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Another small blow for freedom 14 Oct 2009 | 07:43 am
It's been somewhat overshadowed by the Trafigura affair, but it's good that Dutch MP Geert Wilders has managed to overturn the ban on him coming to the UK which was introduced by former Home Secretary...
It's a remarkable achievement... 14 Oct 2009 | 06:29 am
...to go from being a company known by relatively few people to becoming a symbol of global corporate evil within the space of 24 hours. It's even more remarkable to do so without having much coverag...
A question 13 Oct 2009 | 11:16 pm
Imagine you're a multinational firm facing the following question being asked in Parliament: Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has ma...
Gnats face both ways on defence 13 Oct 2009 | 10:00 am
More fantasy politics from our beloved Gnats, this time talking about defence. Angus Robertson, the MP for RAF Kinloss and RAF Lossiemouth, has been outlining how he thinks Scotland could go it alone...
Even MPs deserve natural justice 13 Oct 2009 | 09:13 am
People have rightly been angered over the behaviour of many MPs with regard to their expenses. It has been a tale of greed and, in some cases, of downright corruption. But that doesn't mean that MPs ...
Michael Gove: An apology 9 Oct 2009 | 12:22 am
I apologise that Michael Gove seems to have drawn his narrative of British history from my rather jokey suggestion a few weeks back. The main difference is that Gove appears to be serious. If you wan...
Salmond, debates and the Gray man 7 Oct 2009 | 06:30 am
Lib Dem Voice has published my views on the election debates controversy in the latest in the series of posts from Scottish Lib Dem bloggers, Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism. You can find it here.
Carol Thatcher should sue! 6 Oct 2009 | 09:11 am
I'm not a fan of Strictly Come Dancing. Nor have I ever seen Hole in the Wall, which from the trailers seems like a prime argument for abolishing the licence fee. Anton Du Beke has therefore rarely e...
Sloppy talk from Cameron 6 Oct 2009 | 08:32 am
I suspect it was just sloppy wording, but I was intrigued by the way David Cameron phrased his rather vacuous pledge of respecting Scotland should he become Prime Minister. Now leave aside the fact t...
Brown's Labour conference speech: first draft 30 Sep 2009 | 07:55 am
And so today, in the midst of events that are transforming our world, we meet united (apart from those idiots Purnell and Blears, obviously) and determined to fight for the future. Our country confro...
