I would like to draw attention to this post about Boris Johnson and astroturf by the Tory Troll. Astroturfing is a neologism to mean using people to pretend to be the grass roots.  Someone from the same IP address commented on this post of mine under two different names; while that is not proof anything, [...]

I’m thinking of putting a rotating strapline somewhere at the top of the sidebar. So far, I’ve come up with
‘I’m Dave Cole and I approve this message’
‘Heavily medicated for public safety’
‘There is a non-negligible chance he will end up ruling over us like a king - Matt Sinclair’
‘Contains a source of phenylalanine’
‘Contains small parts’
‘Your message [...]

There has been some discussion of late about who has the most visitors to their blog. I’m sure that I don’t compare to some of the participants in the discussion who, Priapus-like, wave their impressive statistics for all to see.
Google Analytics, Statcounter and the like are, ultimately, hobbyist tools. A website seeking to make [...]

A problem with the computer (does anyone have any experience of making ATI video cards work with Linux?) means that blogging has been light of late. Anyhow, here are some interesting posts.
Beer diversity and why it’s under threat
Vote Match - London elections If you don’t know who to vote for, this might help
Copying at home [...]

I wrote here about the risks of drawing comparison between al-Qaeda and the IRA. An article arguing something similar from Henry McDonald is on the Guardian politics blog; I recommend reading it.
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Hard as it may be to believe, my blog is three years old. In fact, three years and three days, as my first post was on March 11th 2005. A lot has happened to me since then.As Lothair I had it, tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis; the times are changing and we change [...]

The Official Secrets Act is not to protect secrets; it is to protect officials.
-Jobs for the Boys, Yes Minister.
Tom Watson has been musing about civil service bloggers following the Civil Serf incident. He has come up with some thoughts but, before I list them, it’s worth repeating that these are thoughts, not a statement of [...]

I have a guest post on defence procurement and the market. Do take a read. This is the second and final of my posts filling in for Garbo while he’s on holiday; the first is here and covers the Balkans.
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Prince Harry (or Cornet-2/Lt Wales or possibly Widow-Six-Seven, depending on who you ask) has fulfilled his wish to fight for his grandmother and country. It would seem that this was a sop to him for not resign his commission because he hadn’t been allowed to fight in the manner he had been trained - commander [...]

I will be filling in for Garbo while he is on holiday for his ‘Politics Decoded‘ Column on the Wardman Wire. My first one is up today and it deals with Kosovo and Serbia.
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