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Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness
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| Url: | http://threethousandversts.blogspot.com/ |
| Author(s): | Owen Polley |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Politics, Northern Ireland, Sport |
| Description: | Reflections and rants on politics, current affairs, football, culture, Northern Ireland, Russia, Eastern Europe and life. |
| Ratings |  (8 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 37 Followers |
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Tory tax policy seeks to nourish society, unlike Toynbee's short-termist alternative.
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Polly Toynbee's latest ‘class war’ piece is a conceptually threadbare piece of writing. I get the impression that whilst she still feels compelled to bang the tribal political drum she is now bare...more |
2009-12-08
Running eighteen candidates is a nonnegotiable component of the Conservative and Unionist pact.
| In today's Belfast Telegraph I argue that any ambiguity about the eighteen candidate issue undermines the Conservative and Unionist message.The Conservatives and Ulster Unionists' electoral pact ha...more |
2009-12-08
Perm nightclub fire. The aftermath.
| Vladimir Putin has announced that bereaved families whose loved ones died in the Perm nightclub fire will each receive 500,000 rubles compensation. The measure exacerbates the sense that this inci...more |
2009-12-07
The end of Moscow Tory.
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An astute commentator on events in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Carl Thomson, is killing off his Moscow Tory blog. It's a great pity. The site always offered thoughtful, detailed analysis ...more |
2009-12-07
Shooting the messenger. Human rights' industry voices anger at government consultation.
| The Director of the CAJ has reacted with predictable petulance to the government consultation on a proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. In a letter carried in today’s Belfast Telegraph, M...more |
2009-12-07
Blogtalk NI (Episode 7)
| The final episode in this series.Blogtalk (episode 7) from Northern Visions/NvTv on Vimeo.Geoff from Bobballs and Alan from Belfast form this week's panel. The show features coverage of the Slugge...more |
2009-12-07
Give Salmond his referendum. But insist on the right timing and the right question.
| I’m afraid that I’m a day or two late on this, but it’s worth reading Alan Cochrane’s coruscating assessment of the SNP’s white paper on a separatist referendum. Alex Salmond hopes to introduce a ...more |
2009-12-05
Nonentity scores a couple of goals in a reserve competition, hack writes ill informed nonsense.
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One of Manchester United’s reserve players, Darron Gibson, scored a couple of goals on Tuesday night, in a competition which gives clubs a chance to deploy their second string. The Old Trafford si...more |
2009-12-04
Will Allister's party show consistency?
| The TUV takes pride in its robust stance on terrorism. Indeed, we are led to believe, that contempt for violence is the party's raison d'etre. Which makes it all the odder that a prominent member...more |
2009-12-03
Comment elsewhere
| Over at Comment Is Free I argue that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is a busted flush and that rights specific to the province should be incorporated in a UK wide Bill.The Northern Ir...more |
2009-12-03
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