» So That\'s What A Democratic Right Feels Like...
04/06/09 08:32 from Conservative Comment
Right. Quick update - finished exams and hopefully will spend a bit more time on this. In the meantime, resignations, reshuffles and dodgy expenses have all happened at the most inconvenient time for Mr. Brown. The kicking he will get today..
» A College Coup
21/04/09 14:58 from Conservative Comment
Yesterday I received a fantastic e-mail from someone in charge about not hogging seats in exam term in the Library. Something about its language tells you this could only come from a Cambridge College: 3. students who find..
» Are CCTV Cameras To Be Encouraged In A Liberal Democracy?
16/04/09 08:03 from Conservative Comment
We hear, largely from very Liberal parties, that Britain is becoming a police state due to the volume of CCTV cameras around. No-one is safe, they say, because the state can see where everyone is at any one time. State spying has no limits...
» Why The Court Of Public Opinion Is A Bad Thing
06/03/09 15:54 from Conservative Comment
In the heat of the discussion over the pension of Sir Fred Goodwin , Harriet Harman let slip this phrase: \"It might be enforceable in a court of law this contract, but it\'s not enforceable in the court of public opinion and that\'s where the..
» The Character Of Law
06/01/09 08:26 from Conservative Comment
Every so often, I seem to think of something that I\'m interested in, often completely independent from the world\'s news, that I write as an article on this site. This is one of those cases, although it could also be accurately described as ..
» What A Thing To Write About
29/12/08 08:07 from Conservative Comment
In the \"Legal History\" section of a second-hand book website, there is a copy of the report of the Longford Committee Investigating Pornography, a radical committee made up of MPs, prominent members of the public, and various others. They p..
» A Twist On An Old Favourite
17/12/08 11:34 from Conservative Comment
Are spam e-mails not quite amusing? Attn: Beneficiary, I found your name in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid (Contractors, Inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from American, Europe, Asia plus Mi..
» What Rock-Bottom Interest Rates Means To Me
04/12/08 16:39 from Conservative Comment
Absolutely nothing. Let me explain. Over the summer, I set up a fixed 6% interest ISA, meaning that even though interest rates are now at 2%, I will continue to get 6% until August 2009. So in real terms the value of my bank account will no..
» E-Mail Error On Welsh Signpost
31/10/08 18:42 from Conservative Comment
Beware that when you send a text to be translated by your translation department, the reply may not always be what you were expecting: When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they need..
» First Week At University
09/10/08 06:50 from Conservative Comment
That title is misleading, as I have only been here from Saturday to today (Thursday), and for some unfortunate souls, lectures have already started. First thoughts - my college is aesthetically very pleasing, apart from the block I\'m in, so..