That webchat thing has been going on for an hour and forty minutes. The single most tedious, slow-moving and pointless hour and forty minutes since I havd the misfortune of having to review The Tango Lesson (still the worst film … Continue reading →

Via Jarndyce, there’s a “live” webchat with Louise Casey, Head of the Government’s “Respect task force”, over at Number 10’s website this afternoon at 3pm. All questions, naturally, to be submitted for vetting in advance… Jarndyce’s submission is rather fun … Continue reading →

This isn’t exactly topical – a rather nice little rundown of the pisspoor mess that is the French electoral system from MatGB – it is, however, very good stuff.

Labour ministers: “We couldn’t give a pissing fuck about you, your pathetic concerns about ‘liberty’, the checks and balances of the constitution, the traditional role of parliament of scrutinising public accounts, OR the potential cost to the taxpayer, so cunt … Continue reading →

The name raised my suspicions, but having just seen the guy on the news it’s been confirmed: The lawyer responsible for the headline-grabbing new private prosecution against Michael Barrymore is indeed Robert Kilroy-Silk’s former litigious assistant (though they are no … Continue reading →

Hardly a surprise – after all, the US remains a close ally even with all the various policy disagreements. Rather shows up official denials of any knowledge of “extraordianry rendition” though, eh? “EU governments have �collaborated, tolerated or looked away� … Continue reading →

I pissing love the House of Lords sometimes: “The amendment to be debated today will tap into cross-chamber insistence that resisting calls for estimates of the full costs of such a massive initiative not only prevents proper scrutiny but aborts … Continue reading →

This. (Oh, and a vaguely-related note to all those “patriots” blathering on about the national flag: it’s only the Union Jack at sea, idiots – the reason no one flies the Union Jack outside their homes in this country is … Continue reading →

The government planning to spy on Members of Parliament? Why doesn’t that surprise me? Anger… Rising… Again…

This may be worth a look – though not on a Saturday evening, so I haven’t read it myself yet: former New Statesman editor John Lloyd on his pet topic of anti-Americanism (my own views on which can be found … Continue reading →

Tony Blair as UN Secretary General? A man with no concept of international law – or even the legal system of his own country? Wouldn’t that be rather like putting Mr Stabby in charge of the knife drawer? Oh well, … Continue reading →

Menzies Campbell: “I will take the party left of Labour” – yeah, like THAT’s hard… The difficulty, old boy, is in making your party electable. Which it never really has been – and that’s coming from someone who has voted … Continue reading →

It’s just like that episode of Spooks with Giles from Buffy… (Or something entirely innocent, who knows?)

So it looks like the EU constitution has turned into one of the undead, roughly raised from its shallow grave to parade around the continent once more and scare the crap out of everyone. From the manner of its rising … Continue reading →