The Royal Mail has hired 30,000 temps to replace the striking postmen and clear some of the backlog which, predictably, the CWU has condemned as “a stupid move”.Like they can talk.Striking is the most stupid move they could have made. It...
Topics: Work

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All the three party leaders have agreed to hold a televised debate. But now they are arguing over the form it should take.Gordon Brown has proposed up to six debates while the Liberal Democrats are demanding three three-way debates.Mr Cameron has...
Topics: Politics, TV

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World Scouting Jamborees - the name being derived from “jambo”, the Swahili term for “hello” - of which there have been 21 since 1920 the latest held in the Uk in 2007, may be coming to an end. The new ISA (Independent...
Topics: Scouting, Volunteering

{"title":"Ending the Jambo","post_url":"http:\/\/thethunderdragon.co.uk\/2009\/10\/ending-the-jambo.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/thethunderdragon.blogspot.com\/atom.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-17 06:06:29","summary":"World Scouting Jamborees - the name being derived from “jambo”, the Swahili term for “hello” - of which there have been 21 since 1920 the latest held in the Uk in 2007, may be coming to an end. The new ISA (Independent..."}

All MPs have been pretty much ordered by the party leaders to comply with the repayments requested by Sir Thomas Legg - or else. But they’re moaning about it.However, has Legg screwed up? Has he made errors? If he has, rather than helping fix our...
Topics: Money, Parliament, Politics

{"title":"Has Legg screwed up?","post_url":"http:\/\/thethunderdragon.co.uk\/2009\/10\/has-legg-screwed-up.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/thethunderdragon.blogspot.com\/atom.xml","author":null,"date":"2009-10-15 01:02:02","summary":"All MPs have been pretty much ordered by the party leaders to comply with the repayments requested by Sir Thomas Legg - or else. But they’re moaning about it.However, has Legg screwed up? Has he made errors? If he has, rather than helping fix our..."}

Some people seem to have a massive over-estimation of the reach of social media and its effect(s) on democracy around the world. Twitter, Facebook et al are merely tools that can be used to spread democracy and to facilitate participation - it...
Topics: Democracy, Facebook, The Internet

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