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Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging in the UK
The 2009 edition is out, including a chapter from myself on the future of British political blogging and also a chapter from my Lib Dem Voice colleague Stephen Tall on the state of the Liberal Democrat blogosphere. Liberal Democrat bloggers Mark Thompson and Stephen Glenn also have their own pieces.
It includes extensive listings of political [...] »
Why the Taxpayers’ Alliance is wrong to oppose public sector experiments
Mark Thompson has recently highlighted how frequently the Taxpayers' Alliance is quoted in the media. Mark gives some reasons for this, but it's a question highlighted again by a BBC report:
Tim Newark, of the Taxpayers' Alliance, accused the council of "experimenting" with public money.
This is a rather strange comment because what's the alternative to "experimenting" with [...] »
My comments on other sites- My recent tweets
- markpack: How to round off the working day http://flic.kr/p/7KW7yV
- markpack: @wdjstraw So on that basis you would oppose any income tax cut, ever, of any sort? (As on its own never progressive by your standard)
- markpack: @wdjstraw So surely sensible analysis is to look at overall effect of package rather than cherry pick one bit?
- markpack: @wdjstraw But if you're *only* looking at the tax proposals then on that definition tax should never, ever be cut as always regressive