A few big political developments today: Benjamin Netanyahu has been disqualified from the Likud leadership campaign – maybe. The party comptroller accused him of using party funds in his leadership campaign and demanded an apology or he’d face disqualification. Mr Netanyahu responded that the comptroller had no authority to disqualify him. So today, the comptroller […]
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A note from the management
You might have noticed that it’s a bit quiet around here. There’s a reason for this: I’m not a blogger – well, not a proppa blogga (© Sion Simon). There was some point a few years ago when I wanted to rant about something but needed a platform a bit bigger than Twitter, so I […]
Kids React to Osama bin Laden’s death
Benny and Rafi Fine make videos. One of their projects involves showing children (ages 6-13) Youtube viral videos and then interviewing them about them. This sounds like it could be a pretty awful idea, but the regular panel is made up of intelligent, articulate, sharp and funny kids, and while some are certainly echoing back […]
Welcome
Welcome. Over the last few weeks I wrote a few posts I quite enjoyed writing those posts about the referendum on the electoral system, so I’ve decided to set up a proper platform from which to foist my opinions on a reluctant world. I’ll be blogging here on various things that interest me: politics, technology, […]
De Do Ron Ron Ron
I wrote in my first blog on Av that I’d voted, campaigned and stood in more than a hundred individual AV elections. Those elections were for roles in Jewish youth organisations, my Student Union, the National Union of Students, trade unions and voluntary groups. Despite the fact that these elections happened at different times in […]