Monthly Archives: September 2006
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
The rules of the game have changed
A lovely poem by Rachel. Go see.
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
Who’s placing adverts and running campaigns, and who’s paying for them?
Guardian – Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial: Britain’s leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change. In an unprecedented step, the … Continue reading
Tony Blair is undermining the Labour Party and robbing it of grass-roots support
That’s funny… I was talking about this very point just last night: Independent – Blair damages party by clinging to power, say Labour officials: Tony Blair is facing fresh pressure to stand down soon from Labour officials worried that his … Continue reading
