Filthy Greens

Feb 3rd. Field notes from a trip to civilisation… There lies, in the Golden Bay region of South Island, NZ, a gorgeous small town called Takaka. It is a quiet and unassuming place; I initially believed it to be a perfect location should I, as a put upon NZ MP or Cabinet minister, ever need [...]

Chamberlain’s Legacy

A continuation of “the January-February blogs” series… Student Unions are not the natural home of rational policies, of common sense, or of idelogy-free dialogue. It is therefore with great pleasure that I heard, against my expectations, that Joe’s bar in the University of Birmingham Guild of Students in to retain its name. The bar was [...]

Gordon Saved Us

The First of the January-February Blogs, written the first week in February 2010 For much of my time in NZ, while the British Pound Sterling nosedived against the Kiwi Dollar, I would mutter to myself; “Gordon will save us”. I have the utmost faith in the Prime Minister and the fantastic job he is doing. [...]

The January-February Blogs

Originally written some time in the last week of January, 2010. I think.. I spent the best part of both January and February living outside civilisation in a small hut in the Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. There aren’t a great many degrees for which one can get academic credit for spending one’s days hitting rocks [...]

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