Author Archives: Tim Ireland

About Tim Ireland

Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.

Labour campaigners using FOI laws to dig the dirt on Tory leader Michael Howard

BBC – Labour tries to dig up Tory past: Labour is trying to use new openness laws to dig up electioneering material about Conservative leader Michael Howard’s time in government. Requests for the documents have been put in by a … Continue reading

Posted in UK General Election 2005 | 3 Comments

The Sun reads Bloggerheads

(Cheers to ScaryDuck for the heads-up on this one…) Here’s a Sun journalist visiting the site in late December. This IP address – 143.252.80.124 – doesn’t bring up any WHOIS info at the moment, but here’s someone from Usenet who … Continue reading

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Christian Voice – Stephen Green

You. Must. Read. This. Now. Then forward it to everyone you know. Send them a copy of this as well if you like: https://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2005/01/tara_conlan_and.asp If you don’t have a (free) Guardian registration, get one just to read this (it’s worth … Continue reading

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Milk is yummy

Mmmmm, yumyumyumyum.

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Brown and Blair is best of friends – unleash the election!

Balders has a few thoughts on the Blair/Brown rift – and a bunch of links. Me, I’m holding my water. But… You always know when there’s a Big Lie to be sold, because Honest John Prescott appears on Radio 4. … Continue reading

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Vote For Me (ITV) goes to air

Perfect.co.uk – Vote For Me Damn it all, I missed my chance to make a total arse of myself on television. And I was busy blogging and missed the programme’s debut last night. Oh well. I’ll catch up. Independent – … Continue reading

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After being held for three years without charge (and without knowing what they are accused of)…

Independent – US ‘close to freeing four Britons held at Guantanamo Bay’ Guardian – US ready to free British terror suspects BBC – Guantanamo Britons ‘to be freed’ ABC – Few at Guantanamo of intelligence value: US official: A Pentagon … Continue reading

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The Sun banned by Lewisham College

Today Page 3 lovely Nikkala (22, from Middlesex) thinks a principal’s decision to ban The Sun from her college is a disgrace. She adds: “I just can’t understand the thinking behind this petty-minded move. Page 3 is just harmless fun … Continue reading

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Soldier escapes death in miracle of dental surgery

Reported here and elsewhere on Teh Interwebs. The comment that strikes me most in the former link is; “God has a plan for him.” I assume that plan includes a winning smile. Snopes has an entry on this, but they’re … Continue reading

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Make Love, Not Terror (killyourdogkillyourdogkillyourdog)

I have no idea what this promotional video for www.keta-keta.co.il is trying to say. Even knowing that a keta is a small salmon of inferior value (which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and … Continue reading

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