22

Jan

2010

11: In Defence of Labour

This week we were joined by former Lib Dem blogger – now Labour blogger – Darrell Goodliff, who writes the Moments of Clarity blog, and the perpetually irate Constantly Furious.

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We chatted about:

  • Darrell’s recent conversion to the Labour Party, and why he’s swimming against the tide
  • Paul Chambers, a man who made a possibly ill-advised joke on Twitter and found himself arrested and detain under terrorism laws
  • Constantly Furious’s liver, and the Government’s plans for it
  • The recent snow, and whether we’ve lost the ability to deal with problems ourselves instead of relying on state support
  • The hostile takeover of Cadbury’s by Kraft, and whether taxpayer’s money should be funding the buyout.

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25

Nov

2009

05: Hung Parliaments, Cyberlockers, Sawn-Off Shotguns and Blog Regulation

Charlotte Gore and Constantly Furious join us this week on the House of Comments Podcast to talk about some of the UK political blogosphere’s biggest stories over the past week.

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We chatted about the possibility of a hung parliament, in light of a poll with the Tory lead down to only 6%, and ask what that could mean for the Lib Dems.

Lord Mandelson’s ‘Three Strikes’ policy for cutting off illegal file-sharers and cracking down on ‘cyberlockers’ is still making waves, as is the manner in which he has used statutory instruments to push the legislation through. What problem is he trying to solve, and will his plans do anything to solve it?

Paul Clarke handed in a shotgun at his local police station and now faces a possible 5 year jail sentence. Constantly Furious was pretty angry about this, whilst Jack of Kent had the most detailed account of the story.

The new Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Baroness Buscombe, has been quoted as saying she’s interested in regulating the blogosphere, a prospect many bloggers are not happy about. We blow her a collective raspberry.

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