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- Why we should not be afraid of a hung parliament by Mark Reckons on Nov 22, 2009 in Hung parliament Andrew Rawnsley Ipsos Mori The Observer
With the latest Ipsos MORI poll for The Observer showing a reduced Conservative lead to only 6% (Con 37%, Labour 31%, LD 17%) talk of a potential hung parliament has reared its head again.Indeed if these figures are put into the UK Polling Report swi...
- I'm on this week's "Pod Delusion" podcast again by Mark Reckons on Nov 20, 2009 in Rationalism The Pod Delusion Podcasts Scepticism
I'm on this week's "Pod Delusion" podcast again which describes itself as being about "interesting things":From scepticism to lefty liberal things, it's commentary from a secular, rationalist, 'Guardianista', sort of perspective. A bit like From Our...
- Professor David Nutt's account of events regarding #NuttSack by Mark Reckons on Nov 20, 2009 in Professor David Nutt Jacqui Smith Drugs Evidence based policy Alan Johnson
Correspondence has been released between various protagonists in the saga of the sacking three weeks ago of Professor David Nutt from his position as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.One of the letters is from Professor Nutt to th...
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill is a landmine for the Tories by Mark Reckons on Nov 19, 2009 in David Cameron Gordon Brown Fiscal Responsibility Bill
The more I think about it, the more I am coming to the conclusion that the Fiscal Responsibility Bill that was outlined in Labour's Queen's Speech yesterday is actually a landmine set to go off under a potential future Tory government. The bill will...
- BBC Question Time Live Chat - 19th November 2009 - #bbcqt by Mark Reckons on Nov 19, 2009 in Live Chat CoverItLive BBC Question Time
It's #bbcqt day again and as usual the Live Chat on this blog will start tonight at 10:30pm.The panel will include the Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP, the shadow home secretary Chris Grayling (Alan Johnson's mini-me), the Liberal Democrat MP and...
- Brown's ignorance shows why we need Commons reform by Mark Reckons on Nov 19, 2009 in Gordon Brown Punch and Judy politics PMQs
Watching the debate in the House of Commons yesterday about the Queen's Speech I found my jaw dropping at the rudeness of Gordon Brown. Watch this clip where David Cameron is trying to get Brown to respond to the question of why there was nothing abo...
