Controversial media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has joined Twitter as an 80 Year Old. Is he simply curious or is his arrival part of a darker plan?   Rupert Murdoch has had a tough time. Suspicions were raised over News of the World’s (NoW) amoral practice in 2003 after royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, wrote a story surrounding medical treatment Prince William had received. Information in the article... 

July 2008 past UK PM, Gordon Brown, became embroiled in a debate concerning data sharing rules after a civil service department lost data which was claimed to be hidden under an “old pals” regulatory system. In response the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas (succeeded by Christopher Graham in June 2009), released a report lobbying for increased transparency between Government, Private... 

The new leader of the Labour Party is a heathen? It looks like Joseph Ratzinger’s warning against “aggressive secularism” is becoming a real threat. We shouldn’t let Atheist, Ed Miliband, anywhere near a seat of power. Just look at how moral Joseph Ratzinger’s decisions have been. Oh wait… In an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live this afternoon Ed Miliband revealed that, “I don’t believe... 

Have you ever marvelled over an MP’s wardrobe? I have. With the amount of support for the Liberal Democrats I wouldn’t be surprised if clothes shops start releasing the “Lib Dem Summer Range”. If I were to go into politics in the future then the only way I could decide which party to join would be by colour. I fear red is just a bit too sensually saucy, yellow would not look good against my... 

For the last few months my mind has been eagerly hammering away trying to work out why people have lost their faith in politics. Could it have been the huge issue of the expenses scandal last year? The Labour Party immigration scandal? Perhaps the recent cash for influence scandal? No. Whilst these issues scratched the surface I believe there is a foundational problem. People just don’t care because... 

It was known as the Digital Economy Bill in the real world, #debill (now known as #deact!) on Twitter but from the 8th April 2010 bill became Act. If there were ever an example of parliament not listening then watching the progress of the Digital Economy Bill pass through the House of Lords, House of Commons, to then be granted Royal Assent has to be the pinnacle. The Bill has received much attention... 

Speculations have been on Twitter for the last few days but finally Mr Brown has visited the palace and called for dissolution of parliament. The election race begins which has given us the opportunity to choose change. Conservatives claim they will be change (not that ‘change’ means much. The change in my pocket is cheap for instance…), Labour say that we are on the road to recovery (I don’t... 

The conservative candidate for Cheltenham, Mark Coote, was kind enough to invite me out as his guest to a talk by the journalist Andrew Pierce (Go on Andrew, join Twitter!). Described as a “fearless writer” by the Guardian, Andrew’s career has seen him step from the Gloucestershire Echo, to The Telegraph and now to The Daily Mail. A somewhat questioned move since Jan Moir’s heavily bigoted... 

Last week I was fortunate enough to have been invited by one of my friends to meet Mark Coote, Conservative Candidate for Cheltenham, at a pub in Cheltenham. As I suspected by reading much of his material he was a delightful person to be with. Quite personable and I can see how he would be a successful candidate. With the seesaw of British politics in motion once again we can expect for David Cameron... 

A couple of weeks ago at the Philosophy society we discussed ‘The Prince’ by Niccolo Machiavelli which is really an instruction manual for a leader. The whole the book seems to be littered with hypothetical imperatives in which Machiavelli believed a leader should act. In this way he seemed to imitate Immanuel Kant but the focus on morality was less severe. Obviously these circumstances...