I started but did not finish a friend's copy of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (1791) which frankly made me far too angry. On a very different track, I did finish

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I realise I’ve probably come to this a little late, but after reading the story of the chap in Bristol who chained himself to a lamppost in order to stop the council from taking it away who said “Retired people like me are going to lead the revolution”, it now seems obvious that this really is going to be the case in the future. ...

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THE THICK OF IT Programmes contain strong language NEW SERIES The second series of Armando Iannucci’s acclaimed comedy set in the corridors of power sees MP Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham) continue to contend with Whitehall bureaucracy and the PM’s enforcer Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). All episodes will be available to watch online after broadcast.

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Staying on the politics theme, Ben Hammersely had a great post yesterday called Stop asking questions and vote, dammit. addressing some of the issues about just why the connected generation just aren’t voting any more, summed up quite nicely with his closing line: Why should I bother to vote, says the connecte...

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DowningStreetSays (via 2lmc) and Public Whip the latter of which is a very decent roundup of Hansard voting. I used to get the info from the Gra...

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Can weblogs change polictics? Only as much as Ben Elton’s relentlessly scathing commentaries are widely regarded to have brought about the ultimate downfall of Margaret Thatcher. I tend to disagree with a lot of what

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