Vox Polis

Some things to look out for in ‘06:

• Prediction 1: French farmers will agree to abolish CAP and completely fund the EU through their own taxes.
• Prediction 2: Bob Geldof will launch a new campaign to free the world of Bob Geldof.
• Prediction 3: George W Bush will be identified as the missing link between ape and human and will thus be unable to promote the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
• Prediction 4: David Blunkett will sweep to power backed by an army of his own illegitimate children.
• Prediction 5: Charles Kennedy will have an entirely smooth year where his power increases and he doesn’t touch a drop of alcohol.
• Prediction 6: There will be free and fair elections in Iraq.

The Vox Polis team are off to William Hill. Have a great year!

We can view David Cameron’s decision to withdraw from the European People’s Party (EPP) in two ways. The easiest (and to many the most desirable) way would be to view it as “business as usual” for the Tory party. A continuation of the backwards looking, anti-European, almost UKIPian attitude taken by (nearly all) Cameron’s predecessors. (more…)

I fear that the late-capitalist technocratic society is becoming just like the iPod. The iPod allows you to carry many more tunes than you’ll ever need on one journey or even before the batteries fails.

The latest models allow you to carry 60 GB’s of music (that’s 15,000 songs or about 1000 CDs). This reminds me of our dear consumption driven society. (more…)

Recently there has been much discussion and speculation about how the New Labour government is going to address our short term power needs caused by the decommissioning of our nuclear power plants and increasing demand. I refer to the short term because it is widely believed that all our power requirements will soon be solved by the creation of fusion power. Or much more likely we will mange to annihilate ourselves through one of the many terrifying ways frequently discussed in the mass media (my money’s on Bird Flu), and therefore have no energy needs.

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