I was asked how to ensure one’s site is available on the wayback machine. I asked google gemini, which said,
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Gerald Harvey Jones
I came across the picture below on a facebook page/group. Various pieces of research tell me that the original was made by Gerald Harvey Jones, whose life is documented on Wikipedia.
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Brexit – Autumn 2026
10½ years on from the Referendum, things are both obvious and changing. I am writing an article, here are my notes and links.
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When do workers get their wages from failed companies?
Where are employees in the list of creditors of a firm that’s bankrupt or in administration?
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Microsoft 365 CRM
Microsoft seem to be clawing back the CRM space from their competitors so I made some notes. This might be best read with my CRM post. Otherwise, here’s my notes and links. …
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Oslo
What about Oslo? Again links and notes …
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Hamburg & environs
After my trip along the Baltic last year, I wonder about repeating it and/or centring a trip on Hamburg. Here are my notes and links. …
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RejoinEU, a debate in Parliament
There was a petition sponsored debate in the House of Commons on “Rejoining the EU” on 12th Oct. There is a video feed from parliament TV. Otherwise here are my notes. …
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Burnham & the innovation economy
Last Friday, Andy Burnham gave a speech to an innovation conference. I linked to the government press release which publishes the text of the speech. In my diigo notes, I say, “It’s a really good speech, not in my mind, one that Starmer or Reeves would have made: touching Devolution of industrial planning, innovation in…
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Labour Conference 2026
It’s that time of year again, here is my archive and preview, #lab26
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Dublin
I don’t know Ireland well enough. Perhaps I should visit Dublin.
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Some [more] notes on UK Defence
Surprisingly, one of the critical issues leading to Starmer’s resignation was a disagreement within the cabinet about the defence budget and strategy. I have persistently argued that Labour’s defence party strategy was aimed at defending labour’s right against his left rather than the country against any threats. The government has now published what they call…
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NPF 26 & Immigration
I am trying to draft an NPF reference back on Immigration.
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What will Lewisham Greens do?
A number of Green led councils are having problems fulfilling their promises, on housing, and disinvestment. Lewisham Greens manifesto is published here, and I have made a mirror. It is also available on the wayback machine, as is the its landing page. The final line on the manifesto web page is, Lewisham already has everything…
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Term Limits
One of the issues I rarely consider when looking at democratic reform is term limits, although I am in favour of them for Mayors. I found this paper, Term limits in parliamentary mandates – Democratic renewal or disruption? published by the European Parliament. I note that they are more common in Presidential republics, as in…
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