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Upcoming EU vote perhaps maybe

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Rather late to the press with this but it would appear to be that our wonderful elected MP’s are going to ask the Government if they could perhaps maybe see fit to find sometime next year to consider asking us if we’d like to stay in the EU or not. Or if you’d rather the actual wording (via: Douglas Carswell) This house calls upon the government to introduce a bill in the next session of parliament to provide for the holding of a national referendum on whether the united kingdom:A) should remain a member of the European Union on the … Continue reading →

99% revisited

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One of the great things about the internet is that give it a chance and sooner or later someone will provide you with the information you were missing. which means I have to revisit my whole pondering of this 99% thing, as a rather informative article with charts has identified just which 99% they’re claiming to speak for (which I’m still not convinced by) and why which is a whole lot more convincing. Here’s What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About… “The “Occupy Wall Street” protests are gaining momentum, having spread from a small park in New York … Continue reading →

99% occupy wall street

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Having linked to an account of how the police treated protesters in New York the < ahref="/2011/09/30/state-of-protest-in-the-us/">other day, I thought it only fair that I also link to this rather good and more in depth look at the protest itself over on Errata Security. I’d suggest you go an read the whole thing, but looking at it with my own particular slant there are a couple of bits which really stand out. Firstly a problem I think many campaigns have especially online ones: “As the protesters try to define themselves in order to come up with a coherent political platform, … Continue reading →