On 5 June 1944 General Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces about to invade France, had last-minute doubts about the success of the operation. On the eve of the invasion he therefore drafted a contingency letter of ‘apology’ to be used in case Operation Overlord failed. In the event, of course, the landings in Normandy… (read more)
Dan Snow explains AV: http://blog.davee.me.uk/post/5166137922/another-dan-snow-yes-to-av-video-this-is-the This is the Referendum Broadcast for Tuesday 3 May 2011. Watch this if you’re still undecided!
Dan Snow explains why the Alternative Vote (AV) is fairer than First Past The Post: http://blog.davee.me.uk/post/4867083106/dan-snow-explains-why-the-alternative-vote-av-is
On 5 May 2011, voters will be given the opportunity to answer the referendum question: At present, the UK uses the “first past the post†system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the “alternative vote†system be used instead? I am intending to vote YES. Here I describe some of the reasons… (read more)
This is the third year in a row I’ve played at the Kidlington Chess Congress – see my previous posts about 2010 and 2009. Photo courtesy of Sarah Ewart When I arrived, I spoke to one of the organisers who immediately mentioned that they had been wondering whether I was too strong for the Under-145… (read more)
http://blog.davee.me.uk/post/1389577611/how-hard-can-it-be-to-buy-a-shirt
See http://blog.davee.me.uk/post/1098655633/just-bought-this-off-ebay-its-a-conchess
I’m experimenting with using Tumblr for blogging etc. so for now I’m going to post links to those articles here too, until I figure out what to do long-term: http://blog.davee.me.uk/post/992238436/how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess
Well, gosh. It’s the ‘Nick and David Show’. I was planning a really long post about the post-election negotiations, but directhex got there first, nicely summing up pretty much everything I was planning to say. Specific points of note: LibDems are in government! This means that some LibDem policies, including voting reform, are on the… (read more)
Just a few random thoughts about the election, to get it off my chest… Check out my Twitter feed for other random rants I’ve made during today. Here we go: BAD: Very disappointed to see our (now former) MP Evan Harris unseated, especially by such a narrow margin (fewer than 200 seats). In my opinion… (read more)
