March 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Up and down the land people will be forking out the best part of three quid a pop on badly-poured pints of Guinness, doing bad Oirish accents and then falling into gutters (normally while wearing novelty hats). Tomorrow our pavements … Continue reading
March 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Missed this: Jerome a Paris had an interesting revelation after attending a meeting with Jacques Barrot, EU Commissioner for Transport: “the more he spoke spontaneously and on concrete topics, , the less he was on the official line, but without … Continue reading
March 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Proper posting will resume as and when I find a spare five minutes, so nothing on Harriet Harman’s resignation, Blair’s prevarication over calls for new party funding systems, Charles Clarke continuing to be a twat or French students reminding us … Continue reading
March 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Don’t know how I’d missed this, but should be required reading on the devious Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Unity has uncovered the list of Acts of Parliament rejected for exemption from the new powers for ministers to amend as … Continue reading
March 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Ah… Britain… Land of tolerance…
March 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The Guardian’s new blog type thing, Comment is Free, has launched. Should be worth a gander – although there are a few notable omissions on the contributors page – where are the proper bloggers who have been invited to write … Continue reading
March 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Charles Clarke – I hate you and everything you stand for. A passport, a “voluntary document”? Bollocks, mate. I’m renewing mine now – that’ll last for ten years. In ten years time I’m quite likely to be living abroad and … Continue reading
March 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The boy McKeating on top form once again – this time not only delivering a deeply satisfying sock to the smug mug of the Home Secretary, but also providing a perfect parody of familiar form of something that frequently passes … Continue reading
March 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Silvio Berlusconi would fit nicely into New Labour – insanely rich, doesn’t like answering questions, and accuses people of insulting him or having an agenda if they ask things he doesn’t like. That’s right, on being told he’s “not used … Continue reading
March 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Holding back the truth of what happened at Stockwell on 21st July? Fine – could impede investigations. Restricting the Independent Police Complaints Commission in their enquiries? Not fine – even if they weren’t, could give the impression that the Met … Continue reading
March 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Britblog time!
March 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Have spent this weekend toying with importing my archives to Wordpress as a back-up and possible precursor to a move to a dedicated domain name. Utter waste of time. Can’t work it out at all. And Wordpress has altered the … Continue reading
March 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Charles Clarke is even more of an arsehole than I thought. I’d assumed he was just stupid, but was prepared to accept that he might just be ill-informed and come acress badly – turns out he’s actually a deeply unpleasant … Continue reading
March 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Considering I don’t believe in the death penalty, I have only one thing to say to the news that Slobodan Milosevic has just been found dead in his cell in The Hague: good.