It’s only fair

First I bitched about the Conservatives and their hung parliament scare-mongering bullshit. Then, surprisingly, I ended up defending Gordon Brown, for the most part. Now, as I entirely fail to make this sound like the thrilling climax of an epic Hollywood blockbuster trilogy, it’s the Lib Dems’ turn. It’s only fair, after all. Yes, the [...]

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Bigotgate

So, let’s see if I can match my recent success. (I’m guessing not. I seem to have lost my gift for pith since ranting about the Tories. This one’s quite lengthy.) Yesterday, Gordon Brown had a chat with a lady he met on the campaign trail, who had some pointed questions for him. The exchange [...]

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Eventful

It’s time for bed, but very quickly before I go, a brief run-down of what happened to me today. I went to work as usual, and decided to post another quick plug to this blog post, which I wrote yesterday, to my followers on Twitter. A few minutes later, I noticed that it had been [...]

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Your democracy’s spoiling my vote!

This is going to be off-the-cuff, chaotic, and angry. I posted this on Twitter earlier, and it got retweeted more than anything else I’ve ever said: If I want the Lib Dems to win, I’m voting Lib Dem. If you’re so scared of a hung parliament, maybe YOU shouldn’t vote Conservative. I still don’t know [...]

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Of boobquakes and holy icons

Yeah, I’m back, apologies for the sloth. I’ll try and stick to the other six next time. Or: Yeah, I’m back, apologies for the sloth. I don’t know how he got in here, but he chewed up my internet connection pretty good and then fell asleep on top of the router. There was no shifting [...]

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Quick links

– Geek the vote. – Dr Petra has a very nifty guide for how to spot PR-based research. That is, purportedly scientific research which has actually been commissioned and funded by a private interest, specifically to provide seemingly scientifically legitimate support for their PR campaign. This kind of easily digestible but misleading survey is much [...]

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Arrest that Pope! The one in the hat!

So I know I’m late, but I’m going to try wading into something that’s caused some internal controversy amongst skeptics lately. Even though Richard Dawkins is not planning to arrest the Pope, he and Christopher Hitchens have been discussing with human rights lawyers an “initiative… to mount a legal challenge to the Pope’s proposed visit [...]

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Filled with votey goodness

Not only is a Lib Dem government the most popular option; it is the one that frightens voters far less than any other option. I know that this just one of many sets of survey results, which all say wildly differing things, and that YouGov in particular may have been doing some push polling recently. [...]

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Trololololololololololo

I’m trying to live by the principle that no idea is too ridiculous to be worth following through with. And, well, this was an idea I had. And it’s not something I’ve seen done already. So, here it is. Click the images for full-size versions, but hopefully they’ll appear more or less readable below, unless [...]

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Almighty Daily Failage, et al

– Lucia de Berk is officially not a serial killer. No, I’d never heard of her all throughout the six years she’s already spent in prison for what was almost certainly a non-existent crime, but the background to this story is truly horrible. – There was some interesting scientific research done lately into the connection [...]

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