Category Archives: The Political Weblog Movement

‘Smeargate’ and paedo-smears

“When is a smear not a smear? Alas, when it is true.” – Paul Staines (aka ‘Guido Fawkes’) Let me be blunt: 1. I do recall saying that Derek Draper was the wrong man for the job (or what he … Continue reading

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Iain Dale to Craig Murray: “No soup for you!”

Craig Murray has made the mistake of offending the blogosphere’s almighty gatekeeper: So the next time Craig has difficulty publicising this government’s complicity in torture, Iain Dale will withhold any publicity (via his website and/or his ‘politically neutral’ magazine) because … Continue reading

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OK, joke’s over – let’s hear from Iain Dale

For those who came in late: Bloggerheads – Iain Dale hates me *this* much An investigation into a serial liar has led to someone being falsely and maliciously accused of paedophilia (again), only this time, I was a direct target. … Continue reading

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April Fools’ Day: spot the difference

The foundation on which Iain’s joke rested… He’s really a very good writer, because he had 90,000* visitors a month (he claims) and he’s on the telly a bit. And at least he’s not as impolite and as grossly overweight … Continue reading

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Justin McKeating [NOT] is a sock-puppeting git [April Fool!]

[UPDATE (1 April) – Oh, of course this was a joke. Happy April Fools’ day everyone!] To be honest, this is not an easy post to write but I’m glad to finally get it off my chest, and I don’t … Continue reading

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Sober Vs. Drunk: who will win?

Well, me, obviously… but do try to act surprised: CLASH OF THE TITANS: Bloggerheads vs Chicken Yoghurt, Drunk vs Sober Just between you and me, I think Justin’s talked himself into a bit of a corner here. For starters, my … Continue reading

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Don’t blog drunk

[Note – This post is not about Iain’s ‘blog wars 3’ nonsense (which I will get to shortly), but is instead a reponse to a recent twitter by Justin.] First of all, I would like to make it clear that … Continue reading

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Iain Dale hates me *this* much

There’s likely to be a longer version of this post on the way, but Iain is still playing silly “I’m ignoring you!” games while allowing his comment contributors to slag me off (again), so I figure he needs a wake-up … Continue reading

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Paul Staines punks out

OK, taking as read that Derek Draper is just as shameless a spin-merchant and just as crooked a blog-cheat as (if not more so than) Paul Staines, check this out: Paul Staines (aka Guido Fawkes) and Derek Draper on Daily … Continue reading

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How nice. [UPDATED – This smear is definitely the work of Glen Jenvey]

Somebody based in the UK has been targeting Thai weblogs listed on this site, and leaving the following anonymous comment: I deny it all, of course. As if I need to. Please keep in mind that this may not be … Continue reading

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