May 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The way the British system works is that the legislature makes the laws, and the judiciary then applies them. If, as head of the executive (and therefore the person responsible for ensuring that new laws that pass through the legislature … Continue reading
May 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Tony Blair: “I’m crap at drawing up legislation – so what we need is even more legislation that I’ll draw up to counter the bad legislation I passed a few years ago!“Labour’s latest slogan: If in doubt, chuck more laws … Continue reading
May 9, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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As an opinion poll shows Blair’s Labour party to be as unpopular as Thatcher’s Tories in late 1981 (following mass unemployment and tax rises during a recession, giving Thatcher personal approval ratings of just 23%, 11 points lower than even … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The importance of grammar, part 4,673: At today’s press conference (amid much guff), Tony Blair commented on the 7th July bombings: “He said he knew of ‘nothing that would indicate [the security services] should have known or been able to … Continue reading
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 3, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It’s a real shame that Australia’s no longer simply a prison colony – it’d solve so many problems. Perhaps they could convert part of the Outer Hebrides instead? (I wouldn’t put it past them, actually…) As it is, we’re now … Continue reading
April 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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“I’m right and everyone else is wrong”
April 19, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Why do I get the feeling that today’s PMQs could prove significant in a couple of years’ time when we get a few more leaks of classified documents? Oh, I know – it’s this explicit denial from the Prime Minister: … Continue reading
March 31, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Bill Clinton being interviewed on Newsnight just now, talking about the Labour leadership, made the wonderful Freudian slip of referring to “Tony Brown”… Well I found it funny. (And at this juncture I will point out that the only reason … Continue reading
March 28, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Our man Garry the Curious Hamster is on top form at the moment, with two great posts nicely demolishing Tony Blair’s “army of crudely built strawmen” and tedious “semantics, misrepresentations and downright nasty shits bullying anyone who disagrees into submission”. … Continue reading
March 24, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Oh yes – this. “This is a formal call for an ammunition check. What have we got that we haven’t used? What have we got that can be used again? Count it, check it, and get ready to use it. … Continue reading
March 9, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Hmmm… If you can be charged for “making a record of information likely to be useful to a terrorist” and “possessing information likely to be useful to a terrorist”, doesn’t that mean that Tony Blair should be arrested every time … Continue reading
March 2, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Well, if Tony Blair says she did nothing wrong then I for one am convinced that Tessa Jowell is an ideal person to have in the Cabinet. Then again, having Blair’s “full confidence” didn’t do Mandelson or Blunkett much good…
February 25, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Has Tony Blair been getting ideas from Russia? “The social custom keeping communities in Russia together � krugovaia poruka, or ‘joint responsibility’ � has been used by the authorities as a means of control since Tsarism. In the Soviet period, … Continue reading