The UK government's new e-petition website has been in the news a lot this week. For one thing, it's been crashing a lot. I imagine there's already an e-petition urging e-petitions to invest in better servers. A lot of the e-petitions that have featured in the news are the predictable outpourings of the rabid reactionary forces we all know and love.  I was in a bit of a mischievous mood today and had a few minutes to spare, so I decided to engage in the democratic process and submit an e-petition of my own: We strongly urge the government to [...]

The launch party for Dirty Bristow issue 2 (which, amongst many other things, will feature stand-up comedy from me) will now take place on Saturday 13th August 2011 at The Edge in Digbeth. Further details can be found here and here. As you were.