Monthly Archives: October 2008
Total Politics and the Totally Tory Guide To Political Blogging
Short version: Scroll down to the picture. – Long version: Hey, do you remember when I wrote a rather complicated (and greatly estimated) post about Iain Dale vastly overstating his popularity and Iain responded by (oops) accidentally making it very … Continue reading
Moult-Watch: the first relevant Google Images results are in
For those who came in late: Bloggerheads – Julie Moult is an idiot Bloggerheads – The Daily Mail: let’s kick arse and take names 1. Finally! 2. It’s too early to start awarding prizes, as these fresh results are still … Continue reading
Four more years
The Age – McCain goes for jugular, but misses (The jugular? What an amateur. The pros go for a carotid artery and let the heart do the rest of the work.) Getting away from this picture (heh) and back to … Continue reading
Total Politics magazine is not answerable to the Press Complaints Commission!
[Note – Yes, I still have what ‘blog poll’ data I could gather at the time saved, and I plan to crunch it when I have the time. Of course, Iain Dale himself could sort the whole matter out in … Continue reading
Don’t mind me… I’m just keeping death anxiety at bay.
Death and why you may have difficulty imagining the experience that follows it. No, asking a zombie doesn’t count; they haven’t been to the void, emptiness, oblivion *or* the sweet trolley. The best they can imagine is a dull tearing … Continue reading
Policy Exchange runs London
Nice to see Iain Dale being so open about the influence of Policy Exchange for a change; most days he’s busy denying their influence. On one notable occasion when Iain Dale was a Trustee of Policy Exchange and denying their … Continue reading
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Justin has featured the trailer for Oliver Stone’s biopic, and over at Pickled Politics, noises are being made about the fine choice of soundtrack… … but me, I’m reminded of this for some strange reason:
John Cleese on the parrot-like skills of Sarah Palin
John Cleese on Sarah Palin No dead parrot jokes, please. Too easy.
Paul Staines: victim of the demon drink deletes two links but leaves the ‘chinks’
1. Paul ‘Fangio’ Staines emerged from the weekend with booze on his breath and egg on his face after posting a poor item in poor taste, deleting it, and then compounding the error by defending himself anonymously. When commenting under … Continue reading
McCain and Palin lose control of the mob
Guardian – Desperate McCain gives beat to the dark heart of conservatism: It built up over the course of the week, as supporters at the rallies of John McCain and Sarah Palin started randomly screaming “terrorist!” and “off with his … Continue reading
