Don Giovanni
Just got back home from a wonderful performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni at St Peter’s college. It was the perfect break I truly needed after this hellish week that now finally has come to an end. Thank God it’s Friday.
’Big moment’ for Conservatives
With 125 of 159 councils declared, the Conservatives have a clear lead. ”BBC research suggests Labour has fallen into third place nationally with 24% of votes, with the Conservatives on 44% and Lib Dems on 25%. The margin is similar to the drubbing received by Tory Prime Minister John Major in council elections in 1995, […]
Brown ’disappointed’ by poll
Gordon Brown has said it has been a ”bad” night, as Labour has its worst local election results in 40 years. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.527168&w=425&h=350&fv=config%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%26companionSize%3D300x30%26companionType%3Dadi%26preroll%3D%26config_settings_autoPlay%3Dtrue%26playlist%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.bbc.co.uk%252Fmedia%252Femp%252F7370000%252F7379700%252F7379700.xml%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType%3Deav1%26embedReferer%3D%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition%3DDomestic%26embedPageUrl%3D%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk_politics%2F7379700.stm%26] from news.bbc.co.uk posted with vodpod
Joseph Stiglitz at the Sheldonian
Stiglitz, one of the most influential and coolest macroeconomist gave a lecture today on ”Meeting the Challenges of Global Governance in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Global Financial Market Debacle.” Who is he? Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought. […]
Waiting for the results?
The results have started to drop in from the local elections in England and Wales May 1. Look at BBC for continous updates from the different constituencies.
The Democratic Race in Seven Minutes
Tip from Aneurin. Great film; watch it. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.526129&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D1531283112%26playerId%3D271557392%26viewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Famfgateway%26servicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%26cdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26domain%3Dembed%26autoStart%3Dfalse%26] from www.slatev.com posted with vodpod
Don’t forget to vote!
Vote Boris Johnson if in London. Vote Alex Stafford if in central (Holywell Ward) Oxford. Vote Councillor Paul Sargant if in Carfax Ward Oxford. Vote Conservative today.
Immigration – talk of the today.
Listened to Damian Green tonight, Shadow Minister of Immigration. Spoke about why the Conservatives are so far ahead in the polls, between 5-18 points. Gordon Brown is just incompetent, he argued, which definitely assists the Conservatives. He may be far more intelligent and well-read than Tony Blair, but he sure doesn’t know how to talk to […]