It’s been radio silence here for a while. Sorry about that… Here’s some gubbins to make it look like I’m still alive… Continue reading
May 21, 2008
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Category Archives: Politics
May 3, 2008
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Mayor Boris, eh?
OK, so Boris has won and a load of people are in a tizzy. It’s all very familiar and predictable, and one of the prime reasons the British left is screwed. Continue reading
May 1, 2008
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London elections – my vote, for those interested
Due to hating the party system, today I shall take great pleasure in not voting based on the colour of the rosettes – not least because the Lib Dems have inexplicably adopted UKIP’s colour scheme of yellow and purple, making … Continue reading
April 23, 2008
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St George’s Day
Busy, sorry – in the meantime, why not check out last year’s St George’s Day post (still all nice and relevant and stuff, just like George himself), as the self-same moron that inspired that one left a comment yesterday to … Continue reading
April 19, 2008
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Foreigners smell!
It’s official: The Met Office’s Sarah Holland said: “Basically, over the last few days, we’ve had fresh, strong winds from an easterly direction. As a result some of our air is coming from continental Europe.” …Helen Chivers of the Met … Continue reading
April 18, 2008
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On the EU’s “democratic deficit”
I’ve been planning a long piece on this for months, but haven’t quite found the time. This isn’t that piece, but it is a start – a trailer, if you will… Continue reading
April 15, 2008
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Berlusconi’s back – huzzah!
Aaaaah! Silvio… How I’ve missed you. Italian politics had simply got a bit too dull under Prodi, what with him not holding a near monopoly in the Italian media, not trying to blatantly advance his own commercial interests through his … Continue reading
April 11, 2008
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On flawed online political quizzes
Unlock Democracy (an offshoot of Charter 88) are normally fairly good, nicely liberal chaps with a genuine desire to help. But I take serious, serious issue with their London Mayoroal election quiz, designed to determine which candidate you should vote … Continue reading
April 8, 2008
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Vaclav Havel for EU president?
In amongst some otherwise predictable poll findings, Cold War hero and former Czech president Vaclav Havel gets a brief mention. It’s the first time I can recall his name cropping up in relation to the job – but God damn, … Continue reading
April 6, 2008
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A quick note to the Olympics protestors
Good work! Hilarious stuff. The torch is in Paris tomorrow – come on, Frenchies, you show us how it’s done! (Please note, I do not in any way condone scaring the decidedly saucy ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, and my … Continue reading
April 4, 2008
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NATO, Russia and Europe
The NATO summit is the perfect illustration of the fraught relations of Russia and the West, but it’s also just a sideshow… Continue reading
April 2, 2008
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Blogger becomes Finnish Foreign Minister
Congrats Alex Stubb MEP (yes, he of the website full of really bizarre photos) on his recently-announced promotion following the highly entertaining mobile phone sex scandal. That makes two Scandinavian countries with bloggers as Foreign Ministers (the other being Sweden’s … Continue reading
March 30, 2008
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“The terrorist threat is growing”
So says Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on The Andrew Marr Show just now. I’m confused, Ms. Smith. How can the terrorist threat be growing? We’ve been fighting the terrorists constantly for the last six and a half years. How come … Continue reading
March 27, 2008
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Has Sarkozy screwed Gordon?
The Brown/Sarko press conference following the latter’s state visit to the UK is going on as I type. There’s been a lot of “one night stand” rhetoric in response to a question from the BBC’s Nick Robinson (along the lines … Continue reading