Monthly Archives: December 2005
Jack Straw, Tony Blair, and the ‘truth’ about torture
Just some thoughts to aid those who may be swayed by seemingly strong denials from the Foreign Office and Downing Street in the coming days…. Jack Straw’s Oral FAC Evidence (Tuesday 13 December 2005): I have never had piece of … Continue reading
The subject is torture and your starter for ten is… “Who gives a damn?”
Complicity: A good point well-raised by Talk Politics Edjog writes a letter to Michelle Malkin The Scotsman takes an interest…. twice. BlairWatch has an MP3 of Craig’s BBC Radio 4 interview. Telegraph – Ex-ambassador claims Britain received terror information gained … Continue reading
And I’m Mary Poppins… (“No, *I’m* Mary Poppins!”)
1. As Wibbler notes in a previous comment, “Craig Murray” is one of the most popular blog-specific searches today. We have right-wing bloggers to thank for at least 30% of this activity. Well done, lads! 2. Chin-wiping cheerleader Michelle Malkin … Continue reading
And here come the digital brownshirts!
Here’s the first smear, folks. Craig’s just out to sell his book! He hacked his own website! It’s old news anyway! Keep an eye out for more charming accusations and insinuations over the weekend. Speaking of carefully-crafted insinuations and name-calling … Continue reading
Blair’s torture lies…. Level 1 completed
Craig Murray’s damning data release has now featured on DailyKos and dozens of other sites here and abroad. Every post on the subject (and there’s a wide variety of them by now) urges readers to save a copy for themselves. … Continue reading
Tony Blair and Jack Straw lie about torture… but how much?
Blair and Straw may be liars, but many people forget that – as experienced lawyers and politicians – they are *exceptional* liars. BlairWatch have provided a repository of quotes from Tony Blair and Jack Straw on the subject of torture … Continue reading
More protests in Westminster
BBC – Iraq protest in ‘demo ban zone’: More demonstrators have gathered in an “exclusion zone” to test the limits of a law banning protests without the police authorisation. Catholic peace group Pax Christi read out names of children killed … Continue reading
Humbug? Bah!
Christmas normally catches me in a bit of a funk… but not this year. It’s a little bit of everything on top of Wednesday’s event: – I’ve enjoyed every minute of grocery shopping because, at the end of the month, … Continue reading
Praise Jesus and Question Tony Blair
Tonight we established that the definition of what constitutes a demonstration (under Section 132 of the Serious and Organised Crimes and Police Act 2005) is open to interpretation. The police did not dare show their faces. At all. Once the … Continue reading
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la. Will we be arrested for singing carols? Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. BBC – Singers defy Parliament demo ban: Carol singers are to become the latest group to defy a ban on unauthorised protests around Parliament… A Scotland Yard spokeswoman … Continue reading
