I’ve written a piece on Our Kingdom about the government’s meaningless new party funding proposals: Hencke asserts that “The Conservatives have been blocked from targeting Labour marginals with spending that can run to tens of thousands of pounds a year by legislation which will limit all parties’ candidates to spending a maximum of £12,000 from… Continue reading Party funding on OK
Month: June 2008
To be David Davis’ Sancho Panza?
I still haven’t made up my mind as to whether David Davis’ resignation is some sort of mad genius or just plain mad and I suspect this debate will rage for years to come. Over the weekend, my respect for him has increased as it became clear that part of the reason he did it… Continue reading To be David Davis’ Sancho Panza?
Throwing their bibles out of their prams
A very honest and perspicacious article by Giles Fraser in the Guardian on Monday about how organised religion has unedifyingly thrown itself out of the temple, or rather registry office. It puts new light on things like Islington’s Registra-Martyr. It all feels too much like the parable of the prodigal son. You sometimes get the… Continue reading Throwing their bibles out of their prams