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 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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OK, so the Capita story’s hotting up. But how about the other donors lenders? How about, for example, Sir David Garrard and Andrew Rosenfeld, former co-owners of property group Minerva? Garrard has sponsored “The Business Academy, Bexley” to the tune … Continue reading
March 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Chairman Rod Aldridge has quit as head of the vast and frequently incompetent company following the revelation of his �1 million “loan” to the Labour party (which, of course, had nothing whatsoever to do with the hundreds of millions of … Continue reading
March 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(Updated: Yes, I know his name’s Rod. My bad. More updates at the foot of this post…) It won’t, because we have a largely supine press when it comes to this government. The tabloids can bring people down via sex … Continue reading
March 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Charles Clarke – I hate you and everything you stand for. A passport, a “voluntary document”? Bollocks, mate. I’m renewing mine now – that’ll last for ten years. In ten years time I’m quite likely to be living abroad and … Continue reading
March 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Charles Clarke is even more of an arsehole than I thought. I’d assumed he was just stupid, but was prepared to accept that he might just be ill-informed and come acress badly – turns out he’s actually a deeply unpleasant … 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 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I’m very tempted to offer a bounty on Charles Clarke. If that big-eared, bestubbled waste of oxygen doesn’t keel over and die soon, his fatuous, hypocritical bile is going to give me a hernia. It’s him or me, and I’m … Continue reading
March 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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The first thing I thought when I heard Tessa Jowell has split from her husband? PR stunt. Does that make me a bad person, or simply say something really rather nasty about this government? Sunday Update: Official denials that it … Continue reading
March 3, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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How long can they keep the pressure up on Tessa Jowell before it starts to look personally vindictive? How long before she does a Cherie Blair style emotional press conference, with the hint of a tear in her eye and … 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…
March 1, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(Or, On democracy, faction and the future of party) The House of Lords is great: “Elections are still vitally important in holding decision-makers accountable, but that does not mean that every political institution should be elected. We need the addition … Continue reading
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
October 17, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Another load of Blairite EU-nonsense? An attempt to make it look like we’re actually making an effort after the US farm subsides offer and ahead of the WTO meeting this week? Or is this just Prescott picking up his notes … Continue reading