Politics – Page 21 – Kester Brewin

Election Thoughts [1] | The Fallacy of ‘Choice’

Apr 12, 2010

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One of the most-commonly words used in this election season is ‘choice.’ The whole of the democratic system relies on people having a genuine choice for who they vote for, but beyond that, the various parties – and the Conservative party in particular – are keen to promote a ‘choice’ agenda in their manifestos too…

If There’s One Single Issue You Should Vote On, It’s This…

Apr 7, 2010

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KB

in Current Affairs, Economics, Politics

So the General Election that we all knew was coming is finally out in the open. How should you vote? How should we decide how to vote? I think that there is a single issue that we should all be asking our prospective representatives about: income equality. If you get a chance to speak to…

Is a Blog a Conversation? | Press Complaints | Racism

Mar 31, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Politics

Interesting storm blown up over the Press Complaints Commission’s censure of a piece written by right-wing blogger Rod Liddle in The Spectator recently. In it he wrote that “overwhelming majority” of London’s violent crime was carried out by young, African-Caribbean men. In his evidence to the PCC he provided statistics that confirmed that certainly a…

Korea to Iraq… Who’s next?

Mar 5, 2010

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in Current Affairs, News, Politics

A little dated now, but still a great video from Knife Party, with polemic text by Barry Mcnamara, outlining one perspective on American militarism. With Gordon Brown giving evidence at the Iraq inquiry today, it seemed resonant, especially the astonishing statistic that the US has been at war with someone around the world at all…

How to be Happy [2] | Out of the ashes of Communism and Christianity

Feb 11, 2010

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in Emerging Church, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized

Thanks for the comments on the post about happiness the other day. I’ve been mulling over the idea of happiness, and why we are perhaps the most unhappy society ever, and linking it to a new direction my thinking seems to be being drawn in. As I’ve written before, I’m really interested in the charred…

Whitey On The Moon: Not Any More

Feb 1, 2010

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in Current Affairs, Economics, Emerging Church, News, Politics, Science, Technology

Occasionally two things from the news catch your ear and resonate together. Today it was the news that Obama has cancelled Nasa’s new moon programme. And [ht Barry Taylor] that Gil Scott-Heron is back with a new album. The connection? I’ve always loved Scott-Heron’s early, hard-hitting social commentaries. And the lyrics of ‘Whitey on the…

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