Happy New Year and stuff. It’s 2am, I’m pissed up on booze and trying to entertain at least four nationalities until they decide to leave. Hurrah. 2006 had better not be as shit as 2005. And who’s idea was it … Continue reading →

A good round-up from Tim Ireland, and more on that Enron memo from Murray himself and Lenin which are worth a look. The Associated Press has now picked up on the story, and via its newswires this is cropping up … Continue reading →

(A good summary at The Register for those who came in late, or see earlier…) A little bit of Uzbek-US relations. Speaks for itself, really (click for big): Rumsfeld likes the torturous Uzbek regime and all (and again). Always easier … Continue reading →

Following Lenin’s lead, more in-depth posts about the latest attempts to mislead the public over the extent of Britain’s interest in torture are cropping up at Bloggerheads and former Ambassador Craig Murray’s own blog. Murray was sacked for trying to … Continue reading →

Five days with no news, plenty of beer, wine, whisky, champagne, port, armagnac and cognac, obscene amounts of top-notch food and even some snow. Hurrah. I return to discover that I made it to number 8 in Blogpulse’s top blogposts … Continue reading →

Not that it matters – these days under new measures put through the elf-packed workshops of the north pole, if Santa suspects you of having even thought of being naughty it’s no pressies for you. And he’s probably been tapping … Continue reading →

Tube workers in bunch of slack bastard cunts non shocker! That’s the New Year fucked then. Cheers, you selfish, overpaid slackers. Update: London Underground bastards – forgot about that, but it remains perfectly true.

Via DK, looks like an off-the-cuff comment I made at his place about Blair’s EU budget deal is quoted in The Guardian today. Don’t know if/when I’ll et around to jotting down more considered thoughts on the whole thing, so … Continue reading →

Call me a fascist by all means, but I’d say if a killer has “incomplete moral development of mental functioning” (a description that could be applied to most, if not all murderers, surely?), they should be locked up for the … Continue reading →

To blow up a passenger airliner you will need the following: 1) A large canister full of petrol 2) A match Alternatively, just go for 3) A bomb of some description. The difficult bit is smuggling the bastards onboard and … Continue reading →

Jacques Chirac misusing the office of the presidency? Surely not! “while [director Ron] Howard and [producer Brian] Grazer were in Paris auditioning actresses for [The Da Vinci Code]’s female lead, they got a call from the office of French President … Continue reading →

One man dead after public body rules his killer not to be a threat? Inquiry ordered by Charles Clarke. Over fifty dead after public body rules their killers not to be a threat? Inquiry ruled out by Charles Clarke.

It’s nearly 3am, I’ve just finished writing 4,000 words worth of film reviews (and a fair few cans of Stella) in one sitting, and I’ve worked out the perfect alliterative description of any government statement ever, so have to get … Continue reading →

You are cordially invited to a public carol service in Parliament Square at 6pm on Wednesday the 21st of December 2005. This inclusive service will contain both Christian and secular verse, and is expected to last no more than an … Continue reading →