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By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane It is pleasing when you hear of someone who enjoys their work. In Belle de Jour's case she would appear to be in a minority in her chosen area of employment. But that Dr Brooke Magnanti has had to out herself…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane There is an irony in the positions of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy in that while attempting to make the internal workings of the party more democratic, it nonetheless seeks to deny this to the…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane I have been informed that the best way to tell a genuine Gordon Brown signature from a fake is that a genuine signature is unreadable. He has poor calligraphy - I can personally attest to this having sat next…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @WareLane I am consensual in my politics. Provided Labour does not bring back capital punishment or reintroduce slavery I am likely to go along with many things they promote. I do expect to have a say though. I am…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @WareLane 2009 has seen the integrity of our Parliament damaged in a way that I have not seen before in all of my 49 years. The response from all major parties is that changes have to be made; it's been acknowledged…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane Michal Kaminski is a Polish MEP, a member of the Law and Justice Party. He is described by Daniel Hannan as "the closest thing to a British Tory outside the Carlton Club." This contrasts somewhat with other…
By Julian Ware-Lane Today is the eighth anniversary of the Twin Towers atrocity. It was a "where were you when ..." moment (I was at my desk at work in Basildon when I saw the news on the internet). The images still shock today. And thus…
By Julian Ware-Lane One of the sticks that the right like to beat the Labour Government with is the perceived diminution of individual freedom. Libertarianism has become the calling card of some commentators, and in the recent poll by Total…
by Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane The seventieth anniversary of Britain's entry into the Second World War this week reminds us all of the terrors that accompany war. That conflagration has had a deep impact on the psyche and culture of this…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane Green belt designation for England was instigated in 1955 as a means of restricting urban growth. Green belts perform three principle functions: 1. They provide recreational open spaces 2. They contribute the…
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane I work at the Ford Motor Company site in Dunton, near Basildon in Essex, and so the recession and the government's attempts to drag us out of it are of personal interest to me. So far, the automotive industry…
By Julian Ware-Lane The release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is a political decision. Although the stated grounds were those of compassion, I cannot think of another mass murderer released for similar reasons, indeed for any reason…
