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Now That’s British!

“When Gordon Brown called on the British Library to stage an exhibition about Britishness he perhaps envisaged a patriotic celebration of the national identity. ” begins the story in The Telegraph. It continues to tell of the new exhibition called ‘Taking Liberties‘ – which is a very British response to such a request from a Prime [...]
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The Nasty Party

‘The Nasty Party’ used to be a term applied to the Tories. This is most emphatically no longer the case. Putting aside historical issues for a moment and looking at recent weeks: Kathz wrote about an issue (mirror) which I noted, but did not post about until now. That is of Labour playing nasty in Crewe. The [...]
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Electoral Reform in the UK

Make Votes Count has re-branded their campaign, and produced an action plan, which I reproduce below: If you would like to post this to your website, see the previous post for the code.
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Letter to Lord Falconer – English parliament

This letter will be going to Lord Falconer: Dear Lord Falconer Last Friday, you appeared on "The Today Programme". In the interview you discussed many things, not least of which was the anomaly that is the lack of parity between England and Scotland with regard to representation. There was this exchange: John Humphreys: Yeah, but, but you’re ignoring [...]
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Letter to Harriet ‘no anomalies’ Harman – English Parliament

This letter has been drafted for sending off to Harriet ‘no anomalies’ Harman. Ten months ago I wrote to you after an appearance on "Question Time", a letter to which I never received a reply. To refresh your memory, there was a question about constitutional anomalies. At the time I was surprised that as a Constitutional [...]
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