April 27, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Well there’s a surprise from a near-dictatorship! Belarus opposition leader jailed – and after an “unsanctioned rally”, please note. Now that we’ve got the protest exclusion zone around parliament, will this be how Blair deals with Cameron – bang him … Continue reading
April 27, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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More (potential) postal vote fraud in Birmingham in the run-up to next week’s local elections. Only this time it’s the Lib Dems, not Labour… Nice one, guys.And herein lies the reason why local elections should be voted for on local, … Continue reading
April 26, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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And I thought the mental image of (the late) gnome-like Robin Cook with his (then) secretary was bad enough, or gravestone-toothed David Mellor with that horse-faced model woman in his Chelsea strip. But oh no – Labour can always go … Continue reading
April 25, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Chris Lightfoot has demolished yesterday’s Charles Clarke speech, so I don’t have to: “The speech is remarkable in that almost every factual assertion Clarke made about the recent legislation of his department was false” Update: Oh dear, poor Charlie’s come … Continue reading
April 25, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Police in “demanding more powers and interfering in public policy” shocker! Yep, “senior police officers” are reading from the government’s ID card script and spreading yet more stories of identity theft, passport forgery and whathaveyou. (And please note how carefully … Continue reading
April 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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“I’m right and everyone else is wrong”
April 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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This makes me rather cross – especially after the fuss made about the official fund that was set up in the aftermath of the 7th July bombs (which I linked to the next day – although the press release has … Continue reading
April 21, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I know plenty of others have already flagged this, but our own Mr Worstall in today’s Times really is superb in his Charles Clarke demolition job. In fact, it would appear that a hatred of Charles Clarke – and the … Continue reading
April 21, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Much like us pyjama-wearing spotty nerds, dwelling in our parents’ basements and obsessively updating our “online diaries”, the dear leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition seems very good at criticisng the way the government does things, but rather less capable … Continue reading
April 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Oh, and if you haven’t already, check out Phil on the continuing Italian elections nonsense – he keeps updating with more insanity, and Berlusconi keeps on refusing to accept the truth. I’m beginning to wonder how much longer it can … Continue reading
April 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Is the EU going to save us from the database state after all? The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, who has been consistently vocal in his opposition to new (Blair/UK-proposed) EU data retention regulations, has warned in his annual … Continue reading
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
April 18, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Sunny’s post on the BNP at Comment is Free – which I’d missed earlier – is interesting stuff, but it was the comments that sparked a semi-related thought. Sunny was talking about the BNP’s appeal to alienated working class voters, … Continue reading
April 18, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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With local elections coming up, it seems that once again we are facing the spectre of a boom in the BNP vote. But you know what, as much as I dislike the buggers, it’s really nothing to worry about. In … Continue reading