Author Archives: Tim Ireland

About Tim Ireland

Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.

Webcameron: Sam Roake and his backhand stroke

Sam Roake, who has been regularly name-checked for 3 months now as the head of the Conservatives’ web strategy, used to work for Google…. but what he actually did for Google is addressed almost universally as a throwaway line (in … Continue reading

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Fuck him, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse he rode in on

Belfast Telegraph – Bush claims victory as Senate approves terror suspects bill: Both sides are claiming victory from the compromise. But human rights groups say the final version allows the President too much discretion in deciding what interrogation methods are … Continue reading

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Blair, Brown and brown ice-cream

Sure, you could read Teh Speech in full. You may even choose to peruse a leisurely fisk or a slightly more detailed/impassioned one that’s due over at Blair Watch any minute now. You may even take the time to consider … Continue reading

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Perceived grievances

A completely false sense of grievance I: New York Times – Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat: A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has … Continue reading

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‘Loans’

Bloggerheads – Blair, Capita and ‘easy money’ above the table (March 22, 2006): I’m going to ask you to think about that for a moment… these people came offering donations, but were instead asked for loans. Were it not for … Continue reading

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Friday: the perfect day to bury bad news

BBC – London bombing victims ‘let down’: The emergency response to the London bombings on 7 July last year was flawed, a Home Office report based on the experiences of victims has found… Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, the minister charged … Continue reading

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Independent thought can lead to obvious conclusions

Councillor Gareth Davies is welcome at the Labour Party Conference, while Councillor Bob Piper is not. Says it all, really. UPDATE – Blood & Treasure – From the red zone: They’ve actually blocked off a fair chunk of the city … Continue reading

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New Tory Labour… is it!

I’ve been promising you some Flash fun (of the political and non-political variety) for some time now. The non-political material is right around the corner… the first version of the new political material goes live today: Click here to see … Continue reading

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The rules of the game have changed

A lovely poem by Rachel. Go see.

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The fruits of New Labour (four articles relating to the surrendering of our moral authority)

Independent – New terror that stalks Iraq’s republic of fear: The republic of fear is born again. The state of terror now gripping Iraq is as bad as it was under Saddam Hussein. Torture in the country may even be … Continue reading

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