What is one to make of Politics and the City, founded by Gavin Whenman’s secret girlfriend June Sarpong? I’m tempted to dismiss it as vacuous fluff, but it isn’t aimed at me and it has kept going. Is this a quietly succesful tool for engaging women in politics? Will academics be praising it in the… Continue reading Will Dunn win the by-election after all?
Month: October 2008
But did she see it coming?
The BBC reports: A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a large phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament’s expense. Saera Khan [not to be confused with Saira Khan, the Apprentice finalist], an MP for the ruling Labour Party, admits calling pay-per-minute fortune-tellers 793 times in one nine-month period, for… Continue reading But did she see it coming?
EXCLUSIVE: Should Irfan Ahmed have to pay for what he did?
What is one to make of Irfan Ahmed. As a blogger he has risen from obscurity to become one of the top “celebrities” in the Lib Dem blogosphere. As a person, I know very little of him other than the fact that he lives in Preston and doesn’t like Saj Karim very much. Reading his… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Should Irfan Ahmed have to pay for what he did?