I never got around to bemoaning the government’s plans to make homophobic attacks a new “hate crime”. Ever since the idea of religious hatred was outlawed I’ve become increasingly sceptical of this new type of legislation; in most cases it does little more than add a little more public “tut-tutting” to something that is already… Continue reading Bullying isn’t hate crime
Month: November 2007
nonEXCLUSIVE: Chris Huhne talks to Quaequam Blog! (part 1)
The Millennium Elephant has been trying to organise a bloggers’ hustings for the leadership candidates and he kindly invited his two Daddies (Richard and Alex), Mary Reid, Paul Walter, Jonny Wright, Jonathan Calder, Stephen Tall and myself to take part (the link is that all of us were either shortlisted for the Lib Dem Blog… Continue reading nonEXCLUSIVE: Chris Huhne talks to Quaequam Blog! (part 1)
Clegg’s Academy – credit where it’s due
I’ve been hard on Nick Clegg on this blog, mainly because I’ve struggled to find anything of substance that he has said or written during this campaign. Thankfully, I now find myself in the position of endorsing something he has called for. To wit: ‘My approach isn’t about women-only shortlists or about A-lists. It isn’t… Continue reading Clegg’s Academy – credit where it’s due