Author Archives: Martin

Aqua, deep red or orange? Vote for your favourite Liberal Drinks beermat

It’s time for Liberal Drinks to have a few beermats. But what colour should they be?
The party seems to be getting over its love affair with aqua. Strangely it never started one with deep red.

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Broken leg or heart attack? Cable and Koo on the state of the economy

During a balance sheet recession, the problems resulting from too little fiscal stimulus are far more serious than those caused by too much. The latter are similar to walking with a cane even after a broken leg has healed; the former to walking, or even running, when the bone has yet to mend

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WordPress broken your Google map? This is how to fix it

You might have noticed some problems with the Google Map on this site. Irritatingly, the information ‘balloons’ that appear when you click on a map pin were ending up with jagged edges. The problem turned out to be with Wordpress – specifically the TwentyTen stylesheet. This post explains how to fix the problem.

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Could this sentence bring down Cameron?

Once Mr Wallis’s name did become associated with Operation Weeting, I did not want to compromise the Prime Minister in any way by revealing or discussing a potential suspect who clearly had a close relationship with Mr Coulson.

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Contented to be a Victorian belonging to an age which still believed in progress, material and social

I recently found this family history written by my great-grandfather, James Tod, in the 1940s.  While I’m probably biased, I found it a fascinating account of growing up in the late Victorian era. It casts a very interesting light into a world very different from our own

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