“The provisions will not cover people under 18. It is right to treat children and young people differently, for example through age limits on alcohol consumption, and there is little evidence of harmful age discrimination against young people.” [my italics] Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality The Equality Bill Read more…
That's right, get your popcorn ready (although you'll need to eat it quite quickly). We've made a short film about the event, to help show people what it's like. A council officer who was briefing her councillors before the event once said to me, 'I'm a Councillor is a great Read more…
Bob Geldof arrived a short while ago and I was introducing him to our bloggers. Suddenly we weren’t alone. For the record. It’s my nose touching Bob’s nose.
I'm back in the hotel having brought together 50 bloggers from around the world to gain access to the G20 Summit in the morning. Today, Wednesday, whilst protests took place around the City of London those 50 bloggers met for the first time, listened to each other and discussed what Read more…
If anyone ever asks you why Civil Servants or politicians should blog, send them over to Martin Leach’s most recent post. Martin is one of the DFID bloggers that we’ve been coaching. He’s recently arrived in Kigali, Rwanda as Head of DFID Rwanda. He’s just published a post called Dear Read more…
On Tuesday evening we finally got confirmation from Downing Street that 50 bloggers were going to be given access to the G20 Summit as part of the G20Voice project that I’ve been managing for Oxfam GB, Comic Relief and Save the Children. G20Voice is a group of 50 bloggers inside Read more…
The Pirates Dilemma View more presentations from mattjamesmason. (tags: business djs) I know it's an advert for a book, but he's saying some interesting things about copyright and what 'piracy' does for the economy. Also, it's nicely put together. And I like pirates. You can also go and visit Matt Read more…
Sophia and I put on our glad-rags yesterday and went to the Institute of Electrical Engineers for the Sciencewise-erc Awards dinner. We were there to pick up the People’s Choice award as voted for by you the public. Actually, the reality is that the teachers and scientists who took part Read more…
The Cabinet Office today published the list of hospitality accepted by Departmental Board Directors. It is dull, dull, dull. Just like it should be. I expect the same soporific effect when MPs finally publish their expenses in full.
We’ve had a few inches of snow in Wiltshire, the schools are closed, the lane is impassable, the garden is desperate for a snowman and the office will remain closed today. We’re still open for business though so please give me a call on 07720 297515 or email as usual.