Breaking: BBC- Arrest in cash for honours probe – the guy’s 60 years old, apparently, but no further details. Sadly that rules out Lord Levy, who’s 61…
April 13, 2006
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April 12, 2006
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Moral equivalence?
Still don’t quite get that particular phrase, but I was loosely accused of it back in July when suggesting that the US might have to bear some responsibility for the 7/7 bombings if it were true that the Bush administration … Continue reading
April 12, 2006
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Italian insight idiocy
You know how us bloggers are useless compared to “proper” journalists because we don’t have editors, our use of facts can be suspect, and we usually don’t know what we’re talking about? Well, it has to be said that over … Continue reading
April 12, 2006
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Detention without trial
Hang on – detaining someone without trial is illegal? Well who’d have thought it? Article 11 1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial … Continue reading
April 11, 2006
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So long, Silvio?
God damn, this has been tight. Looks like a margin of less than 0.1% of the popular vote on an 83% turnout (via the Italy Magazine blog). Which only prompts the question, “what Italian in their right mind would want … Continue reading
April 10, 2006
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Berlusconi
Were I not so busy, I’d be biting my nails to ragged stumps: “Mr Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition may narrowly retain control of both houses of parliament, according to projections from the Nexus pollsters.”Earlier, exit polls pointed to a narrow lead … Continue reading
April 8, 2006
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Italian election cut’n’paste special
Just in time for tomorrow’s Italian elections (which will hopefully see Berlusconi booted out on his corrupt backside), Tobias Jones in the Guardian provides one of the best brief summaries of the complex madness that is the Italian political system … Continue reading
April 8, 2006
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UKIP: loonies and fruitcakes
UKIP prove they aren’t loonies and fruitcakes by, erm… turning up to the Tory conference with an armoured car and shouting at people. According to the BBC, “UKIP has withdrawn its threat to sue the Conservatives for defamation, but says … Continue reading
April 6, 2006
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Mandelson and the art of selective quotation
Mandelson in “words distorted” shocker. Yep, Mandy’s said something vaguely sensible about the scrapped EU constitution only to find himself selectively quoted to make it look like he’s a delusional nutjob. (Which he normally is, it must be admitted…) Blair’s … Continue reading
April 5, 2006
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Don’t vote Labour
You may have noticed that I’m rather busy. Sorry about that… In the meantime, enjoy Tim Ireland’s latest animation, advising us all, “don’t vote Labour“. He makes a good and entertaining case.Oh, and it’s not often you’ll see Tim, Guido … Continue reading
April 3, 2006
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Labour loans
Guido’s keeping up the good work on the dodgy Labour loans, with some Capita suspicions and Sainsbury questions. As the man says, if Lord Sainsbury has “lent” Labour between £8.5 million and £13 million, what’s the likelihood of him being … Continue reading
March 31, 2006
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“Tony Brown”
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 31, 2006
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One to keep the conspiracy theorists happy
Nutters of the world rejoice! Yep, all those raging loons who reckon the EU is a giant Catholic conspiracy to reverse the Reformation and subjugate us all to the laws of Rome (intriguingly often having a lot of crossover with … Continue reading
March 29, 2006
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ID Cards
The Guardian – All-night battle over ID cards looms: “This afternoon MPs in the Commons voted to reject the peers’ amendments, which would have given an opt-out of the national identity register to people simply applying for a new passport. … Continue reading