May 7, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Well, Sarkozy’s in, John Reid’s out, and this is a day late. My bad. Let’s try it country by country this time, for the sake of clarity… Armenia You’d think they had enough to worry about with Turkey, but now … Continue reading
May 5, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I was a bit wrong in my premature analysis, it would seem: The SNP did rather better than I thought, as did the Tories. Labour still did a lot better than everyone was expecting, though. Apart from the Scottish situation … Continue reading
May 4, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Slight winners? Labour, I’d say. In real terms, at least. They’ve still got the Scottish Parliament (despite – or perhaps because of – dire warnings about the rise of the SNP). They’ve still got the Welsh Assembly. In both cases, … Continue reading
May 3, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Please note: LOCAL. Pissed off with Tony Blair? Think David Cameron’s a nob? Don’t like the way the Lib Dems got rid of Charles Kennedy? Against the Iraq war? Fine. Don’t take it out on your local councillors – unless … Continue reading
May 2, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Anyone even slightly familiar of the chain of events that led to the fall of the Soviet Union and European communism will be aware of the importance of the Solidarity movement. Short version: it was one of the sparks that … Continue reading
May 2, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Bloomberg and the Associated Press have good roundups of yesterday’s events – the constitutional court blocking ex-Islamist presidential nominee Abdullah Gul and all that, plus the various threats to re-write the constitution. The best place to start, however, is probably … Continue reading
May 1, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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(Hey, it’s May Day after all, and the fancy parades of Soviet military might are a thing of the past (oh yes, you still get them, but they’re nowhere near as cool) – I thought I’d get a bit of … Continue reading