Monthly Archives: March 2006
Let freedom ring
Chicken Yoghurt – The rough with the smooth: Marina Hyde in the Guardian today on Foreign Office’s satellite phones stolen in Iraq (one of the phones was used to run a sex chat line, running up a bill for £594,000)… … Continue reading
On being wrong, on being Right, and on finding someone to blame
Three from the Indy first: Independent – NeoCon allies desert Bush over Iraq Rupert Cornwell – At last, the warmongers are prepared to face the facts and admit they were wrong Adrian Hamilton – You can’t vote for war and … Continue reading
This may seem like a familiar scenario
Some of us were talking about having to do this right here at home now that only ‘authorised’ protests are allowed in Westminster… China Post – Activist holds seconds-long Tiananmen Square protest: A campaigner for Tibetan self-rule unfurled a banner … Continue reading
We buried our first pet today
Humphrey was an acrobatic hamster with an enviable lust for life. He will be missed.
World Weary Detective calls it quits
World Weary Detective – This is the End: I have committed no crime. I have compromised no police operations. I have received no payment for anything published on this blog. All opinions expressed are my own. It is therefore with … Continue reading
The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill must die!
Pardon the ‘copy + paste’, but this is the best round-up of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill monster that I’ve seen to date. Highlights are mine, further reading is below, and if you have any doubts about how this … Continue reading
All your ports are belong to us
AP – Thousands of Federal Trials Kept Secret: Despite the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts over the last three … Continue reading
Mark Pritchard is a witless buffoon
Mark Pritchard – The Blog – Data Protection Act? pah: So how is this keeping my data in the strictest confidence in accordance with the DATA protection act? Because our inept MP can’t manage to stick his emails in the … Continue reading
Tessa Jowell can do no wrong III
There’s a glorious letter in the Independent today. It makes me want to learn more about the author: Sir: It gets more like the Colosseum every day. I am increasingly sickened by watching the gutter press behaving like the lions. … Continue reading
Investing in Tessa
They *are* charmers over at Bloggers4Labour, aren’t they? And now… a joke of the funny variety. (via) UPDATE – Oh dear. Full support of the PM. Ruth Kelly survived the kiss of death… will Tessa?
