The Liberal Democrats just got a lot more press coverage, but again for all the wrong reasons: BBC – Oaten resigns over rent boy claim. Yep – that’s rent boy. (So much worse than simply “prostitute” don’t you think? Got … Continue reading →

Fuck off Falconer, you unelected twat: “The question is should you require – and I think ultimately, unless there is compulsion, you won’t get the benefits of an ID card system – is it right to compel those that don’t … Continue reading →

Right – these should do it. Top work: 1, 2, 3. All I need now is some entertaining monkey news, and I should be able to handle the two hour wait until the lunchtime pint…

Man in “boasting about sexual prowess” shocker! Next week we bring you yet more amazing revelations: “Sky is blue”, “Monkeys are funny” and the long-awaited proof that yes, water is indeed wet. Fucking pointless load of crap bastard wankpiss. Despite … Continue reading →

Something to cheer you up – aaaaaw!

You’d never guess that Austria’s more eurosceptic than the UK the way this EU presidency’s going. First we had the revival of the constitution, now we’ve got proposals for an EU tax, a barkingly superstatist idea that crops up every … Continue reading →

I could start to like this Cameron chap…

The European Parliament is set to vote on what to do with the constitution tomorrow – but is this just putting the cart before the horse? As national parliaments begin to work together and MEPs try to work out the … Continue reading →

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 →