Gaza - a thoughtful perspective

Justice Done for Trump Councillor

Gaza Protest in Edinburgh - an emotional afternoon

Labour and Tories Fail on Calman
I just don't get the Labour Party.They have moved heaven and earth to get some horrendously illiberal legislation through - remember ID cards, control orders and 42 days' detention, anyone? They were stubborn, intransigent and draconian. The Government believed passionately (and I think wrongly, obviously) that these measures were necessary and that passion propelled them to keep trying to do what they believed in rather than give up.Now, whether you think of the report of the Calman Commission goes far enough or not, if Labour were to implement the measures Jim Murphy announced today, there is enough of a

Liberal Democrats get their ACT together
The Liberal Democrats have launched a new social network today called Lib Dem ACT. Its lovely jade and yellow colour scheme looks very fetching. You don't have to be a party member to join, so why not come along and see what it's like.For some the attraction will be undoubtedly that, at the time of writing at least, it has no farms, cafes, fish tanks, mafia wars or vampires in sight. There are some people I expect now to immediately depart Facebook and set up on ACT for that reason alone.In the words of the nice e-mail I got from the Party's Chief Executive Chris Fox:"Act is a place where Lib Dem supporters c

Jo Swinson dropped from BBC Question Time Panel
Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs shadow minister Jo Swinson commented on Twitter this morning that she was a"bit miffed at being dropped from #bbcqt panel at 48hrs notice: Iraq inquiry this week and no Lib Dem on panel!"I may be wrong, but I hav

Happy Birthday to Mark Reckons
Yet another November birthday today, but not one we can put down to a fun Valentine's Day. Mark Reckons.Mark's had an incredibly successful year and his post, which worked out that the safer an MP's seat, the more likely they were to be caught up in the expenses controversy is probably one of the most effective arguments for STV I've come across in my whole life time in politics.He also made me cry on my own blog when we were reminiscing about our wonderful grannies.

Another thing I learned at the Unconference
If you are reading this it means that I understood the lovely Mark Pack's instructions about how to blog from my Blackberry.You might think I must be really stupid not to have worked out what the wee envelope next to the blog title on the Blogger dashboard was for. You'd probably be right, but I've never claimed to be a geek.Now, if I could only figure out how to put the darned Libdig widget in, life would be perfect! ------------------