Drudging up the Lewinsky affair 2008-01-17 18:00:00 The internet is aglow with chatter about the government's nuclear plans, and memories of the moment that bloggers first flexed their muscles...
A Hain in the neck 2008-01-13 18:00:00 As Peter Hain's agony continues, bloggers scramble to uncover further political funding scandals
The great drugs debate 2008-01-07 18:00:00 Controversial drugs comments from a senior policeman have set the blogosphere chattering, but where's the respec'?
Booze up 2008-03-13 19:00:00 The blogosphere is left uninspired by Alistair Darling's first Budget, reports Paul Evans Read more:Booze
We're all doomed? 2008-03-19 19:00:00 The prospect of economic disaster in the US is keeping bloggers both here and across the pond on their toes Read more:doomed
Covering the coverage 2008-05-01 19:00:00 Our Best of the Politics blog blogger Paul Evans looks at the way the web affected coverage of the local and London mayoral elections
Toffs and Foreigners 2008-05-15 19:00:00 By-election tactics are backfiring and Marxists are having their names cleared, this week on the blogs
Madness and class war 2008-05-22 19:00:00 Schoolboy errors when it comes to mocking the posh plus what does the future hold for one Alan Milburn. Our round up of the political blogosphere Read more:Madness
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Toffs and Foreigners 2008-05-15 19:00:00 By-election tactics are backfiring and Marxists are having their names cleared, this week on the blogs
Covering the coverage 2008-05-01 19:00:00 Our Best of the Politics blog blogger Paul Evans looks at the way the web affected coverage of the local and London mayoral elections
We're all doomed? 2008-03-19 19:00:00 The prospect of economic disaster in the US is keeping bloggers both here and across the pond on their toes Read more:doomed
Madness and class war 2008-05-22 19:00:00 Schoolboy errors when it comes to mocking the posh plus what does the future hold for one Alan Milburn. Our round up of the political blogosphere Read more:Madness
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Man overboard 2008-06-06 04:57:11 Pole Dancing
Many bloggers felt that Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski had gone bonkers this week, after launching into a rant at John Humphries live on the Today programme, in which he blamed the BBC for violence against Polish people in the UK. Virtual Stoa helpfully provides a transcript.
His tirade was described variously as “crackpot,” “bizarre,” and a “joke”. The latter comment cam
Magna Carta: did she die in vain? 2008-06-13 05:37:41 Days like these
42 days in clink without a charge. What rotters would pursue such a vile infringement of our ancient liberties? The answer is: Ann Widdecombe, the DUP, our old friend Bob Spink and most of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Bloggers now regularly make waves, but rarely do they get quoted by the Prime Minster. During firey exchanges at this week’s PMQs, ahead of the crucial 42 [...] Read more:Magna
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Magna Carta: did she die in vain? 2008-06-13 05:37:41 Days like these
42 days in clink without a charge. What rotters would pursue such a vile infringement of our ancient liberties? The answer is: Ann Widdecombe, the DUP, our old friend Bob Spink and most of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Bloggers now regularly make waves, but rarely do they get quoted by the Prime Minster. During firey exchanges at this week’s PMQs, ahead of the crucial 42 [...] Read more:Magna
, Carta
, Magna Carta
Man overboard 2008-06-06 04:57:11 Pole Dancing
Many bloggers felt that Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski had gone bonkers this week, after launching into a rant at John Humphries live on the Today programme, in which he blamed the BBC for violence against Polish people in the UK. Virtual Stoa helpfully provides a transcript.
His tirade was described variously as “crackpot,” “bizarre,” and a “joke”. The latter comment cam
Who to back in the European championships? 2008-05-30 05:09:28 Driving me crazy?Small hauliers took direct action this week to protest at the rising fiscal burden, which some say will soon force them out of business. Perhaps predictably, John Redwood railed against fuel taxes and Vehicle Exercise Duty. He reckoned that this week’s protests would be a wake-up call, writing:
“…it is likely the government will come to understand finally that it has driven Read more:European