Author Archives: Tim Ireland

About Tim Ireland

Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.

Invite your MP to publicly give a damn

Invite your MP to a speaker meeting at Parliament on Tuesday 9th October… “and don’t forget to tell them about the TV crews.” Heh. Dan’s got their number.

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The Tory sock-puppet banner-backing bullshit-bleating bonanza

Ladies and gentle-persons, I’d like to begin by asking a question of the bloggers in the audience… If you were presented with a press release from your party of choice, would you: a) Ignore it b) Regurgitate it verbatim on … Continue reading

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Sun drops cover price to 20p

I’ll repeat what I said here; I fear Rebekah Wade’s days are numbered… Media Guardian – Sun slashes price in south-east Media Guardian – Sun battles to stay above 3m Brand Republic – The Sun turns to street sales to … Continue reading

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Iraqi employees update; the Home Office (finally/almost) responds

Well, the summer holidays are over, which means that the majority of MPs will now crawl, blinking and endearingly needy, to the surface. Speak of the devil, here’s that updated reply to my letter of July 24 regarding the plight … Continue reading

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Mandela in Parliament Square for unveiling of statue and veiling of dissent

Tch. Now if all Ken wanted to do was sanitise Parliament Square ahead of Mandela’s visit, why did none of these major media names report that at the time? Only Indymedia had it. Was Ken keen to keep it low-key … Continue reading

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The return of the eclectic linkdump

– Bid farewell to Brenda, raiser of tough birds. – Septicisle on Jeremy Paxman’s comments on the media and the death of Rhy Jones. Long, but worth it. Via CuriousHamster, who also has this small concern about the impact of … Continue reading

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Some people are stupid, others merely wish to be

AP – Finnish Boy Fined for YouTube Video: HELSINKI, Finland – A 15-year-old schoolboy was fined Friday for posting a video on YouTube showing a karaoke performance of his teacher and for claiming she was a lunatic. And by the … Continue reading

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Support the freelancers

Alternet – Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities: If you think the U.S. has only 160,000 troops in Iraq, think again. With almost no congressional oversight and even less public awareness, … Continue reading

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Bunny-boiler invents stalker to help cement imagined relationship

Finally, Holy Moly coughs up something interesting (the highlight is mine): You may have read the article last week, Blur star’s stalker hell, in which a woman was cautioned by police for stalking Graham Coxon of Blur fame. The paper … Continue reading

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Last chance, Tory chancers

Quite often you’ll see some of these new(ish) Tory bloggers flapping their lips about how the right dominates the blogosphere, and that’s because they have the most interesting things to say, and Labour can’t hope to challenge them in an … Continue reading

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