Monthly Archives: May 2011
This post is NOT part of a series on The Alternative Vote Referendum on May 5th. I have a post on that brewing up for publication over the next day or so, so stay tuned for that. This post is about something only slightly less depressing: the state of my garden. I’ve nursing an injury and…
This post is part of a series on The Alternative Vote Referendum on May 5th. The polls are not looking good. Tomorrow’s once in a generation opportunity to make a small progressive step is set to be lost in the face of distortions. I was handed a postcard at the station today from the “No” campaign,…
This post is part of a series on The Alternative Vote Referendum on May 5th. Democracy is one person one vote! That’s one of the “No” slogans. The implication is that, under AV, some voters have more than one vote, whilst others do not. This video is from the “No” campaign: (That’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nz1R8NZrJ0 for facebook pals) It would,…
Something I vividly remember my Dad telling me about was the Moon landing in 1969. He told me that he watched it with my mum and with friends, marvelling at the “Giant Leap for Mankind”. Let’s savour that giant leap for a moment, shall we? I remember thinking that the September 11 attacks were going…
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