July 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Is the Labour project in total freefall? As it emerges that Lord Levy, the party’s chief fundraiser and chap in the ermine robe at the heart of the loans scandal, has been arrested, could we also have a new Hutton … Continue reading
July 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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For those who haven’t been keeping up, Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of November 2004 – optimistically and wildly inaccurately lauded at the time as a triumph of democracy over the forces of post-Soviet repression – has had rather a rocky time … Continue reading
July 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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As the all-powerful ID card scheme faces possible delays, would you look at that? “News” emerges that “Organised fraudsters tried to steal more than half a billion pounds from the government’s tax credit system in 2005/06”. So as doubts about … Continue reading
July 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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1) Find out problem via leak to national newspaper 2) Issue denial 3) Have former Home Secretary who everyone hates slag the decision off 4) Face media storm 5) Wait a few months, then capitualte once everyone’s started looking the … Continue reading
July 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Good news for the end of the week: Berlusconi to be tried for fraud. And, please note, “Lawyer David Mills, the estranged husband of British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, has also been ordered to stand trial.”
July 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It is 9:20am on Friday 7th July 2006. At this time on Thursday 7th July 2005, I had been hunting around the interweb for quarter of an hour, trying to find out whether the bang that I’d heard tell of … Continue reading
July 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Friend of Europhobia Alan Connor has done a nice summary of the state of the political interweb in the UK for the BBC’s The Daily Politics – along with lovely little video clips where his cheeky face crops up in … Continue reading
July 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Had I gone to some press junket as I was supposed to, rather than head home to watch the France/Portugal game (fairly tedious), I would have been within easy assassination distance of Margaret Thatcher last night. I have failed in … Continue reading
July 5, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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As Russia’s lovely, cuddly Vladimir Putin throws his weight around on the international stage, the BBC has been offering the chance to pose questions for the corrupt, dictatorial ex-KGB nutter via its Have Your Say Forums.It must be said, judging … Continue reading
July 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Ever heard of that? Me neither, and – like the majority of UK political bloggers – I’m a geek about these things. A google search turns up nothing, yet here’s a report from Morley Today, the website of the Morley … Continue reading
July 3, 2006
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As if by magic, as England get booted out of the World Cup and the country basks in a heatwave, all sorts of New Labour unpleasantness has bubbled to the surface once more, the stench cunningly hidden by the reek … Continue reading
June 27, 2006
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That chap McKeating mocks former Home Secretary Charles Clarke so I don’t have to. The final paragraph is absolutely spot on…
June 26, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Tories pledge ‘cheap, meaningless stunt’, otherwise known as David Cameron continuing to ride the civil liberties bandwaggon with the promise of a “US-style” Bill of Rights for the UK in place of the Human Rights Act. There are a fair … Continue reading
June 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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You have to get 43 paragraphs into his speech on anti-social behaviour (“ASB”, apparently) before you get to what he’s really getting at. Unfortunately, most journalists seem only to have made it to paragraph 38, where he mentions (among many … Continue reading