Archive for April, 2007
Why I did the Shakespeare half-marathon
I need to begin by saying I'm not in any sense a runner. Until two weeks ago, the furthest I had willingly run in my life was three miles. I'm fairly sure they tried to make me run further than that when I was at school. But I'm also fairly sure that I walked as much of any cross-country run as I could get away with. Three weeks ago, while I was [...]
Lib-Dems push ahead | Voters desert Labour and Tories, says ICM poll
Voters desert Labour and Tories, says ICM poll | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics The most recent ICM poll shows that the Cameron factor is failing, and the Brown factor is unlikely to do Labour any favours, according to the Guardian today. By contrast, support for Lib-Dems has risen ahead of next week's council elections, and [...]
A ‘Christian’ party that Jesus would not have voted for
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Christianity is on party's agenda The (so-called) 'Scottish Christian Party' is contesting the Scottish elections with a mixture of old-fashioned Calvinism and modern right-of-centre politics. Great Britain — and especially Scotland — has a long and honourable tradition of Christians in public life, but, [...]
Victory for democracy, but the system needs an overhaul
BBC NEWS | Politics | MPs info exemption plan scuppered Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes and Norman Baker — with cross-party support — successfully 'talked-out' a bill by a former Tory chief whip which would have exempted MPs from the Freedom of Information laws which parliament itself introduced to make bodies such as the NHS, the [...]
