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Count Binface and electoral theatre
Don’t be a costumed loon — It’s trivially easy to stand for Parliament in the UK. Any loon can do so. You need ten electors to nominate you and £500 for a deposit – and it’s actually been getting easier. The deposit was introduced in 1918 (£150 – quite a lot of money then). Before […]
I hate this
But does it matter? — I don’t usually say that sort of thing here. I try to be more measured, less personal. I’m talking about the police face recognition vans obviously. This might not surprise you: I mean that I don’t like them. I’m an old git after all, a man who’s written here before […]
Where is my patriotism?
Come, love of country, fill my heart… — I do love Britain. I guess I love England more. London most of all. I hope that in my life I’ve honoured the place I live and not disgraced it or undermined it (I support England and GB in sporting events – I fly a little flag […]
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Digital radio’s revenge
Top media analyst Mathew Horsman says Cinderella media technology DAB may yet thrive but it could do so at the cost of the 3G operators. You need to subscribe to…
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London’s economic strength
The Statesman last week has a pullout transcript of a round table discussion on the topic of ‘London’s economic strength’. There’s a PDF version here. The participants include Ed Balls,…
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And on… and on… A plug
When he was UK MD of Ariston, Giuliano Gnagnati brought you those mesmerising TV ads (“Ariston… and on… and on…”). Ariston was an obscure Italian brand ? sales and brand…
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Country Code rebellion
Thanks to Kevin Werbach for linking to this excellent piece from The Register about this week’s meeting of the obscure group of organisations who look after the national top level…
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War analysed
Always excellent David Walker opens the new series of BBC Radio 4’s Analysis with a subtle look at our definition of the national interest in the context of the planned…
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Toyota triumphs
I learn from the FT’s latest survey on the motor industry (which requires a subscription) that, in the midst of the longest recession of the modern era in its home…
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Barry Cox on broadcast
The third and fourth of Barry Cox’s lectures on the future of broadcasting, as reprinted by The Guardian. The third concerns the failure of competition in digital TV in the…
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The BBC and voting
We should probably keep an eye on this. Matt Jones, dreamer of this parish and information architect at the BBC, is working on an ambitious project intended to get us…
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The end of language?
Azeem wonders if children submitting essays in txt msg language is a bad thing or just language evolving. I’m usually one of those ‘language is a living thing’ guys in…