To folk who think that spoiling your ballot paper is a wasted throw in the democratic world – I’ve found that Lord Tebbit [the tory bulldog with little room for any sympathy for the working men and women who famously gave the 'on your bike' quote...] has indeed done the same as me.
After being warned [...]
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Lord Tebbit and I or The Strangest of Allies…
Posted in Britain Today, European Elections, dogma, outlook, philosophy, politics on Sunday, 7 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wanted: Liberty!
Posted in Britain Today, European Elections, Local Elections, dogma, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was listenning to Hearts and Minds, on Radio4, the second episode about Isaiah Berlin is the one I think has more going for it…. and was struck by one of the quotes of Isaiah about dictators and happinness that reminded me of one of the prominent thinkers of New Labour.
Lord Richard Layard,that economist come [...]
Voting ‘Liberty!’ – The Reasons Why
Posted in Britain Today, European Elections, faith, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships on Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To start with a provocative statement – I know folk who have so much faith in the ‘democratic process’ that they were reduced to idiocy when I told them I had not voted; claiming that I had no view worthy of debate…
So why spoil your vote?
In a representative democracy, which is what the U.K. and [...]
VOTE “LIBERTY!”
Posted in Britain Today, European Elections, dogma, outlook, philosophy, politics on Saturday, 16 May, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If enough folk do, they’ll have to count ‘em…
and before I get going I want to say that this post is open to being posted by anybody anywhere – and if anybody has there own pet peeve – throw it in. I want, from this post, to get to as many folk as possible because [...]
