Depressing reading. Not sure I can vote for the LDs with opinions like this. Miserable sticking-plaster solutions for proplems that all need dealing with in a more direct way (ie. re-nationalising the railways if they can't run them properly!)

Following our debate, I've received further comments from Trevor Carbin. He writes:

Rather than go over the specifics yet again I'll look at the general argument. Your viewpoint seems to be that government should not intervene and should let markets look after themselves, with regulators regulating where necessary.

Fair enough …

By the end, Diary Of A Country Priest had moved me to tears. It's a film with a great deal of depth, so it's hard to take in in one go. When watching a film I first try and identify the baddies and goodies. Of course, if the film is …

I don't want to have the same problem as Michelle Obama, so I've written to Structural Soils Ltd to see if they can test my soil for me:

Hi, I intend to grow vegetables in my garden, but I want to make sure
that the soil is safe first. Is …

The Murrison camp is gearing up for the election. Andrew Murrison is my current MP, and although voting Tory isn't in my DNA, I have to admit he's dealt promptly and effectively with the issues I've raised with him during his time as my representative. In particular I remember writing …

Mandelson has criticized the large amount of money that the president of Barclays earns. But Barclays wasn't bailed out by the government, so I don't think it's the government's role to involve itself in how businesses choose to pay their employees.

What I'm angry about is Mandelson's government spending £140 …

I opined that unions shouldn't try and control wages, instead wages should be agreed individually between the employer and the employee. Equally, employers shouldn't club together in cartels to control wages either. Dave disagreed and said to me, 'have you never heard of the Tolpuddle Martyrs?'. I had heard of …

I bought Silent Running off of Ebay a few days ago, and watched it on Sunday. The protagonist wasn't a laid-back hippy, he was a militant environmentalist. Of course he was wrong to murder those people. We don't know the political system he was living under, but if it was …

Are these your gloves?

Someone left them at my house.