March 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It was always fairly obvious that dark-skinned bearded types (especially those with hooks for hands) wouldn’t find much sympathy when getting extradited to the US on terror charges. But since those bankers got done by the not even slightly reciprocal … Continue reading
March 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(that’s actually moderately interesting, in places, but also a bit confused in others) Interesting survey results that I’d missed via Brian J Phillips suggest that only 1.5% of EU citizens have migrated to another member state to live. Stuck me … Continue reading
March 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I’m very tempted to offer a bounty on Charles Clarke. If that big-eared, bestubbled waste of oxygen doesn’t keel over and die soon, his fatuous, hypocritical bile is going to give me a hernia. It’s him or me, and I’m … Continue reading
March 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Jim Bliss is back. Was always worth a gander over at the now-defunct Where There Were No Doors, as well as his all too rare outings at The Sharpener. He’s had a few months off, so time to encourage him … Continue reading
March 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Remember all that guff at Live8 and the G8 summit last summer – all the Geldof and chums self-congratulatory, self-promoting heartfelt appeals, all the Blairy-fairy rubbish about saving starving Africans? Well, it’s had precisely tit all impact – aid groups … Continue reading
March 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Bugger bugger bugger bugger bugger. My passport ran out three weeks ago. Due to being an ill-organised bastard I forgot to send off the renewal forms. And today, biometric passports start to be introduced. You know what? Fuck that for … Continue reading
March 5, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It’s three years to the day since I started this place going, but I have precisely nothing profound or interesting to add to this post from August, celebrating a solid year of blogging. So have a random collection of vaguely … Continue reading
March 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The first thing I thought when I heard Tessa Jowell has split from her husband? PR stunt. Does that make me a bad person, or simply say something really rather nasty about this government? Sunday Update: Official denials that it … Continue reading
March 3, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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How long can they keep the pressure up on Tessa Jowell before it starts to look personally vindictive? How long before she does a Cherie Blair style emotional press conference, with the hint of a tear in her eye and … Continue reading
March 2, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Yet more proof that you can’t believe the polls… 57% is a landslide in a thee-way race, second choice votes not withstanding. Huhne and Hughes evidently didn’t have a chance. Now can we finally get some kind of standardised form … Continue reading
March 2, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Well, if Tony Blair says she did nothing wrong then I for one am convinced that Tessa Jowell is an ideal person to have in the Cabinet. Then again, having Blair’s “full confidence” didn’t do Mandelson or Blunkett much good…
March 2, 2006
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on £430 million
£430 million and the roof’s still dodgy. Nice work, Scottish devolution types… For future reference, I did woodwork at school for a bit – I could probably knock you up a functional debating chamber for, ooohhh… Let’s say £50k. (Note: … Continue reading
March 2, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Piss off, chum – if you hadn’t done such a half-arsed job of drawing up a draft constitution for the EU we wouldn’t be in this mess. Yep, the chap who headed up the Convention on the Future of Europe … Continue reading
March 1, 2006
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on The Power Inquiry
Comment on Power – “This is an entirely unofficial page for discussion of the report of the Power Inquiry” from the people behind MySociety. Could be a good chance to ramble off on pet constitutional theories and the like. (via)