible for someone to be hairy and sexy (well, look at Karl Marx!) - she has decided to desist from depilation.
This statement was so earth-shattering that Women’s [...]
Filed under: society on February 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Clearly the bird flu story has far-reaching implications for all of us. But I’ve noticed that whenever I talk about it with anyone, a lot of the conversation seems to focus on the fact that it’s Bernard Matthews (a nice link for you where all your questions about how bird flu might affect your Turkey [...]
Filed under: culture, society, ukpolitics on February 5th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
