Here you go, a few snaps from the trip. This will likely be a pisser for anyone on dial-up, I’m afraid, and no idea how it’ll look as I’m using Blogger’s picture hosting for the first time. It was an … Continue reading →

And trying to catch up with everything I missed. A lot of mental shit’s been happening in both the UK and on the continent while I’ve been away, so it may take me a while. Best missed headline so far? … Continue reading →

A message from a London bombs survivor to the Safety Elephant, Blair and co.: “I hear your voices dripping sympathy and concern, saying you do this ‘for the victims’, Tony, Charles, and the rest of you…and I am disgusted that … Continue reading →

I’ve missed loads while out enjoying Japan and stuff, from Blunkett going out on his arse to the government’s majority being reduced to one on an important terror-related vote (a vote to which a certain vocally anti-war MP for Bethnal … Continue reading →

Leaving for Tokyo first thing in the morning. I’m back in the UK on the 11th, and have no idea how often I’ll be able to post while I’m away. In the meantime, check out another new find, Rachel from … Continue reading →

As expected, negotiations over farming subsidies have gone all to hell, US trade representative Rob Portman stating that “The responsibility at this point lies squarely with the EU” – which is partly right, but a tad unfair really – the … Continue reading →

Tory leadership – members’ voting preferences via the ever top-notch Polling Report: “Cameron has a dominant position – asked which candidate they thought would be best at attracting new members, best for party unity, best at opposing Brown and Blair … Continue reading →

Has Hungary developed a Bird Flu vaccine effective against H5N1 in both birds and humans? Nothing in the UK press about this that I can see so far, but Le Monde and Le Figaro both have stories on it, as … Continue reading →

Notice to friends/relatives who I know read this: no worries – absolutely fine, just a tad bemused and pissed off. Especially as when my dear grandmother warned me to “be careful after dark” on the phone the other day I … Continue reading →

Enter, stage right, accusations of giving in to terror and yet more misunderstandings of the nature of the Spanish vote in the elections which followed the Madrid bombings. Though it must be said, issuing arrest orders for foreign soldiers over … Continue reading →

“I will pledge �10 to a cash prize fund to be awarded to the person who proves Tony Blair is a liar and prompts that PM’s removal or resignation as a result, but only if 100,000 other people will too.” … Continue reading →

This may not be a showtrial in the Stalinist sense – Saddam is, after all, guilty of the crimes of which he is going to be convicted. It is, however, a trial purely for show. But the people it’s trying … Continue reading →

Last night the government won their ID card vote by just 25 votes. The House of Commons has 636 sitting MPs (not including the 5 non-voting Sinn Fein members, obviously or the Speaker and Deputy Speakers). In the vote, 309 … Continue reading →