politics category
The Conservative Party should reveal the tax status of Lord Ashcroft
9 February 2010The Conservative Party – including David Cameron – has repeatedly refused to reveal the tax status of its deputy chairman, Lord Ashrcoft, who has funded the party for almost three decades.
This has continued even after Lord Ashcroft promised to return to the UK from his home in Belize and pay UK income tax by the [...]
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My second letter in the Guardian
3 December 2009Giles Fraser argues in opposition to Ariane Sherine that “it is nonsense to pretend one can leave children alone until they can choose their values for themselves” (Comment, 2 December), but her campaign is concerned with religion, not values. Dr Fraser demonstrates one of the key problems atheists have with religion: the arrogance with which [...]
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A well hung parliament would hopefully do some long term damage to our political system
22 November 2009I’ve thought for a while now that the result of the next general election could be a hung parliament, and I am pleased to learn that the Observer has caught up with me.
The reason the Observer has only now considered this outcome, whereas I have been at liberty to vocalise my belief that it is [...]
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The effectiveness of simplicity
29 October 2009I find it increasingly frustrating that nobody ever asks the simple question, makes the simple point, or offers the simple answer (but, as I am thinking of politicians, I really don’t expect the latter).
For example, concerning MPs expenses, I know of no journalist who has asked the straightforward question: “why do you not claim back [...]
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If you want to beat it, leave the BNP to its own devices
26 June 2009My initial reaction to the letter sent by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to the British National Party was to welcome it. Recently I’ve become more and more frustrated with people who believe that simply declaring the BNP ‘fascists’ or ‘Nazis’ – and urging those who never had any intention of voting for them [...]
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