Across the Board
WRITTEN ON Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 BY Adam McGreggor AND STORED IN Across the Board, Political engagement
A thought (that I’ve been advocating for the best part of 15years) struck me, again, last night whilst listening to a Hansard Society Debate (the panelists were Sir George Young, Bart.; Polly Toynbee (The Guardian); Andrew Hawkins (CommunicateResearch); and Phil Cowley (Univ. of Nottingham)) It’s an idea which, if implemented would solve the issues that […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, October 15th, 2006 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board, What do we want?
Among the articles prohibited from importation in accordance with the law of the People’s Republic of China are Printed matter, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films, tapes (audio and video), compact discs etc which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of China I guess that rules out most Hollywood movies, and […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, July 3rd, 2006 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board, What do we want?
I don’t think government should help sell more weapons – it should invest everything in peace. Clearly a government that helps sell weapons to regimes with dodgy human rights records is far from ideal. So here’s an excellent Gershon-agenda objective: shut the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO).
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WRITTEN ON Monday, September 19th, 2005 BY Mark Say AND STORED IN Across the Board, Ideal Goverment - project, Political engagement
“Decisions are made by the people who turn up.” I’m not sure where the quote originated, but I first heard it from Martin Sheen on ‘West Wing’. He was telling a group of students that if they wanted to have an influence on politics they had to get off their butts and take part in […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, July 12th, 2005 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board
This one hit the public mood so precisely that its servers are flattened – http://www.werenotafraid.com . Even the unborn are unafraid. Wiki DIY news http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Coordinated_terrorist_attack_in_London (contrast Fox News idiotic distinction between Arab Londoners and “regular” ie non-Arab Londoners at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22regular+–+of+nonarab+people%22 (text below)* Choice London bombing blog quotes show sense of humour recovery.. http://www.livejournal.com/users/tyrell/154027.html
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, July 7th, 2005 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board
I think how we feel about government has changed more times in the last week than in years. Last Saturday I was at the Eden projectwhere Nelson Mandela appeared on a large screen to address the Cornwall Live8 audience, part perhaps of the largest live global audience any politician has ever addressed, and with an […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, June 12th, 2005 BY John Robert Behrman AND STORED IN Across the Board
The following was prepared for the hearing and counter-hearing involving the “Carter/Baker Commission” to be held at Rice University on 30 June, 2005. It lacks some of the formal style but it is a “proffer” of testimony I may or may not give before either body. Actually, I am somewhat skeptical of the value of […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board
Look what Richard Allan’s up to – sounds like TheyWorkForYou just got hosted by Oxford University. Cool.
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WRITTEN ON Monday, May 23rd, 2005 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board
I’m not sure, but I think this 1 March Hansard quote from Financial Secretary Stephen Timms (extract of text below) means they won’t do anything hasty about civil registration reform but will take the time to check out the ideal way to modernise it.* Feisty FIPR reckons it was worth responding to the consultation at […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, May 23rd, 2005 BY Adam McGreggor AND STORED IN Across the Board, Identity
Having just taken some Parliament Channel, over lunch, I was rather shocked to hear the Home Office’s latest proposal… that to buy knives, one has to be 18: raising the existing age of sixteen. So, 16 is the age where taxes can be paid, and when young people can get married and set-up home… but […]
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