When asked to argue on TV, radio or on a platform, I usually sketch out 10 propositions which are worth trying to get across. (There’s a section like this on the archive site too.)
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mind and body / Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets on 26 August 2011. 2 comments.
I’ve been invited to the Greenbelt religious festival (27/08/11) to debate ” The Poor are Poor because the Rich are Rich?” It is arranged round a Methodist document, Of Equal Value: Poverty and Inequality in the United Kingdom. More »
Posted by RDN under Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets / TV and Radio on 24 June 2011. 8 comments.
I’ve been booked for the BBC TV’s Sunday ethics and religion show, and here are some sketches of what I hope to say… More »
Posted by RDN under RDN's media cribsheets / Rightist manifestos on 28 May 2011. No comments.
I’ve been asked to have a go at a Big Question for this show, tomorrow. Here goes…. More »
Posted by RDN under Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets / TV and Radio on 15 March 2011. No comments.
The Today Programme (10 March 2011) asked a man from Compass (the think tank) and me what we thought about the idea of a Public Sector Covenant. Is there, like the Military Covenant, a special understanding or settlement with civil servants of every sort. I said no…. More »
Posted by RDN under Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets on 5 March 2011. One comment.
The British state is right to have a growing international aid budget. How on earth could a screaming right-winger argue this? Well, BBC1′s Big Questions asked my opinion on the matter and I surprised myself thus…. More »
Posted by RDN under Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets on 9 February 2011. 9 comments.
Local libraries, like woodlands, seem to inflame the English middle class in a very special way. So it was good fun to go on BBC Radio 4′s You & Yours and bat for the closure programme. More »
Posted by RDN under Handling protest / Mind and body / Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets / TV and Radio on 12 September 2010. One comment.
I had a v brief outing on Radio 4′s Sunday religious current affairs programme, and it’s a privilege to be asked. Here’s the crib I prepared for the event, in which I was asked about the protest dimension of the Pope’s forthcoming visit. More »
Posted by RDN under Climate change / Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets on 3 May 2010. No comments.
I went on the BBC morning news show to say that the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico (a) might be dreadful but (b) would be the first such celebrity event to be an ecological disaster if it is one. More »
Posted by RDN under Politics and campaigns / RDN's media cribsheets on 2 September 2009. No comments.
Sending Mr al-Megrahi home to Libya has produced one of the most interesting muddles and mysteries of our time. I don’t think we can trust anyone in authority to tell us what they really think. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. More »
Posted by RDN under Handling protest / RDN's media cribsheets on 29 August 2009. One comment.
I’m due on the BBC’s The Big Questions show in the morning. One of the subjects is protest and in particular the Climate Camp. If you save the planet, can you break the law? More »
