I've written previously about the Defamation Bill, and I've written again to my MP Don Foster:

Reading the Commons debate on 16th April on the Defamation Bill, I was disappointed to see that you voted for rejecting the Lords' second amendment which would have restricted companies from suing individuals.

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Reading He Knew He Was Right led me on to The Prime Minister. This is a sensitively written and very enjoyable story, part of a soap opera really, or to be fancy a roman fleuve. Sometimes Trollope talks directly to the reader. I don't like this as it breaks the …

I read Frank Herbert's Dune while living temporarily in Wells. A unique time. So Hellstrom's Hive is my second FH, lent to me by Zoe through Charlotte. It's a book of extremely high quality. Written in the the late nineteen sixties, it doesn't feel dated and has all you hope …

Snowy On 18th Jan 2013

View From Alexandra Park On The Way Home From Work

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I've just been asked to send a letter to my MP about the proposal to ban some pesticides that may be harmful to bees. I don't know enough about this to write to my MP, but from what I've read scientists haven't reached a settled view on it, and so …

I've just emailed my MP about the Libel Reform Bill:

Hi Don, I'm aware that you're a supporter of libel reform in the UK and I'm writing to you as a constituent to ask you to take the necessary steps to ensure the bill is passed before the end of …

Jonathan sent me a link to a blog post called MOOCs as capital-biased technological change. It argues that the effect of MOOCs will be to reduce demand for university teaching, which is what supports creative research, and so society's academic output will decline.

I'd argue that if MOOCs lower …

I've seen a couple of good articles on UK nuclear subsidies recently. The first article is by Gerry Wolff. Here's an excerpt:

There is no justification of any kind for subsidising nuclear power and there is every reason to ensure that nuclear power is not on the list of technologies …