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Robert and the EU treaty
My MEP Robert Sturdy has a letter in today's Times challenging the reasons for Tony Blair's refusal to hold a referendum over the EU treaty. With Gordon Brown widely predicted to be Blair's successor, I wonder if Blair wants to push this through...
Today’s "warm hearted" Russia
A guest post by James Higham The historical moulding of the modern Russian Perhaps I'm not the one to ask about Russia on a number of counts: as foreigners, Tom and I are both relatively sheltered, the mindless bureaucracy tends to be taken care of by...
Road pricing trial and its sweetener for motorists
Government plans about how it should trial its controversial road pricing scheme, despite protests from more than 1.8 million people who petitioned against it, is already having problems. My nearby city, Cambridge, is one of the cities lined up for this. Yet...
Nuclear waste disposal and forum groups
Defra has advertised for members to form a new Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM). But has Defra learnt any lessons from the blunders it made with its last committee? Let me remind you what happened two years ago when it was described as "an unholy...
The social media and Virginia Tech massacre
How private is the personal anguish of students who have published their grief on the Web following the Virginia Tech massacre? Many of their accounts have been highlighted in worldwide media reports. But some feel the press has been too intrusive....
Hogarth’s Britain
There are only 11 days left before the Hogarth exhibition comes to an end at Tate Britain, and it is definitely one not to miss. I popped in after my spot of auto blogging and found it stunning...
Auto blogging today
I have been invited by my CIPR diploma leader Heather Yaxley to join her in London today to speak about blogging to the motor industry, her specialised area. Interestingly, Heather's recent post mentions Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear blog, he wants your views...
Judge seeks answers from Home Office on failing mental health system
I imagine Judge Peter Jacobs will be listening with special interest today when controversial plans to allow mentally ill people to be detained against their will are discussed in the Commons. Last week he was forced to jail a mentally ill man because there was...
What kind of government lets people go blind?
On 30 June 2006, the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt wrote a letter to The Times and The Guardian stating: "This Government is committed to a publicly-funded health service that is free at the point of use and available to all, regardless of means."...