Linkblogging
As I’ve been too busy with “proper” writing to come up with any blog posts, here are some links instead:
- Andrew Hickey and Mat Bowles explain why you should vote Lib Dem in the general election and how it can make a difference. The short answer is: electoral reform. No other problems can get fixed until our awful electoral system gets fixed. The Lib Dems are the only party with the means, motive and opportunity to do it.
- If you’re not from the UK and don’t understand why we’re getting so excited about the election, Debi Linton explains it all.
- Brett Holman at Airminded looks at the influence of the Boer War on air power history, which is more relevant than you might think.
- Nick Poyntz at Mercurius Politicus has had an article published in Midland History about a “crowd action” in Cirencester at the start of the English Civil War, and has posted an open access version for anyone to read. (Personally I prefer to call these things riots because it sounds cooler. Can you imagine Joe Strummer singing about a “white crowd action”? Would Sleater Kinney have been as good if they were crowd action grrrls?)
- The Common Swings is an indescribably odd and brilliant comic/fanzine written and drawn by Chris Browning. You should find something in it to amuse you if you like Viv Stanshall, Absolutely, vintage crime novels, H. P. Lovecraft or old railway posters advertising trips to dull seaside towns. You can order a print on demand version from Lulu or a hand made version direct from the author.
