As the tenancy in Cowley winds itself up with astonishing and nigh on purgatorial slowness something really quite interesting has taken place at the end of Randolph Street. A group of people have taken over the disused fishing tackle factory and transformed it into a social centre/free university called ‘Pleb’s College’, which has all-in-all been [...]
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Latin Literature at Pleb’s College (BA hons)
Posted in Anarchism, democracy, Education, Society on August 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Goodbye To All That Then.
Posted in democracy, Disillusion, Proportional Representation, rant, UK politics on May 7, 2011 |
And lo’ the sorry saga of AV reform comes to a wretched, miserable close with an outright defeat for the Yes campaign and what you might call a resounding victory for the Status Quo. Cast deeper into the dark depths of utter political despair I’m really at quite a loss of what to do. Perhaps [...]
My Manifesto of Simplicity
Posted in democracy on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I disagree with many And I may agree with some But of the things I can’t abide Racism is one
Breathing a sigh of relief
Posted in democracy, Government, History, Political, US Politics, World on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re living through times of change, that much is clear, even to those who might choose to ignore the events of the past couple of days. I’m not usually someone who likes to highlight racial issues but I feel that set against the background of 20th century US history the fact that Barack Obama was [...]
Going down swinging
Posted in democracy, Political, UK politics on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking of using the title of this post as the jumping off point for a script for a pornographic film that I would put together using much of the college drama department, it would have an ironic ring to it seeing as I’d be banged up behind bars (that really is an unpleasant [...]
Some interesting information about Hampshire Conservatives regarding expenditure.
Posted in democracy, UK politics on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In 2008 the Conservatives who run HCC increased council tax to 4.5% and have promised to cut council tax to 3% in the year of the election (whenever that may be). The 4.5% increase was unnecessary and led to a budget surplus of £120 million, which is now being stashed away by the Council possibly in [...]
Thoughts on the Henley By-election
Posted in democracy, Political, UK politics on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll apologise outright for the lateness of this post, I have unfortunately been a trifle wrapped up in keeping the band ticking over and the all important business of sleeping until one in the afternoon, if ever I needed to simply admit that laziness and procrastination have been getting the better of me then now [...]
The rarity of points of principle
Posted in democracy, Political, UK politics on June 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
David Davis’ resignation of his parliamentary seat in protest of the government’s success in the first stage of getting the 42 day holding limit passed is as far as I can see a display of principle in a world of smoke, mirrors and timidity. Davis is not a man I agree with on many points of view but [...]
Heartening, the resolve of the many and the power of the few
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, democracy, Economy, Events, Free Market, Freedom of Speech, Government, Human Rights, Political, rant, UK politics, tagged Beijing Olympics on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to write a post about the protests that have taken place around the world as the olympic torch has been carried from nation to nation in a badly judged public relations exercise by the Chinese Administration. When I got plane to return to the UK I saw the scenes that greeted the Olympic [...]
A definitive way to settle an argument. The limitations of trustee model democracy
Posted in democracy, Missile Defence, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Political, UK politics on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My latest communication with the Government wasn’t actually with the Government it was with a Member of Parliament who doesn’t actually form part of the Government; one Michael Mates the MP for East Hampshire. Actually if I wanted to be pedantic I would say that my last communication with the Government was at 1.35 post [...]
