Monthly Archives: January 2009
The British are coming
Hello all. A little landmark in British political blogging has just whooshed by, and I thought I might share the lesson in a way that outsiders can enjoy. (This includes our American cousins, but none of those filthy Canadanians, for … Continue reading
Gaza: party bags and cake for afters!
And so this tragedy draws to a neat sudden close just as the stars converge on Hollywood Washington. Gets you right *there*, don’t it? (Psst! Look out for the bit at the end where their batteriesssh runnn dowwwwwn….) Two items … Continue reading
Labour List – a warning to all potential contributors
During a previous conversation, LabourList.org founder and controller Derek Draper suggested that I share with the class our entire email conversation. I’m happy to reveal all of that previous conversation at any stage, but for now I’m treating this as … Continue reading
John McDonnell suspended from the House of Commons for handling mace
Guardian – Labour MP suspended from Commons over Heathrow protest: A Labour MP was suspended from the Commons for five days today after grabbing the Speaker’s mace in protest at the government’s decision to allow a third runway at Heathrow. … Continue reading
I’m boycotting all products and produce from Israel
I’ll be reading labels and researching brand ownership where possible to make sure I stick to it, too. Septicisle – Time to boycott Israel: If however the government is unwilling to act… then individually we should be prepared to either … Continue reading
Derek Draper is an arrogant sod
Sometimes people miss key updates to previous posts (waves to BBD), so I’m putting a little alert here to draw your attention to breathtaking arrogance that rivals even Dale’s best efforts: “i am building a site for 60 million people, … Continue reading
It’s time to start cleaning up The Sun’s mess
I’ve just wasted well over a day chasing The Sun in an attempt to get them to explain exactly why their Glen Jenvey article was removed. Ideally, I would have liked to have gone from this starting point to a … Continue reading
It’s time for you to go…
‘Goodbye George’ music videos have been appearing since late last year, and here’s one of them (the video borrows left, right and centre, but I do like the song): UPDATE – MotherJones.com are running a video competition, but if that’s … Continue reading
South West Trains: still crap
I’d like you to meet Tom, who has started his own South West Trains diary. Good luck to you, Tom! I should maybe restart with one of my own; on Monday I witnessed a train splitting and one half departing … Continue reading
Tony Blair finally gets his first reach-around
As reported by the BBC and in the Guardian, Times and Daily Mail, Tony Blair received his Medal of Freedom today, but did not receive his long-delayed* Congressional Gold Medal at the same ceremony. (*Phew, I almost said ‘overdue’ then; … Continue reading
