Plaid Cymru are crying foul over the BBC’s decision not to throw the Representation of the People Act out of the window and allow them thousands of pounds of state-subsidised advertising. All I can say to that is: ha ha. If Plaid should be angry at anyone, it is the Welsh Rugby grounds who signed… Continue reading Plaid bid to subvert the RPA fails
Month: April 2007
Another thing to blame on secularism
Each week, the Guardian provides a religious person a written version of Radio 4’s Thought for the Day in the form of its column Face to faith. This week it is the turn of a chap called Nicholas Buxton, who has written on the familiar subject of ‘secularists just follow a different kind of religion.’… Continue reading Another thing to blame on secularism
Smugged
A loathsome backhanded compliment in the Brendan O’Neill’s editorial in this week’s Spiked email newsletter: Bloggers made the news this week instead of simply leaching off it. There’s talk of a ‘code of conduct’, ‘warning signs’ if blogs contain crude content. But blogs aren’t the place to go if you want erudite debate; they’re the… Continue reading Smugged