Monthly Archives: November 2012

TweetI am pleasantly surprised at how moderate, intricate and nuanced Sir Brian Leveson has made his recommendations on the press. We appear to be faced with: NOW: Self-regulation with a code written by the press and administered by a body … Continue reading →

TweetI’m afraid that the audible contents of my car, coming home from work this evening, could not be shared in mixed company. I was driving along minding my own business when Trevor Kavanagh came onto PM. Trevor Kavanagh is a … Continue reading →

Tweet“More or less” is a programme which more than adequately answers the question: “What is Radio Four for?”. It investigates numbers in the news, giving a very refreshing evidence-based angle to media hysteria. You can listen to this week’s episode … Continue reading →

TweetI thought I would make it clear. Because at last night’s West Berkshire Lib Dems dinner for Vince Cable it clearly said “Dress: business casual” on the invite. As I wear business casual everyday of the working year, I knew … Continue reading →

Tweet We had a great annual dinner for West Berkshire Liberal Democrats at the Regency hotel in Thatcham. Our new PPC, Judith Bunting made a great speech, then we were honoured by the presence of Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable. … Continue reading →

TweetI just happen to be reading through, at my normal snail’s pace, St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. An argument in the women bishops’ debate is that St Paul said that women should submit to their husbands. By a funny … Continue reading →

TweetLike a mighty tortoise Moves the church of God. Brothers we are treading, Where we’ve often trod. We are much divided, Many bodies we, Having different doctrines, but Not much charity. Full words here. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetI see that Nadine Dorries is no longer winning the vote to take the bush tucker trial on I’m a Celebrity. Her previous trial partner, Helen Flanagan (who she? – Ed) has also shed her repetitive trial run after an … Continue reading →

Tweet“Blogging” is not dying – although in the narrow sense that most people associate with the term, it is greatly reduced. “Blogging” (and particularly that type of Blogger/Wordpress blogging which has been associated with the Liberal Democrat Blog of the … Continue reading →

Tweet…For the more discerning older reader, of course. Well, look at this. Today: a bit of leg from Sally from Westminster. Wednesday: A crafty bit of cleavage from Nadine from Brisbane. Tuesday: A bit of everything from Jill from Tampa … Continue reading →

TweetFrom the wide variety of headlines on tomorrow’s front pages, one concludes that the public’s interest in the labyrinthine workings of the BBC management structure was rather short-lived… In other news, Telegraph readers are apparently most interested in seeing a … Continue reading →

TweetMost of the BBC’s radio stations will come together tomorrow at 17:33 to broadcast an audio pastiche from Damon Albarn, celebrating 90 years of BBC radio. (Hopefully, they will find a manager to authorise this in time.) This is the … Continue reading →

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TweetSoldiers old and young at the Remembrance parade in Newbury’s Market Place this morning. As usual, it was very good to see serving service men and women there from Hermitage, and to hear the applause for all the former and … Continue reading →

TweetIt really seems very peculiar indeed that scandalous behaviour by a national figure and child abuse in childrens’ homes has metamorphosed into a story about the BBC. George Entwhistle has been sucked under a whirlpool of inquiries and apologies after … Continue reading →

TweetEven amongst political anoraks, European affairs experts are the rarest of rare beasts. I was in two minds as to whether to attend a “members’ meeting” (as we must now call them) to hear from the ten Liberal Democrat candidates … Continue reading →

TweetI am still musing on what a wonderful night it was on Tuesday into Wednesday. I stayed up all night until I finally threw in the towel at 6.45am. It was a bit tedious at first, but it got really … Continue reading →