April 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Is the EU going to save us from the database state after all? The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, who has been consistently vocal in his opposition to new (Blair/UK-proposed) EU data retention regulations, has warned in his annual … Continue reading
April 19, 2006
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Journalists “finding it easier to write a load of nonsense about something vaguely similar to their dayjobs than to go out and uncovering genuine news stories” shocker! Or, in other words, a study has found that “blogging has received disproportionate … Continue reading
April 19, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Why do I get the feeling that today’s PMQs could prove significant in a couple of years’ time when we get a few more leaks of classified documents? Oh, I know – it’s this explicit denial from the Prime Minister: … Continue reading
April 18, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Sunny’s post on the BNP at Comment is Free – which I’d missed earlier – is interesting stuff, but it was the comments that sparked a semi-related thought. Sunny was talking about the BNP’s appeal to alienated working class voters, … Continue reading
April 18, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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With local elections coming up, it seems that once again we are facing the spectre of a boom in the BNP vote. But you know what, as much as I dislike the buggers, it’s really nothing to worry about. In … Continue reading
April 13, 2006
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Breaking: BBC- Arrest in cash for honours probe – the guy’s 60 years old, apparently, but no further details. Sadly that rules out Lord Levy, who’s 61…
April 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Still don’t quite get that particular phrase, but I was loosely accused of it back in July when suggesting that the US might have to bear some responsibility for the 7/7 bombings if it were true that the Bush administration … Continue reading
April 12, 2006
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You know how us bloggers are useless compared to “proper” journalists because we don’t have editors, our use of facts can be suspect, and we usually don’t know what we’re talking about? Well, it has to be said that over … Continue reading
April 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Hang on – detaining someone without trial is illegal? Well who’d have thought it? Article 11 1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial … Continue reading
April 11, 2006
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God damn, this has been tight. Looks like a margin of less than 0.1% of the popular vote on an 83% turnout (via the Italy Magazine blog). Which only prompts the question, “what Italian in their right mind would want … Continue reading
April 10, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Were I not so busy, I’d be biting my nails to ragged stumps: “Mr Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition may narrowly retain control of both houses of parliament, according to projections from the Nexus pollsters.”Earlier, exit polls pointed to a narrow lead … Continue reading
April 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Just in time for tomorrow’s Italian elections (which will hopefully see Berlusconi booted out on his corrupt backside), Tobias Jones in the Guardian provides one of the best brief summaries of the complex madness that is the Italian political system … Continue reading
April 8, 2006
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UKIP prove they aren’t loonies and fruitcakes by, erm… turning up to the Tory conference with an armoured car and shouting at people. According to the BBC, “UKIP has withdrawn its threat to sue the Conservatives for defamation, but says … Continue reading
April 6, 2006
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Mandelson in “words distorted” shocker. Yep, Mandy’s said something vaguely sensible about the scrapped EU constitution only to find himself selectively quoted to make it look like he’s a delusional nutjob. (Which he normally is, it must be admitted…) Blair’s … Continue reading