davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 16 days agoAt GMB Congress, immigration, racism and europeAt the GMB Congress, my Region, London, organised a fringe meeting on the “ The rise of the far right and worker’s…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 18 days agoStarmer’s speech on refugeesA little essay on Natalie Elphick’s defection to Labour and Starmer’s speech in Dover on refugee policy. Dover, by…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 22 days agoReading Labour’s tea leavesI wrote earlier about the possibility of a youth mobility proposal from the EU; I’d say it’s now dead and that may…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 3 months agoSlogans aren’t bulletsBefore the election was called, Keir Starmer visited BEA systems at Barrow in Furness, the dockyard that builds and…davelevy (43)in #programming • 3 months agoLearning bash, and other languagesI made the mistake of claiming to be a bit of a whizz with bash. Someone wrote to me and asked me how I did that. The…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 3 months agoNo jokes Mr Mandelson!This article in the guardian, entitled, "‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining…davelevy (43)in #blogging • 4 months agoAre blogs still useful?In August 2009, I wrote an article questioning if blogs were losing their influence. In conversations over the…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 4 months agoPR in WalesI wrote, nearly two years ago, welcoming the change on the composition and size of the Welsh Senedd, or on…davelevy (43)in #technology • 8 months agoSome thoughts on buy vs buildOne of the critical decisions taken when implementing software is the decision to build or buy. Photo by Desola…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 8 months agoOn ReferendaI attended UKiCE’s webinar on referendums. It is available on You Tube , or at sli.do and they said, in…davelevy (43)in #software • 8 months agoDebt, depreciation or risk?by Kevin Ku from Unsplash : close up photo of eyeglasses When I first heard the phrase “Technical Debt”, I nearly…davelevy (43)in #goodfridayagreement • 9 months agoLiving with the TroublesLate last year, I visited the IWM and its “ Living with the Troubles” exhibition. I was 14 when the Government…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 9 months agoA response to Larry Elliot’s Guardian piece, from Another Europe.On 5 Dec The Guardian newspaper ran a rather provocative piece by Larry Elliot, which was bound to rile up those on…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 9 months agoA party with socialists in itOver a year ago, I read Simon Hannah’s book, “A Party with Socialists in it, a history of the Labour Left.” I…davelevy (43)in #europeanunion • 9 months agoThe (EU) reform train is at the platformThe Guardian reports, “European Commission president said Brexit could be fixed because leaders had ‘goofed it…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 9 months agoArguments about PR in the UKI got involved in a debate, sort of. Labour has decided that FPTP weakens trust in politics, but that fixing it is not…davelevy (43)in #history • 9 months agoTeaching about the British EmpireI rather enjoy the portfolio of videos made by Simon Whistler , and recently watched one on how the history of…davelevy (43)in #programmanagement • 9 months agoSoftware Programme ManagementIn my linkedin blog article, Strategy , I looked at three models, one on business strategy, one on programme…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 10 months agoThe popular will of the massesStarmer was glitter bombed at conference, the person that did this is part of the people demand democracy campaign…davelevy (43)in #ukpolitics • 11 months agoOnce upon time, about HE policyIn October, I visited the People's History Museum, it was a bit of a vanity trip as I was looking for any documents…
