Important Political Resources
I admit to being somewhat surprised by some of the keyword searches that bring people to this blog. It seems that too many people have no idea where to get key information – somehow they end up on this blog rather than on the sites they should be visiting to get the information they want. [...]
Do looks matter at the ballot box?
A recent study conducted by Swedish and Finnish economists found that political candidates on the right-wing side of the spectrum were considered more physically attractive, and people were more likely to vote for them at the ballot box. The study compared election results from parliamentary and municipal elections held in Finland in 2003 and 2004 [...]
From awwwww to awe
I regularly come across pieces in the UK media that quite literally make me go “awwwww” and feel all warm and tingly inside, a completely ridiculous reaction on the face of it, but one that I can explain only this way: this would never happen in Canada. I believe I’ve at least alluded to the [...]
People like me
Class is still a much more prominent issue in the UK than it is in Canada and the US, not because we don’t have different classes in North American society, but because it manifests itself much more obviously in the UK. You can hazard a damn good guess the minute someone opens their mouth at [...]
Book Review: The High Road
Previously, I posted a brief review of The Best Laid Plans, a novel by Terry Fallis. I’ve recently finished reading the sequel, The High Road, which continues the adventures of Angus McLintock, rookie Liberal MP from Cumberland-Prescott. Warning: I will do my best to avoid major spoilers, but since this is a sequel, it’s somewhat [...]
Book review: The Best Laid Plans
WARNING: Slight spoilers below. Also, The Best Laid Plans is a work of fiction. Eric Cameron is a fictional character. There has never been a real Finance minister in Canada named Eric Cameron. The Best Laid Plans is a novel by Terry Fallis which won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in 2008. The premise [...]
British Politics and Policy at LSE
I recently discovered an excellent blog produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science, entitled British Politics and Policy at LSE. From the blog’s About the blog page: We seek to make available analysis of UK politics and public policy in an immediately accessible and highly relevant way for a wide readership, drawing [...]
Musings on rep by pop
In countries with representative democracy, we elect people to a legislative body to represent us. The representatives form an independent ruling body (for an election period) charged with the responsibility of acting in the people’s interest, but not as their proxy representatives, that is not necessarily always according to their wishes, but with enough authority [...]
Loose cannon or plain speaker?
In a recent column, Con Coughlin asks if David Cameron becoming the new Bush because of a series of foreign policy-related gaffes the British prime minister has made in recent weeks: First there was the diplomatic rift with Israel over David Cameron’s description of Gaza as a “prison camp”. Then there was the outrage in Islamabad [...]
Rethinking political labels
Recently, on ConservativeHome, Tim Montgomerie blogged asking “What is Right-Wing?” Montgomerie admits to being less than satisfied with most of the definitions found online, and invited others to proffer their own definitions of what constituted being “right-wing”. I found this post and the comments made by readers interesting because I too have been struggling with [...]
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