We all know Gordon’s rather good at pretending the economy’s doing better than it is; I must, however, admit to having been duped into thinking he was better than the usual Charles Clarke/David Blunkett/John Reid New Labour bullshitter. Apparently not: … Continue reading →

It’s the one year anniversary issue of the Britblog Roundup. Hurrah. And in an utterly unscientific manner, one of mine got named joint post of the year – which considering the subject of mine and who the other one’s from … Continue reading →

As predicted, Defence Secretary John Reid’s rather odd comments about how our brave boys should be cut some slack and allowed to commit war crimes come in for less scrutiny in the face of a non-regular enemy were indeed attempting … Continue reading →

No leader + sex scandals = less of a liability than having Blair in charge as Dunfermline and West Fife turns orange. I find that rather funny. Well done, Lib Dems – turning a Labour majority of 11,500 into a … Continue reading →

Stop it already with this stupid nonsense over those bloody cartoons… Now some bright spark – aka the EU’s Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini – seems to be caving in to the barmy religious fundamentalist brigade. He’s called for a meeting … Continue reading →

Is there anything Blair and co AREN’T going to announce major “reforms” of before the local elections kick off? (Note that in the councils going to the polls, Labour only had 69 more seats than the Tories last time around…) … Continue reading →

Where has this latest rubbish sprung from? Who, exactly, is condemning our troops? (Well, other than the Ministry of Defence that Reid heads, which still isn’t supplying them with all the equipment they need and is about to send another … Continue reading →

Why do we need new laws against inciting hate and violence again? They seem to be working OK to me – once the political climate finally got to a favourable position for prosecuting the nutter, that is… Oh, and – … Continue reading →

Tony Blair in “clueless idiot” shocker. Apparently The problem with the West Lothian Question isn’t that Scottish MPs can provide the votes needed to impose policies on England which will not affect Scotland thanks to its separate legal and political … Continue reading →

Standard lazy “I’m a bit busy” post no. 406. The amusing Google search result: This blog is No.1 Google search for “BBC is great” – discovered thanks to someone landing here from the BBC at quarter past five this morning … Continue reading →

Is David Cameron a Whig? I mean, no true Tory would ever attack the monarchy, surely? But he’s apparently teaming up with Tony Benn, of all people. What next? Renationalising the rail system? Disestablishing the Church? Raising inheritance tax?

Good work! Education Secretary Ruth Kelly, going to give evidence at the trial of a man accused of pelting her with eggs, is pelted with eggs. Hurrah! Erm… I mean… How childish and irresponsible. *snigger*

We’re clogged with blogs – moderately amusing, from the Chicago Sun Times: “The universe has nothing on the blogosphere, which is expanding at the speed of gossip and spits on the concept of substantiated facts. A friend of mine estimates … Continue reading →

Britblog Roundup time. I’ve decided I’m going to set fire to any blogs I find offensive from this week’s package. That’ll learn ’em.