Category Archives: Tony ‘King Blair

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

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‘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

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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

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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

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‘Cramlington Village Councillor’…. who he?

Oh, FFS… Gareth Davies: I had an email from Tim Ireland the other day, suggesting I’ve been slow to publish some comments about torture. I have. No conspiracy Tim, I’ve been busy. [Um… Gareth? I don’t think there’s a conspiracy; … Continue reading

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‘Supporting’ the troops

Blair Watch – The Freedom They Died For: Military Families Against the War is planning a peace camp outside the Labour Conference in Manchester. They’ve organised similar events before but this time The Labour council has banned the protest. BBC … Continue reading

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Clare Short aims for proportional representation

The Daily – Exclusive: Clare Short to step down amid controversy (Sep 11): In a controversial speech to an academic symposium this afternoon, she said that she wanted to be free to advocate a hung parliament so that the Lib … Continue reading

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Sexy Ami calls for unity

What better way to achieve unity than to launch an attack? Ignore the almost uniquely positive view of Blair’s performance at the TUC conference (and Blair – again – attempting to claim the moral high ground by climbing to the … Continue reading

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David Taylor: well and truly rumbled

Take a look at this (spotted by Dizzy): Domain name: johnson4leader.co.uk Registrant: David Taylor Registered on: 05-Sep-2006 Domain name: johnson4leader.org.uk Registrant: David Taylor Registered on: 05-Sep-2006 Domain name: johnson4leader.com Registrant: David Taylor Registered on: 05-Sep-2006 Domain name: johnson4leader.org Registrant: David … Continue reading

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Tell the world what you stand for

For Queen and Country: Tonight’s example of New Labour Delusion comes from the website Keeping the Faith. This is a pro-Blair website set up to support the beleaguered Tony Blair. It has a list of 50 achievements during his time … Continue reading

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