The Observer blog has regrouped for one last gig prior to this weekend’s relaunch

Old friends remember Tony Blair: “Blair’s tendency was to bend the rules, but rarely break them… Instead, he enjoyed the game of infuriating the masters and escaping punishment.” “He did have this disarming ability to never look crestfallen, so he … Continue reading →

Is government censorship collapsing? “To succeed with any legal action, we would have to demonstrate clearly to a court that real damage would result from publication. From previous experience and advice … we know that the damage threshold is very … Continue reading →

Well done, George Galloway. Serving your constituents pissing brilliantly by being locked up in the celebrity Big Brother house, aren’t you, you mustachioed fuckwit? Though, as that other blogging monkey notes, you could lock the twat up for a year … Continue reading →

Ahem

This week’s TLS (out now etc.) has a review of that Worstall‘s blogging compilation book thing. The reviewer’s name may be somewhat familiar to readers of this blog… *ahem* It’s not available online, so here you go and stuff: Blogs … Continue reading →

Via Rachel: Please come and join us for a 7/7 Anniversary Memorial Service. This Saturday 7th January 2006, 3pm at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, Westminster. This Saturday at 3pm there will be held an informal ceremony at the Cenotaph, near Downing … Continue reading →

Brian Barder has rounded up his views on the whole Craig Murray / Uzbekistan torture affair. Unfortunately, he’s mis-read the problem. (Please note – despite appearances this is not intended as a flaming…) I’ve always found Barder Snr fairly good … Continue reading →

I’ve put my finger on why Cameron’s “the NHS is safe in our hands” speech sounded a bit odd: he said “Under a Conservative government, the NHS will remain free at the point of need” – not, as is traditional, … Continue reading →

Can anyone tell me where the proof is behind the Independent’s Terror suspects describe alleged torture ‘in front of MI6 agents’ headline? I don’t doubt that it’s possible, but it hardly tallies with the sixth paragraph of the article: “However, … Continue reading →

Scotland still a bit crappy; Scots still money-obsessed misers. Yep, 299 years after the Act of Union (something some seem to want to scrap), England is still better and Scotland retains its peculiar, under-developed charm (life expectancy of just 54? … Continue reading →

There was a good rundown article in yesterday’s Sunday Herald which makes for a top-notch intro to this little spat, which I’ll paste in a comment in case it falls offline, as well as a letter in today’s Herald from … Continue reading →

Happy New Year and stuff. It’s 2am, I’m pissed up on booze and trying to entertain at least four nationalities until they decide to leave. Hurrah. 2006 had better not be as shit as 2005. And who’s idea was it … Continue reading →