Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Latest from the "we care more about animals than people" camp Paid Members Public
News about PETA’s latest campaign to get kids to cut up their parent’s credit cards, posted mainly for my wife’s interest. [via Dodgeblogium [http://www.andrewiandodge.com/archives/000080.html]] A Small Victory: from the peta-files [http://asmallvictory.net/archives/003949.html#003949]
A measured response to the Kelly blame-storming Paid Members Public
Roy Greenslade has written a surprisingly measured response to the blame-storming going on at the moment. It’s worth reading for the historical context as much as anything. Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Another casualty of the fourth estate [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/comment/0,13747,1002747,00.
Tony Martin: Political Prisoner? Paid Members Public
Samizdata has published an insanely good post in the Tony Martin situation entitled, appropriately enough, Samizdata.net – Tony Martin: Political Prisoner [http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/004017.html#004017]. Read it.
Truth and Consequences Paid Members Public
The establishment’s favourite game of blame-storming is in full swing. The weekend’s “blame Blair” mood seems to be shifting round to a “blame the Beeb” attitude, lead by attacks from Peter Mandleson and other Blair loyalists. There’s a nice “point, counter-point” here [http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Seminar Report: political blogging at the Houses of Parliament Paid Members Public
The crowd gathered at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the Great Committee Room were exactly as one would expect: a smattering of suits, a good measure of geeky types, a fair few trendy new media types and a few journalists staring intently at the crowd and
Last Night's Seminar Paid Members Public
Well, the seminar last night was excellent, even if it was preaching to the converted. I’ll write up my thoughts later on, but you might like to look at the meeting notes [http://www.plasticbag.org/files/misc/VoxPolitics.txt], the manifesto [http://www.voxpolitics.com/weblog/archives/000310.
Why hunting? Paid Members Public
Whatever you think of the issue of fox hunting, it still seems bizarre to me that we’re spending so much parliamentary time on it when the country’s social services and transport infrastructure are collapsing. If it’s really about animal cruelty, why aren’t we banning battery hens?
The Women In Black Paid Members Public
In this day and age of political apathy, there’s at least one group I respect. Every week, the Women in Black make their silent protest on an issue that concerns them, under the statue of Edith Cavell on St Martin’s Lane. The stand questly, wearing or holding banners
