September 19, 2006
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(At least until they shut off the net in an hour or two…) Stirling work from Bangkok Pundit, 2Bangkok, Thai-Blogs, and ignore the pink hearts and multiple exclamation marks, Gnarly Kitty is also putting in a good, stream-of-consciousness show. Once … Continue reading
September 17, 2006
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It’s Britblog Roundup time again!Apologies in advance, by the by – posting is likely to be even more sparse over the coming week as ever more work piles up. I’m still after suggestions of decent film blogs though – read … Continue reading
September 16, 2006
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Still insanely busy, so have more blogs – here to remind me to blogroll them as much as anything: the Times’ Daniel Finkelstein is still getting up to speed, but shows promise, while the Guardian’s Steven Poole (who once wrote … Continue reading
September 14, 2006
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Speaking of new blogging talent, you really ought to check out brand spanking new Britblogger Not Saussure, who I’m going to plug now even though he asked me to hold off until he’s got the hang of the thing. He’s … Continue reading
September 13, 2006
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Via Larry, someone who most certainly should have been on my recent new blog roundup: Scottish blogger Flying Rodent. Top stuff. Random quote: “A real human truth was revealed to me by September 11th – lawyers hate being put on … Continue reading
September 13, 2006
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Insanely busy again, but this annoyed me: “A newly qualified squaddie facing suicide bombers, snipers and rockets round the clock earns two thirds of a British policeman’s wage; in a combat zone the 16-hour watches give an hourly rate of … Continue reading
September 11, 2006
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Wouldn’t it be nice if similar scenes greeted Blair on his return?(Without the bombed-out buildings, infrastructure reduced to rubble, and human suffering on an almost unimaginable scale, naturally… I meant the protests… Erm…)
September 8, 2006
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Why can’t disgraced former Home Secretary (and apparently still a leadership hopeful) Charles Clarke make up his mind? Is he for or against infighting within the Labour party? It’s only been a week since he was firmly against it, two … Continue reading
September 8, 2006
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It really is the end times… Extracts from today’s Quentin Letts column, reporting on Blair’s visit to Quintin Kynaston school in north London yesterday, where he announced his plans to depart office within twelve months: “By 1240 hours the noise … Continue reading
September 7, 2006
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Blair will step down “within the next 12 months”? Better than nothing, admittedly, but now he’s got precisely the problem that he always said he’d have if he announced a date – no policy initiatives seen to be coming from … Continue reading
September 7, 2006
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After my speculation late yesterday, The New Statesman has finally put that David Miliband interview online. A quote I haven’t seen before: “We look at the debate which says, ‘Either we have a smooth transition or you have a train … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
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Since this morning’s resignations, a few rumours have begun to circulate about the possibility that a senior cabinet minister is set to resign. Whether there’s any truth to these, I have no idea – Tory blogger Iain Dale, who has … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
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A big welcome back to the blogroll for Labour MP Tom Watson, who I dropped when he became a government whip as he’d no longer be able to be interesting. But let’s face it, anyone called “disloyal, discourteous and wrong” … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
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Sounds boring, eh? Especially when you find out that the EU, the most boring institution in the world bar the International Confederation of Accountancy and Algebra, is also involved. However, following earlier outrage from the elected portion of the EU … Continue reading