Tag Archives: UK

Taking Liberties

The British Library’s “Taking Liberties” exhibition opens tomorrow, and will be open until March. It is free, and should be well worth a visit. There is an interactive online tool which examines a lot of the issues
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You could be Johnny

I’ve just posted the following to this article about the tendency in the UK to see being bad at Maths (and Science) as a mark of pride. It really annoys me every time a presenter on the news ‘jokes’ that they can’t do maths or science. Melvyn Bragg on the usually excellent “in our time” is [...]
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Labour got a bloody nose…

Ha! Labour’s got a hammering in the local elections. I’m pleased. Why? Not because of the 10p tax rate, or because of the continual tinkering Labour has done to our constitution without a clear plan. Not because of the imbalance they’ve created in our constitutional settlement by giving each part of the UK a degree of [...]
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Pledge to be Consulted

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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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