Due to a workplace “efficiency drive” my access to the internet is, in places, becoming very restricted – and thanks to Telewest being shit I currently have no web access at home. I am currently looking into ways around these … Continue reading →

Well, it’s certainly a more convenient size, even if – thanks to still being folded in half on the shelves despite being half as big – it was rather hard to spot in the newsagent’s. I’m not a fan of … Continue reading →

The latest Britblog roundup is packed with goodness as per. Have a gander while I try and get my act in gear this morning. I’ve just had another fiddle with the site’s template as even after a tweak by someone … Continue reading →

Is former Labour minister Michael Meacher turning into a conspiracy theorist (as some contend), or are they really this keen to cover their own backs? (Via) – Perhaps it’s time to start reminding ourselves about a little thing called international … Continue reading →

Spyblog on Charles Clarke’s apparent misunderstandings of the nature of the EU, biometrics, cross-border police work and civil liberties. Clarkie boy has also started using massively pointed truisms: “All European parliamentarians … should face up to the fact that the … Continue reading →

Ukraine update: Auntie has a good overview of the current crisis, while the New York Times worries that if Ukraine’s post-revolution government fails to shape up quickly it could dim the hopes of democratic reformers in other ex-Soviet states. Leopolis … Continue reading →

“By welcoming Turkey we will demonstrate that Western and Islamic cultures can thrive together as partners in the modern world – the alternative is too terrible to contemplate.” Sounds like a suggestion of potential violence to me, Jacky boy, coming … Continue reading →

Thoughtcrime in Newcastle: “The campaigners, who were going to wear orange boiler suits and bar codes on their foreheads, had created a massive ID card to highlight what they see as an increasing restriction on civil liberties.” And – would … Continue reading →

Ukraine looks to be in trouble again. I haven’t been keeping up with events over there so much over there since covering the revolution back in November (see “Ukraine” in the left-hand sidebar), but after allegations of even more widespread … Continue reading →

Today’s chief attacker is Charles Clarke, expected to berate the European Parliament for being “reactionary and dangerous” – this the day after Clarke ticked off independent members of the British judiciary for their wishy-washy regard for “human rights” and legal … Continue reading →

German elections: A political poster review, an overview of an odd campaign and a confirmation of 10,000 job losses – which could put it in the bag for Merkel.

“Were they the sons of tea-sippers who won the fields of Crecy and Agincourt or dyed the Danube’s shores with Gallic blood?” – a stirring defence of the lost art of drinking in this age of bizarre government policies of … Continue reading →

Following my discovery yesterday of a Blairite blitz on Brussels (well, Strasbourg) to try and con the EU into imposing dodgy “anti-terror” measures so that our Tony doesn’t have to bother with the inconvenience of parliament (starting with a Blunkett … Continue reading →

Peter Mandelson? “fuck off and get eaten by bears”