Quick question for Guido (oh, and Recess Monkey) – since when is accusing someone of being a paedophile the same as breaking a story that a man has (presumably) had sex with a 23-year-old male prostitute? Since when has 23 … Continue reading →

Still can’t quite get my head around what the point of this whole outing thing was. I mean John Major/Edwina Curry, yes – scoop. News. Potential extra angle on policy decisions. Important. Blunkett and wassername, yes – scoop. News. Potential … Continue reading →

Oh yes,following the revelation that the police are holding DNA records on TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND innocent 10-18 year olds, read this: “taking the police work out of police work. If some DNA evidence turns up at a crime scene they can … Continue reading →

The Liberal Democrats just got a lot more press coverage, but again for all the wrong reasons: BBC – Oaten resigns over rent boy claim. Yep – that’s rent boy. (So much worse than simply “prostitute” don’t you think? Got … Continue reading →

Fuck off Falconer, you unelected twat: “The question is should you require – and I think ultimately, unless there is compulsion, you won’t get the benefits of an ID card system – is it right to compel those that don’t … Continue reading →

Right – these should do it. Top work: 1, 2, 3. All I need now is some entertaining monkey news, and I should be able to handle the two hour wait until the lunchtime pint…

Man in “boasting about sexual prowess” shocker! Next week we bring you yet more amazing revelations: “Sky is blue”, “Monkeys are funny” and the long-awaited proof that yes, water is indeed wet. Fucking pointless load of crap bastard wankpiss. Despite … Continue reading →

Something to cheer you up – aaaaaw!

You’d never guess that Austria’s more eurosceptic than the UK the way this EU presidency’s going. First we had the revival of the constitution, now we’ve got proposals for an EU tax, a barkingly superstatist idea that crops up every … Continue reading →

I could start to like this Cameron chap…

The European Parliament is set to vote on what to do with the constitution tomorrow – but is this just putting the cart before the horse? As national parliaments begin to work together and MEPs try to work out the … Continue reading →

That webchat thing has been going on for an hour and forty minutes. The single most tedious, slow-moving and pointless hour and forty minutes since I havd the misfortune of having to review The Tango Lesson (still the worst film … Continue reading →

Via Jarndyce, there’s a “live” webchat with Louise Casey, Head of the Government’s “Respect task force”, over at Number 10’s website this afternoon at 3pm. All questions, naturally, to be submitted for vetting in advance… Jarndyce’s submission is rather fun … Continue reading →

This isn’t exactly topical – a rather nice little rundown of the pisspoor mess that is the French electoral system from MatGB – it is, however, very good stuff.