August 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Somewhat busy… Neeka has a roundup of Ukraine news responses in the wake of President Yuschenko teaming up with ex-President Yanukovych (the guy who supposedly poisoned him). Surely the Orange Revolution is dead? Is this simply yet another temporary alliance, … Continue reading
August 1, 2006
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Yes, it’s an obvious thing to slag off, but still, this new public terror threat nonsense is simply so predictably alarmist it’s going to be delightfully easy to ignore. (Which is why, as one of those tediously obsessive bloggers you’ve … Continue reading
July 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Hurrah for John McDonnell, who seems to be about to set himself up as a stalking horse candidate for the inevitable post-Blair leadership election. Precisely what he’s intending will remain unclear until the official announcement tomorrow, and it sadly looks … Continue reading
July 11, 2006
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As the all-powerful ID card scheme faces possible delays, would you look at that? “News” emerges that “Organised fraudsters tried to steal more than half a billion pounds from the government’s tax credit system in 2005/06”. So as doubts about … Continue reading
July 7, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It is 9:20am on Friday 7th July 2006. At this time on Thursday 7th July 2005, I had been hunting around the interweb for quarter of an hour, trying to find out whether the bang that I’d heard tell of … Continue reading
July 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Ever heard of that? Me neither, and – like the majority of UK political bloggers – I’m a geek about these things. A google search turns up nothing, yet here’s a report from Morley Today, the website of the Morley … Continue reading
July 3, 2006
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As if by magic, as England get booted out of the World Cup and the country basks in a heatwave, all sorts of New Labour unpleasantness has bubbled to the surface once more, the stench cunningly hidden by the reek … Continue reading
June 23, 2006
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You have to get 43 paragraphs into his speech on anti-social behaviour (“ASB”, apparently) before you get to what he’s really getting at. Unfortunately, most journalists seem only to have made it to paragraph 38, where he mentions (among many … Continue reading
June 13, 2006
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Largely because it had run out, but partially because of the Renew for Freedom campaign, last month I renewed my passport, sending the thing off with plenty of time for the potential three week turnaround time. Perhaps thanks to the … Continue reading
May 25, 2006
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A new, probably ill-considered, and certainly rather rare piece from me on Iraq over at the Sharpener. Although it’s not really about Iraq at all.
May 24, 2006
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Free this morning? Tim Ireland wants you to risk arrest in the rain. (Hey, at least that way you’ll be grateful when they bundle you into the back of the van…) Here’s why.
May 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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You’d have thought that now they’ve got the ID cards bill through parliament they’d shut up already with the nonsense scare-stories about identity theft. Either that or, if it’s currently so leniently punished as is being claimed, you’d think they … Continue reading
May 9, 2006
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Than early morning rumours of bombs on the Underground again… No idea yet if genuine, mind, so I’m probably just scaremongering here. Update: Looking like just rumours. Can’t find any confirmation at all – probably people jumping to conclusions because … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
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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