My Grand Entrance, so to speak

You might well ask what a single malt social democrat is. Well, I used to think of myself as a Chardonnay Socialist, until one day I realised that I actually prefer a good single malt to a chardonnay, and I'm not actually all that keen on that whole "socialisation of the means of production and distribution" thing. Don't get me wrong, i like a bit of nationalisation as much as the next fellow, but I'm not so much intent on destorying capitalism, as installing a nice new bit of decking, and maybe a jacuzzi.

My Blog is going to be mainly a forum for me to write about politics, other interesting ideas, and the odd bit of popular culture.

My politics are left-liberal. I tend to vote for the party I view as the Labour party's potential left-wing coalition partner. I am a semi-regular commenter, and regular lurker on a variety of political blogs, especially Spanblather , Red in Roskill , Just Left , and of course No Right Turn .

I am hoping to write some stuff which might provoke a bit of thinking, both mine and yours. I very much welcome correspondence/comments, especially if they are constructive, and not just witless personal attacks.

I am planning my first proper post tomorrow night. Hopefully I will see you then.

Carl