Updated: 2012-07-31 09:14:10
This morning's Independent reports a 'revolt' by Liberal Democrat 'grassroots' over the potential outcome of the coming Comprehensive Spending Review: see for further details. For once, the Indy's reporting is not far off the mark, at least if the word 'potential' is added somewhere. As might be expected, the article makes several statements about what the Party's positioning at the 2015 General Election might be, without pointing out that the party is democratic and such decisions will be taken by the Federal Policy Committee and Conference. Either the journalist Grice and/or his source are particularly ignorant on this point. ...
Updated: 2012-07-30 20:35:00
The Earl of Glasgow, says BBC News, has told the corporation that the Liberal Democrats risk looking "foolish" by pursuing reform of the House of Lords and that the party's election hopes could be damaged.: "It's probably going to get bogged down [in Parliament] and I don't think it's going to get through. It's going to be another constitutional humiliation for Nick Clegg and, therefore, the party."Quite why a Scottish house is pontificating on constitutional matters... This just in. It has been pointed out to me that the Earl of Glasgow is not a public house but an hereditary peer ...
Updated: 2012-07-30 11:00:01
NYT: Crash of the Bumblebee Krugman is pessimistic. (tags: euro ) Koch-funded climate change skeptic reverses course - latimes.com Heh. (tags: climatechange ) The Birth of the Internet From Two Present at Creation — Letters to the Editor - WSJ.com The role of the state. (tags: internet history ) The lessons Doctor Who is teaching my ASD kid With thanks to @Paul_Cornell. (tags: autism doctorwho )
