Paul “Guido” Staines and Matthew Taylor are having an indirect war of words today, with both sides blaming the other for the current ‘crisis’ in democracy. Frankly, this is self-aggrandisement on a massive scale. Websites such as Order-Order hardly help restore people’s trust in politics, but anyone who believes, as Matthew Taylor appears to, that… Continue reading Staines’ and Taylor’s self-righteous face-off
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Straw Pledge – so near…
The Jack Straw pledge I started a week ago is nearly at 2/3rds the target 100 I set. If you haven’t already signed, today’s the deadline to get to it! And whether you’ve signed up yet or not about it, if you’re a blogger, please blog about it. With a bit more of a push… Continue reading Straw Pledge – so near…
Swinson swings at Straw
Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, and a finalist in the New Statesman New Media Awards last night Jo Swinson, has criticised his outspoken attacks on TheyWorkForYou: “Mr Straw has seen fit to attack theyworkforyou.com for using ‘quantitative rather than qualitative’ measures to assess MPs’ performance. Sites like this are in their infancy,… Continue reading Swinson swings at Straw