Pet insurance has spawned an industry. …
Better Politics
To Labour’s Leadership candidates….Do you have a manifesto for “Better Politics”? Do you support fairer voting systems? Will you abolish the House of Lords? How will you rejuvenate & democratise Labour’s policy making process? …
OXI
The Greeks, they say No!
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Child Poverty
Last week’s New Statesman, as provocative as ever, an article by its editor, George Eaton on Tories and Cameron’s retreat on child poverty. The figures explain a lot.
Oxi
Some people have been busy supporting the Greek people who go to the polls today to vote on whether to accept the trokia’s latest offer. and in more trivial news I have joined the Greek Solidarity Campaign and contributed to the public subscription to pay off their debt. Some might call it posturing, since they’re at 0.1% of their target, but its a petition with commitment; not so much in my case.
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Brands
Individual blogs, like mine, are losing their readership volume. It’s sites with a brand that are attracting writers and it’s the site brand that attracts readers; I think we need to be more collective. Of course, there’s a stunning lack of generosity in linking, acknowledging others and even in retweeting.
CLPD
Just joined CLPD! …