tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.comments2013-05-11T10:31:15.762+01:00The Musings of GarylantaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-78475406987211810722013-05-11T10:31:15.762+01:002013-05-11T10:31:15.762+01:00New Statesman article on state funding for politic...New Statesman article on state funding for political parties:<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/mehdi-hasan/2012/03/time-has-come-state-funding-political-partiesGarylantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183226326287251885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-41783836280812153112013-05-03T02:46:31.626+01:002013-05-03T02:46:31.626+01:00Unfortunately we are now seeing it happen in Greec...Unfortunately we are now seeing it happen in Greece. With the economy on its knees we are seeing a rise in the popularity of extreme right wing groups who are using immigrants as scapegoats. Worrying times!<br /><br />http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/greeces-right-wing-new-dawn-0022199<br /><br /> Garylantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183226326287251885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-42906321704483666342013-02-03T11:30:32.058+00:002013-02-03T11:30:32.058+00:00Update - The CAA replied to a recent email asking ...Update - The CAA replied to a recent email asking for an update on my complaint (2 previous emails over the last few months went unanswered). They still haven't had a reply from Kingfisher and are now in the process of writing again to urge them to reply regarding this matter. Garylantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183226326287251885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-32134993100997471622012-07-21T12:23:03.300+01:002012-07-21T12:23:03.300+01:00I think you're right, it would be great to see...I think you're right, it would be great to see some smaller grass roots parties coming through, which equal funding to all candidates would encourage.Garylantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183226326287251885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-35391827020318456212012-07-21T12:01:46.767+01:002012-07-21T12:01:46.767+01:00Completely agree with 99% of this, especially this...Completely agree with 99% of this, especially this bit " But, the amounts need not match that of current private donations. In fact, they could be considerably less, forcing parties to concentrate more on policy and less on style."<br /><br />I'd prefer to see every candidate in every election get the same funding rather than big parties getting more than smaller parties or independents though, as that might help the big parties maintain their dominance, which isn't good for democracy in my opinion. I know there are some unpleasant and even potentially dangerous parties like the BNP, but unless unemployment is allowed to go even higher i doubt they'll get far anyway - wherever they've got local councillors elected they usually don't get re-elected because they do nothing for the people who elected them except the same ranting about "ethnics" and "immigrants" they did before they got elected.calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253675072578015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-64735565300935242642012-07-21T02:54:45.470+01:002012-07-21T02:54:45.470+01:00I do think this move is unnecessary and will been ...I do think this move is unnecessary and will been seen as an act of aggression by the Russians.Garylantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183226326287251885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720791605682746869.post-22345951416523784642012-07-20T08:32:10.841+01:002012-07-20T08:32:10.841+01:00The US aims to replace MAD with Disarming First-St...The US aims to replace MAD with Disarming First-Strike Capability according to missile engineer Bob Aldridge-www.plrc.org. The US Navy can track and destroy all enemy submarines simultaneously according to Bob Aldridge. Professor J. Edward Anderson, "Deployment of anti-missile missiles in Eastern Europe is part of a first-strike strategy". GPS (Navstar) was made for midway corrections of Minuteman-3 and Trident-2 to hit missile silos accurately. Bob Aldridge on the missiles in Eastern Europe, "Whether they are on ships or land, they are still a necessary component for an unanswerable first strike". The missiles will be operational by 2018, forcing Russia to institute launch-on-warning and greatly increasing the danger of nuclear war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com