I am not a great sports watcher so I wasn’t planning on watching the Olympic ceremony but I decided to watch the beginning – and then I just couldn’t turn the TV off! I think Danny Boyle and his team plus all the volunteers were superb. Humour – Mr Bean and the wonderful James Bond…
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We Won!!!
by Lord Soley • • 16 Comments
I was delighted to be present at the Nominet awards http://nia.nominet.org.uk/winners/2012 in the Saatchi Gallery last night with Beccy Allen and Michael Raftery from Hansard. Photograph here: http://nia.nominet.org.uk/galleries/2012?page=0%2C9 We were in the last group – Online Public Services and Information – the short listed organisations were read out and then the runner up announced. With…
House of Lords
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EU Referendum
by Lord Soley • • 15 Comments
An interesting bit of footwork by David Cameron on an EU referendum. I’m not sure that it will unify his party but it is a good try! Thinking about events over the last few weeks it is hard to see how Britain is going to stay a full member of the EU. The banking crisis…
The Leveson Inquiry
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The Inquiry has now published recent written evidence. You can read it here: http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/about/module-4-submissions-on-the-future-regime-for-the-press/ I submitted evidence in January and added to it in May at their request. I also sent a copy of my Bill from 1991. You can see all three on the site. There is also other interesting evidence from the industry,…
