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Thursday, November 23, 2006

304th post - a brief review of British political blogs, blogging & AWN

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Some that were once in my list of political blogs worth reading have now sadly departed, become sporadic or, like my own, grown repetitive a...
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Global warming is caused mainly by electricity generation, not transport...

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... writes Anatole Kaletsky in the Times today. Attacking Chelsea Tractor drivers and frequent flyers may bring a nice warm glow to the hea...
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Gloucester's Christmas lights switch-on ceremony to go ahead although the lights aren’t there yet

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Oh dear . "Some of the lights are still being manufactured in Slovakia" and others have only got as far as Lancashire. But "...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

The Independent abandons paid for Internet content – good news or another sign of doom?

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The Independent newspaper’s web site seems quietly to have dropped its ‘Portfolio’ service which restricted access to most of its comment a...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Why is it so difficult even for EU passport holders to enter the UK?

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It’s incredibly easy to get from France to Switzerland; you hardly even have to slow down driving past the border posts. It’s even easier to...
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When there’s nothing to fret about, we fret about nothing. Surveillance, am I bothered?

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We live in easy times at least in comparison with earlier generations and if we’re lucky enough to live in the prosperous third of the world...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Google and the like, liberators or agents of the forces of darkness?

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No question, the Internet is the best thing that's happened to the World in my lifetime. That IP is now dominant is a particular satisfa...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Strategy adviser's critique of political blogs hits the mark

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BBC News reports that Matthew Taylor is unimpressed with political blogging and suggests that it is adding to the "shrill discourse of...
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How will you be celebrating fifty years of European Union?

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By any objective measure the European Union must rate as a success. Despite its vocal, usually elderly, opponents (especially in England) th...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an international challenge; you can't just blame Blair!

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Naive green campaigners calling for Britain to restrict flights or to close power stations such as Drax are seeking simplistic solutions to ...

Changing ISP

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Do any of my faithful readers have any experience of changing broadband ISPs that they're willing to share with me? Is it a painful pro...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The environmental fundamentalist's battle with the climate change denier is like two religious zealots fighting

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There’s a nice little spat running between George Monbiot and Christopher Monckton which again demonstrates how the climate-change argument ...
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