Category Archives: Civil Liberties

Happy Birthday Magna Carta

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Today is the 796th anniversary of the first great charter – the magna carta of 1215. Now some people think that it’s pretty much a busted flush these days, having been all but entirely repealed. Others seem to think that it’s irrelevant because we’re now a parliamentary democracy though the evidence suggests that despite them changing our passports to say “citizen” rather than “subject”* we are still actually a constitutional monarchy. Just because parliament acts like it’s supreme (and sadly the monarchy lets it) doesn’t make it so, just as just because parliament would like us to think they can … Continue reading →

World IPv6 day

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I do apologise to wander once more onto geekier topics, but largely un-noticed today is World IPv6 Day. Which was hoping to make people more aware of IPv6 and the need to get ready for it – I’m not sure how well it’s done outside of people who already knew about it. Outside of the techy press the Gaurdian picked up on it and apparently Ed Vaizey said something about it. Despite it being a very low key event this is something you need to care about, as it will actually be terribly important. So get a cup of tea … Continue reading →

Tales from a wedding

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So the wedding is over and rather pleasantly quietly it would seem – but then I’ve not been near a paper or a pub with a TV, so what would I know. Reading comments on other peoples blogs it seems to have been quite a mixed bag of a wedding, from what it tells us about the state of the nation. Given we are still a monarchy (even if there is debate as to how much power/relevance the monarchy has) how people, both the people and the powers that be, react to it is rather interesting. Lets start with the … Continue reading →