Thepoliticalidealist

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• The £70,000,000,000 Cost Of Procrastination

  Before starting my article on this topic, I’d like to congratulate Labour, Lib Dem and the minority of Conservative MPs who have delivered a large majority in... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Eastleigh: a Fascinating Contest

  Reblogged from Notes from a Broken Society: After the lies, the by-election. The resignation of Chris Huhne as MP for Eastleigh, following his guilty plea to... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Discrimination Against Singles, Please

  The Conservative Party have had a particularly controversial pet policy for about a decade now. The policy, which was in place for several decades until well... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Flashback: A Look at Carbon Rationing

  

  It is plain to see that Climate Change has slipped off the agenda of late. When societies around the globe are struggling with austerity, wars, recessions and... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Need More Representation Not Less

  

  Today’s post was written by guest blogger and author Stephen Liddell, who can usually be found on his blog stephenliddell.wordpress.com. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politics Should Not Be For Sale

  Party funding is a topic which resurfaces every couple of years after a “cash for votes/questions/honours” (delete as applicable) scandal surfaces. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Support Of Electoral Reform

  The UK and the US are among a shrinking number of Western democracies with antiquated electoral systems prone to distorting the value of votes in different... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Letter to The Independent: The Clegg Schools Issue

  I take issue with your leading article (26 January) in which it is argued that politicians should not be subject to criticism for sending their children to... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Andy Burnham: A Man With A (Positive) Plan

  Last week was a dramatic one in British politics, and one in which a number of major events and announcements did not get the publicity they deserve. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hold A Referendum And Stop Banging On About Europe

  This week, the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his party would hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union “within... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Osborne Listen Now? [Spoiler Alert]

  

  Economic Steep Decline Ahead (Photo credit: Leonard John Matthews)_The past 72 hours have been eventful in the British political scene. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama’s Next Steps

  Most of us in Britain breathed a collective sigh of relief when President Obama was returned to office for another four years. The United States, the world’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Billionaires Could End Poverty

  From Al Jazeera: Oxfam says world’s rich could end poverty UK-based charity says the world’s 100 richest people earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty fou... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Horseburgers: A Symbol of Supermarket Power

  

  The emergence last week of the news that several supermarket chains have been unwittingly selling beef products containing as much as 29% horse DNA has... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Free Our Universities

  Over the past 20 years, the systems for providing and funding higher education in Britain have been subject to multiple reforms. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama's Gun Control Proposals

  Reblogged from Digestible Politics: Obama has unveiled his gun policy proposals despite a lot of opposition from those on the right of the political spectrum.... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Housing Is Not A Commodity: Part 2

  

  A rational approach to the issue of the disparity between supply and demand in housing sectors in several developed countries would be to tackle both excessive... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Housing Is Not A Commodity: Part 1

  What was the root cause of the global recession? I think that we must all have been told the answer dozens, if not hundreds of times. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Time Is Running Out

  

  Arctic Landscape (Photo credit: Polar Cruises)_Climate Change is a phenomenon that most of us like to spend a few minutes worrying about, but it has fallen low... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gorgeous George, Where Were You?

  

  A Havana cigar. I couldn’t be bothered to find an image of Galloway One face that was noticeably absent from the crucial vote on the Benefits Uprating Bill,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY