politicians
That George Osborne Speech Paid Members Public
Given the state of the economy, the state of my to-do list and the amount of time available to me right now, I couldn’t resist taking the speech [http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_02_10.htm] George Osborne, our new Chancellor, gave this morning [http://news.bbc.co.
Generally Electing Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/05/4583934532_fa10d1630a_b-1638.html] Like so many others, I stopped off to vote on the way in to work this morning. I had three separate ballot papers: for the national government, for the local council and for the local mayor.I was
A Brief Aside Paid Members Public
And they’re off. The General Election is confirmed [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8603591.stm]. I will not be writing about, nor discussing, my politics (such as they are) on this blog in the run-up to the election. I may comment on media coverage of
Using the Web in Investigative Journalism Paid Members Public
A really nice example of how the Sunday Times/Dispatches investigation used the web to give credibility [http://themediablog.typepad.com/the-media-blog/2010/03/how-to-con-a-greedy-mp-sunday-times-style.html] to its sting operation on those dodgy Labour politicians. The first thing people do these days when dealing with a new company of individual
Le Web: The French Minister for Digital Culture Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/12/IMG_2324_2.jpg] I’m not *au fait* enough with French culture to blog [Nathalie Kosciusko Morizet](http://twitter.com/nk_m)‘s speech well. (See what I did there? 🙂 ) However, I liked the photo, so here it
Two Tsunami thoughts Paid Members Public
This is depressing: > BBC NEWS | UK | Public warned of fake aid appeals [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4156409.stm]: People donating to the UK’s tsunami relief fund have been warned by police to remain vigilant to bogus collectors trying to cash in on the disaster.
Lewisham LibDems in relevance shocker Paid Members Public
Much as it galls my journalistic soul to give a politician any good publicity, our new Liberal Democrat councillor actually appears to be doing a good job. Distressing, I know. For one thing, the local LibDems [http://www.libdems.org.uk/] have pushed a local contact numbers sheet through the
UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments Paid Members Public
Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a Labour parliamentary candidate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571078/General-Election-2010-Labour-candidate-sacked-over-Twitter-rants.html] by his own brazen stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, we’ve been having a bit of