The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog Politics and Life Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Podcast interview with Steve Fodden, Editor of slaw.ca, about Law and Blogging http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/05/podcast-interview-with-gawain-towler-ukip-euro-election-candidate-for-the-south-west-by-charon-qc-2/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/05/podcast-interview-with-gawain-towler-ukip-euro-election-candidate-for-the-south-west-by-charon-qc-2/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:55:46 +0000 Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/05/podcast-interview-with-gawain-towler-ukip-euro-election-candidate-for-the-south-west-by-charon-qc-2/ This is a bonus Charon QC podcast (Lawcast 127: Simon Fodden on Slaw, Canada) which I have pulled out of the archives because I enjoyed listening.

Mike Semple-Pigott interviewed Simon Fodden, a Canadian legal academic who runs a prominent law blog which covers law mainly within the "Commonwealth" with an international team of contributors.

In the second half of the podcast there is a detailed conversation about the international nature of blogs, and which parts of the legal world are using them well (or not).

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Podcast interview with Steve Fodden, Editor of slaw.ca, about Law and Blogging

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Cartoon: ASBO Jesus

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Michael Jackson: a Thriller in Paradise: Cartoon by ASBO Jesus

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/05/michael-jackson-a-thriller-in-paradise-cartoon-by-asbo-jesus/feed/ A New Group Blog for Welsh Politics ? http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/04/a-new-group-blog-for-welsh-politics/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/04/a-new-group-blog-for-welsh-politics/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:36:23 +0000 Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/04/a-new-group-blog-for-welsh-politics/ This is an idea for a new non-partisan (or cross-party) group blog to cover Welsh Politics.

Most people know that I have been running a blog aggregator (politics-wales.co.uk) for a couple of years, with a combined Welsh Politics news feed at feeds.feedburner.com/politics-wales.

At present the site has a problem in that it has been auto-hacked through a weakness in the version of Wordpress used. I can clear it out, but it will take a full day to rebuild the site in another, clean, account. I can build a brand new blog in less time than that.

I am wondering if now - 1 year before a General Election - is a suitable time to move the politics-wales site over from being a pure aggregator to being a political group blog about Welsh Politics, since I can build one of those just as easily. This seems to me to be a gap in the market in commentary on Welsh Politics.

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A New Group Blog for Welsh Politics ?

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/04/a-new-group-blog-for-welsh-politics/feed/ TheyWorkForYou.com overhauled by MySociety: Extends back to 1935 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/theyworkforyoucom-overhauled-by-mysociety-extends-back-to-1935/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/theyworkforyoucom-overhauled-by-mysociety-extends-back-to-1935/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:17:31 +0000 Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/theyworkforyoucom-overhauled-by-mysociety-extends-back-to-1935/ MySociety, the non-profit organisation lead by Tom Steinberg, has redesigned their TheyWorkforYou.com website with data about UK Parliamentary politics.

The site provides easily accessible records of the UK Parliamentary process, and now contains data going back to 1935.

Political anoraks are going to rub their hands in anticipation, and probably lose the entire weekend to anoractivities (sorry).

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TheyWorkForYou.com overhauled by MySociety: Extends back to 1935

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/theyworkforyoucom-overhauled-by-mysociety-extends-back-to-1935/feed/ Who wrote Lord Mandelson’s “Reasons for Not Selling the Post Office” ? http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/who-wrote-lord-mandelsons-reasons-for-not-selling-the-post-office/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/who-wrote-lord-mandelsons-reasons-for-not-selling-the-post-office/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:21:11 +0000 Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/who-wrote-lord-mandelsons-reasons-for-not-selling-the-post-office/ Recently the Cardinal Baron Lord Mandelson, Viceroy of somewhere very long and difficult to remember, has give us a whole quiverful of reasons for not selling off the Post Office, then inspected them and put them back in his quiver and tried another one to see if it works.

I was wondering where this all came from, and then I had a break.

q-photo-kangaroo-boxingThis is the transcript of a tape from a special spy camera installed near Regent's Park in London, just in case a certain vehement Australian Cricket supporter notorious for violence should become unruly during the Ashes this summer.

In fact it caught (and recorded) an entirely different character engaging in nefarious activities. Step forward ... Lord Mandelbrot.

Lord Mandelbrot of Super-Cali-Fragil-istic-espi-ali-docious, visiting the Marsupial Enclosure

Hi Skip, do you remember me from 1994, when I needed advice?

Skippy XVIII

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Who wrote Lord Mandelson’s “Reasons for Not Selling the Post Office” ?

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/who-wrote-lord-mandelsons-reasons-for-not-selling-the-post-office/feed/ The Tory hating Ben Bradshaw and the so called gay hating Tories by Garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-tory-hating-ben-bradshaw-and-the-so-called-gay-hating-tories-by-garbo/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-tory-hating-ben-bradshaw-and-the-so-called-gay-hating-tories-by-garbo/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:05 +0000 Garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=10353 Post from: The Wardman Wire

The Tory hating Ben Bradshaw and the so called gay hating Tories by Garbo

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-tory-hating-ben-bradshaw-and-the-so-called-gay-hating-tories-by-garbo/feed/ The Plight of Pleasley Hill http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-plight-of-pleasley-hill/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-plight-of-pleasley-hill/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:05:44 +0000 Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-plight-of-pleasley-hill/ Pleasley Hill is a small community near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Historically it has been "ignored" (that is probably the best word).

Recently one members of the community, Mark Jones, started using a simple Wordpress.com blog called "Plight of Pleasley Hill" to draw attention to the community's need.

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The Plight of Pleasley Hill

]]> http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-plight-of-pleasley-hill/feed/ PMQs 1st July as seen by Garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/02/pmqs-1st-july-as-seen-by-garbo/ http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/07/02/pmqs-1st-july-as-seen-by-garbo/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:33:13 +0000 Garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=10343 Post from: The Wardman Wire

PMQs 1st July as seen by Garbo

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