Monthly Archives: October 2005
Roll up, sign up
“I will pledge 10 pounds to a fund to buy a peerage from Tony Blair but only if 50,000 other people will too.”: Upon reaching the magic figure of 500,000 pounds, a lottery will be held of the names of … Continue reading
Rove & Campbell = Cockroaches
Observer – Geek gets it: Like FDR, Rove and Bush have sought to fundamentally change the way Americans think about the role of government. They have brought religion into political life like never before. They have merged the interests of … Continue reading
Matthew Parris shows his ignorance
Last night on Question Time (click video link and go to 33:30), Matthew Parris (opinion writer for the Times) pondered on the funny nature of predicted disasters and how they never seemed to happen. He spoke of the millennium bug … Continue reading
Tom DeLay’s mugshot
My, my… don’t we look chipper?
Fun to watch
A great post ‘live’ from the 2nd Tory leadership vote. More will be posted here if you’re quick (or *was* posted there, if you’re not).
Taliban Lady Boys
God told them to do it. (Link via Toby.)
Well, there’s a shock
FT – Cheney ‘cabal’ hijacked US foreign policy: Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government’s foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in … Continue reading
But he’s never at the meetings…
Guardian – Tory rituals: No. 2,384 The Scum – Fox dismisses gay smears Guido notes here that it’s been a major cause for concern at everyone’s favourite shouty-blog.
Consider yourself seconded
Boris Johnson: “It is perfectly obvious that the Government intends these ID Cards to one day be made compulsory. I want to make it clear that I will in no circumstances carry one and even were I compelled to do … Continue reading
The Wrong Man
A lovely Page 3 editorial greets my return. I think Rebekah Wade is sending me secret signals of lurve: Today Nicola T (22, from Croydon) is pleased to see Saddam Hussein finally go on trial yesterday – despite his ‘stalling … Continue reading
