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Tag Archives: politics
Labouralism
It says a lot about the modern Labour party that the New Statesman are welcoming the wholesale repeal – by a Conservative-led government – of Labour’s authoritarian measures including the National Identity Register, ‘intercept modernisation’ and DNA profile retention. Their … Continue reading
Election fluff word list
I’ve had a running joke with some of my friends over the past week by answering unrelated questions in Electionspeak. So, with a few additions pulled from news stories, here’s the list of political soundbites that I’ve been tormenting them … Continue reading
(digitally) Economic With Your Liberties
I couldn’t let the topic of Peter Mandelson’s new Digital Economy Bill go un-blogged, so rather than subject you to my incoherent ramblings, I thought I’d point legally-minded readers in the direction of Pangloss’s excellent analysis of the Bill as … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, Digital Britain report, Digital Economy Bill, law, Peter Mandelson, politics, UK
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Trident
…And on the subject of devolution vs. independence, what a political own-goal by the UK government: The Faslane naval base on the Clyde is to become home to the UK’s entire nuclear-powered submarine fleet, the BBC understands. An announcement on … Continue reading
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Tagged defence, independence, nuclear weapons, politics, snp, submarines, Trident, UK
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Devolution: 10 years on
I don’t have anything particularly noteworthy to say about it, but I wanted to mark the fact that ten years ago, Scotland voted in the first ever election in the newly-reformed Scottish Parliament. I was too young to vote in … Continue reading
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Tagged devolution, federalism, labour, nationalism, politics, Scotland, Scottish independence, Scottish Parliament, snp, UK
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