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Labour, Glasgow East, and Thatcher 2008-07-19 03:38:00 [I]n Glasgow
East, [Labour
] is presenting the former Conservative prime minister as a hate figure and accusing her government of “wrecking” the country. (The Telegraph)
How times change:
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Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog 2008-07-18 09:55:00 Not the “normal” type of blog - it’s a sing-along! But absolutely hilarious.
Act I and Act II are now up, and Act III is due up tomorrow. And they will all vanish for good on July 20th.
So go watch now!
UPDATE: Act III is up.
Ratification 2008-07-18 03:35:00 The government has now formally ratified the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty. In doing this, they have sidestepped the courts, and shoved two fingers in the direction of the British people.
We wanted to vote on it, and successfully stalled ratification. But the government have now gone on anyway, despite their being a hearing today on whether [...]
The Database Question 2008-07-17 16:16:28 No decision has yet taken by the government as to whether they will create a huge database containing a record of our phone calls, emails, and internet use.
The Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, said that it could be a “step too far for the British way of life”, and then asked the question:
Do we really want [...]
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, Question
We’re All Going On A British Holiday 2008-07-17 03:12:00 After a decade of Blair getting off around the world to stay woith rich mates for his summer holiday, it appears that “I’m staying in Britain” is the order of the day for politicians, with Brown reportedly going to Southwold in Suffolk and the Scottish coast, and Cameron holidaying in Cornwall. Only Clegg is bucking [...]
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, British
, Holiday
Conservative MPs Expenses Declarations 2008-07-16 16:03:07 I’m seriously impressed. This something that I called for just over a month ago, and they have produced it.
However, I do have some criticisms:
To start with, there is no summary of the full amount that each MP has claimed from the taxpayer under expenses. This makes a real comparison harder, though I’m sure that there [...]
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BREAKING NEWS: “Suspect Package” 2008-07-16 06:39:26 I am currently trapped in my office, since a “suspect package” has been handed in to the police station opposite - and the entire road outside has been blocked off.
The bomb squad is apparently on their way, and we have been warned to stay away from the windows.
Ooh, the excitement!
The Watford Observer article on what [...]
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A State Funeral For Thatcher? 2008-07-16 03:18:00 According to the Mail, she will be given a State
funeral when she dies at some point in the future. If this is true, she will be the first Prime Minister since Churchill to be accorded this honour.
This is of course called “no less than she deserves” from some quarters, and “an insult” from others.
Personally, [...]
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, Funeral
Bribes 4 Democracy 2008-07-15 12:21:00 Voting: The chance for the people to vote for issues or politicians out of a desire to choose their own leaders and/or future.
Right?
Well, not under this government.
Instead, it has been reclassified as:
Voting: The opportunity to get into a prize draw to win a TV, iPod or supermarket voucher.
Voting is an essential part of the democratic [...]
To rent, or not to rent 2008-08-03 08:23:28 For the millions amongst you that’s been waiting in eager anticipation for the return of my Saturday guest post (OK, I might be slightly exaggerating there), I hope that the extra day you’ve had to wait hasn’t caused a major consternation for you. But, as the regular reader of my own blog knows, I’ve got [...]
David Aaronovitch-o-Tron 2008-07-31 05:00:00 I came across Chris Applegate's rather wonderful algorithm for a David
Aaronovitch simulator, based on this column:
Step 1: Go ad hominem from the very start and label your opponents as being part of some mythical self-styled intellectual commentariat (while ignoring just how eminently qualified you are yourself to belong to that same cadre):
Step 2: Posit a false dichotomy and put your opponent
Off On Holiday 2008-07-26 03:11:00 I’m off on holiday. Like the politicians, I’m going to stay within Britain. I am in fact going up to Scotland, just north of the place of Gordon Brown’s latest disaster.
I’ll be away for two weeks sailing, hill walking, white water rafting, horse riding, and many other activities. The main downside being the eight hour [...]
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No Labour MP Is Safe 2008-07-25 03:51:00 Labour have lost Glasgow East. A seat where they had a huge 13,507 majority and gained more than 60% of the vote at the last election now lost to the SNP, with a swing of more than 22%.
When Labour is losing a seat like Glasgow East, which they really should be able to hold easily, [...]
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Insult Of The Day 2008-07-24 03:22:00 The best insult I’ve read in a while:
One suspects they are a module short of a Media Studies degree.
Written by The Reactionary Snob at Mr Eugenides’ blog.
Go here to read the story that inspired the innovative insult.
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Newspaper Typos 2008-07-23 15:33:07 Newspapers do appear to make a huge number of typos nowadays. But there are some really bad ones out there. Only yesterday, the Daily Mail published the following headline on their website [click to enlarge]:
Of course, that has now been corrected. But for a number of hours, the Daily Mail was proclaiming on their website [...]
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, Typos
The Social Thatcher 2008-08-19 03:34:00 David Cameron:
I’m going to be as radical a social reformer as Mrs Thatcher
was an economic reformer, and radical social reform is what this country needs right now.
Margaret Thatcher in her time realised that the big challenge was reviving Britain’s economy, and we should recognise that the challenge for the modern Conservatives is reviving our [...]
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Is Miliband trying to grow a moustache? 2008-08-18 12:23:11 In his photo in this BBC story, David Miliband seems to have some bum-fluff on his lip. Is the 12 year-old Foreign Secretary trying to make himself look older and more distinguished for an attempt to wrest the Premiership from Gordon Brown?
Tax The Rich To Help The Middle Class 2008-08-18 03:02:00 Government Minister Ivan Lewis believes that Britain should tax the wealthy more, and spend that money to “help hard-pressed middle-class families” who are suffering in the credit crunch.
It is strange to hear a Labour minister talking about taxing the rich and using the money to help the middle classes rather than wasting it on more [...]
Golden Olympics (so far) 2008-08-17 06:13:49 It is amazing how well we have done so far in this Olympics
, since we are now third in the medals table - and not all that far behind the USA in gold medal terms!
The current medal table, via the BBC:
There is no way that Team GB were expected to do so well, since we [...]
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NIMBY! 2008-08-16 11:32:56 I have a few pet hates. One of them is so-called “NIMBYism” - “Not in my back yard”. People who don’t mind an idea in theory - until it sets up camp near to them.
When it’s objecting to the building of something like wind farms - then at least they’ve got some point. If everyone [...]
Oath Of Loyalty To The Queen 2008-08-16 08:04:55 MPs have to swear an oath of loyalty to the Queen
when they take their seat in the House of Commons. But anti-monarchy campaigners want to challenge this requirement in the courts on human rights basis.
There is also an early day motion proposed by Lib Dem front bencher Norman Baker proposing an alternative oath, claiming [...]
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No title 2008-08-14 15:46:00 A-levels get a F. You know that there is a problem when 26% of A-level grades are an A. It is utterly ridiculous that more than a quarter of all A-level results are the highest grade.
The other statistic, however, is a good thing - namely that 97.2% passed. This means that only a very tiny [...]
Let’s Do The Time Warp Again! 2008-08-14 03:26:00 The Rocky Horror Picture Show is to be remade, without the blessing of its creator, Richard O’Brien.
Remaking a cult classic like this is always risky. Even more so considering the quality of the original. In the end, this remake will either be bloody brilliant or absolutely abysmal.
Whilst we wait to find out, here’s two of [...]
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Time, please! 2008-09-10 13:40:11 Both Gordon Brown and the United Kingdom are calling for time. Meaning entirely different things, of course.
Gordon Brown wants more time to prove he can lead the country. One would have thought that eleven years as the effective number 2, being Chancellor, and 15 months as Prime Minister [plus all that time between Blairs resignation [...]
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