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Democratic deficit

BBC News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Lord Patten on China's 'threat to democracy'

Chris Patten on the U.S. election and democracy

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

The last British governor of Hong Kong, who found himself back in the former colony the night a democratic exercise electrified the world, sees Barack Obama's election as an opportunity for America to restore its moral authority.

Patten To Take On Channel

SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

Cruise liners, steam boats, jelly fish and the world channel record beware. Cassandra Patten, the Olympic swimmer who urged Queen Elizabeth II to make her Britain teammate and double gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington "a Dame by Christmas" and then won bronze in the inaugural 10k marathon swim in Beijing, is to take on a new challenge: she is training to race across the channel - and faster...

Today in San Francisco History - Mary Ann Patten, Heroine of Cape Horn

SFist (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008

... off for the race to San Francisco Bay. One of these -- Neptune's Car -- was captained by Joshua Patten. This was to be Captain Patten's second voyage on this vessel, the first having been a memorable one. It had been his maiden command, and he'd made the 15,000-mile trip from New York Harbour round the Horn to the Golden Gate in a mere 100 days, 23 1/2 hours -- a time as good or better...

'China is a threat to democracy'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Lord Patten tells the BBC more should be done to tackle the democratic deficit in China and Asia.

(stitch it where it's needed)

mukuge (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008

Too many students are coming out of fashion design courses in universities and art colleges lacking practical skills. These past few weeks, whenever I go for interviews and show my portfolio, I would invariably ask for a design position and be offered a patten-cutting/production one. They both have their own advantages: designing lets one look at how supposedly great designers conduct their...

Blogging and Other Social Media

Infamy or Praise (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

Blogging and Other Social Media has been published and is available from both Amazon US and Amazon UK . The book was written by Alex Newson and Deryck Houghton, who established the IMPACT legal blog at Freeth Cartwright (Alex is now at Shoosmiths), and by Justin Patten, a mediator who blogs at Human Law and who hosted Blawg Review #78 . Blogging advises business audiences seeking to establish...

Lessons from 1992 come from the opposition, not the government

Mandate Communications blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

Steve Richards’ piece in today’s Independent (“The recession has forced Cameron to revive the failed policies of old”) argues that Cameron will take his tactics from the last election fought in a recession. As such, Richards argues, Cameron will adopt new-look Chris Patten approach emphasising “Labour’s tax bombshell.” But what if Cameron strategy on tax is [...]

'We're serious about sex': Australia's newest political party, the Sex Party, is launched

Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... the Sex Party believes it can attract a broader base.Serious about sex: Party convener Fiona Patten launches the Australian Sex Party in Melbourne yesterday'We're concerned about the Australian government becoming a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics,' party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten said.Patten said she had expected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,...

Australia’s Sex Party stumps for gay marriage

365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics,” party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten told The Associated Press by phone.Patten called the federal government’s proposal for an Internet filter “the last straw.”Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told Parliament earlier this month that his mandatory Internet filter would block 10,000 Web sites on a government blacklist...

Australian adult industry flirts with politics

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics," party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten told The Associated Press by phone.Patten called the federal government's proposal for an Internet filter "the last straw."Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told Parliament earlier this month that his mandatory Internet filter would block 10,000 Web sites on a government blacklist...

Australian adult industry flirts with politics

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics," party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten told The Associated Press by phone.Patten called the federal government's proposal for an Internet filter "the last straw."Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told Parliament earlier this month that his mandatory Internet filter would block 10,000 Web sites on a government blacklist...

Australian adult industry flirts with politics

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics," party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten told The Associated Press by phone.

Patten called the federal government's proposal for an Internet filter "the last straw."

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told Parliament earlier this month that his mandatory Internet filter would block 10,000 Web sites on...

Australian adult industry flirts with politics

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... a nanny state, and about this conservative creep in politics," party convener and Eros head Fiona Patten told The Associated Press by phone.Patten called the federal government's proposal for an Internet filter "the last straw."Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told Parliament earlier this month that his mandatory Internet filter would block 10,000 Web sites on a government blacklist...

Sex Party sends invites to Australians - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

Sydney - Australia's Sex Party picked an appropriate venue for its launch Thursday: a Melbourne sex-toy emporium where vendors promised something for absolutely everyone. "I think there are enough free-minded individuals for us to win seats," party leader Fiona Patten said. "There's a new conservatism creeping up in Australia. We are becoming a nanny state where politicians can't talk about...