May 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Superb reshuffle analysis from Tim Hames in The Times (neither a columnist nor a paper that I normally find myself in agreement with): “This reckless reshuffle has thus imperilled the Prime Minister to an extent that five Conservative leaders and … Continue reading
May 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Today, the day of the local elections, the Metro newspaper – a freebie given out to commuters every weekday morning in around 15 major cities, including London, Manchester and Birmingham – handed the Tories between £11,000 and £16,000 worth of … 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
March 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Via Garry (via Robert Sharp, who I really must add to the blogroll), an interesting piece on media coverage of the Iraq conflict which reminded me of one I wrote back on 25th March 2003 for another site. It was … Continue reading
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 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
October 11, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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(I hate migranes by the way – I’ve been out of action for eight hours today…) Tax-dodging media mogul Rupert “I really shouldn’t say this, but” Murdoch has announced that he won’t be taking sides in the Italian elections expected … Continue reading
July 29, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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*sniff* Andrew Marr’s last day as BBC political editor… Look at his little face! I have to say, though, that I am VERY disappointed with the lack of information on his Wikipedia page… For as important a national institution as … Continue reading
July 19, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the EU-wide arrest warrant, extremely helpful in fighting terrorism and organised crime – which, I think we can all agree, is largely cross-border these days. And – please note – on this occasion a … Continue reading
July 15, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Look, I know that the BBC Charter renewal thing’s coming up and so they’ve got to give concessions to our philistine government by dumbing down – sorry – making accessible cultural output, but why in hell’s name have they got … Continue reading
July 14, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Melanie Phillips is a racist scumbag whose words can kill*. Top post title. Top blog strapline. And here I will proudly announce that the most Melanie Phillips I have ever had the misfortune of reading is the odd quoted sentence, … Continue reading
July 7, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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(and a bit on the BBC’s supposed bias) As a G8 sideshow, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson today gave a speech in Edinburgh on living standards in Africa, how they will be affected by current EU reforms, and what needs … Continue reading
July 5, 2005
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Another one to get the sceptics all upset – a call for a propaganda campaign to convince people that the euro is great and stuff. From the report (.doc download) it looks like some of our more economically-minded anti-EU brethren … Continue reading
December 2, 2004
by Nosemonkey
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Still busy. Sorry. More posts soon. For now, a quickie: There looks to be a friendly disagreement between (pro-EU) Toby of Straight Banana and (anti-EU) EU-Serf of The Road to Euro Serfdom over the merits and bias of that mighty … Continue reading