I have joined the Bloggers Circle group, an initiative set up by Labour supporter Matthew Cain and aimed at getting somewhat more structured debate going between bloggers. Imagine my dismay when one of the first pieces of work put round for possible comment was this one from Raincoat Optimism linking the […]
I am struck by the solid number of people coming to this site via my Diplomatic Oral History transcript here. Welcome. There is a lot of good vivid stuff there if anyone really does want a Lot More about some of the most memorable moments in my diplomatic career: In Bosnia after […]
The Presidential drama (or not) in Honduras drags on despite my own best attempts to end it by going on holiday. I see that Hillary Clinton is more nuanced about a possible return by ex-President Zelaya, now a ‘reckless’ move. What happens if a demonstration in favour of the new situation is […]
The ever-fertile mind of Max Atkinson points out an easy way to avoid wasting fuel and make life better, namely allowing UK cars to turn left at red traffic lights if the road is clear. Traffic norms in different countries take on a life quite independent of common sense. In […]
Iain Dale is running his 2009 popularity survey of political blogging. But to register a vote for your favourite blogs, including eg this one, you must nominate a full ten blogs. No need to give a category. Last year this Blog made it into the Total Politics Top Twenty Libertarian […]
Numerous Crawfs have made it safely back home after two weeks in sizzling Greek sunshine, freed from the temptation to look at the Meejer via the Internet during this period by the fact that the clueless hotel had no wireless capability and a solitary Internet computer charged out at €5 […]
The Crawfs have ended up on a sweltering Greek island where the allegedly sophisticated but certainly expensive hotel has no wireless access and only one scrawny terminal in the basement where I now sit gloomily at 5 Euros per 45 minutes. So this blog formally moves into aestivation mode until 26 […]
Assorted Crawfs are off to Greece for a couple of weeks. Back on the day when Craig Murray of the militant PAHMiP tendency soars to victory in the Norwich North by-election. If you feel bored as my postings dwindle to a sun-stroked trickle in the coming fortnight, read Sam the Sudden. And […]
Here, via Tim Worstall, is the blandly smiling, terrifying Tooheyesque face of Richard Murphy, a man bent on extracting ever-more tax to increase the flow of his collectivist coffee: It is in the private sector that we need cuts – or more tax if they refuse to do it. The […]
When does guilt stop being passed on – indeed just stop? If you are someone who has led a blameless life but happen to be the grandchild of some monstrous villian from history, is it fair that you and your name be reviled? Should you be directly punished for the […]
