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This comment on the BBC is totally spot-on.

Underblog is right… this stinks.

They should hang their heads in shame… but there are some extra sums to do… like how 1 man under investigation for 3 years could get charged 4 days ago and how 2 men and 1 woman under investigation for 2 years could end up arrested 3 days ago…

The first major terror arrests in how long..? And one after the other just as Teh Terror Must Seem Real…? Do the sums.

Ooooh… look; newslettery goodness.

Speaking of newsletters, I hear tell that the latest Holy Moly newsletter contains a claim that the image for this timely horse-abuse story was faked and that the whole story was invented by two ex-employees who left under a cloud. Obviously, I’d like to know more.

Speaking of more…

The Register – Guilty! New Labour could arrest self under new terror law
64 percent of U.S. adults *still* believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda
(both via PughWatch)

Cry of the Neocons: “WE WANT EURABIA!”
(via Nick Barlow)

The real origin of Moopersan!
(via Petter Gasston)

Boxy borg-like game.

John Cleese on Back-Up Trauma.

Hmm… what else have we got..?

Oh, yes. There’s also this…

Backing Blair t-shirts (and more) are now available for sale!

Did you catch that?

Backing Blair t-shirts (and more) are now available for sale!

And finally…

We are G-O for a Craig Murray weblog. It should be ready in about a week.

:o)

I’m still busy and may be too busy to blog until early next week… but there’s lots of groovy stuff on the way.

Send me money, buy some stickers or start/join a MeetUp group if you need something to do.

The first cheque donations arrived by post yesterday and we can now withdraw money from our Paypal account. We’ll be able to write cheques and make stuff happen from this time next week.

BTW, I have a few promising ideas for next Tuesday’s London MeetUp, and there may be a sneak-preview of Video 2 available if someone would care to bring a laptop with a USB port.

Cheers all.

PS – The Lib-Dems have just launched a new site (that’s *not* why I’ve been busy, by the way). You may find this item/promise on cold-calling interesting.

For the record, I’m registered with the Telephone Preference Service and I’ve received a cold-call from a ‘survey company’ representing Anne Milton, the local Tory candidate (her early posters and pamphlets carry the bold and comforting message… Anne Milton: Mother. Nurse.)

The caller claimed to be working for company called Geneva, and got a bit funny when I tried to find out more about what this company was and what its relationship was with Anne Milton and/or the Conservative Party (before finally cutting me off when I asked if he was calling from an overseas call centre).

The caller claimed:
– that he couldn’t give me any further details about the company
– but he could tell me that it was both a corporation and a charity
– that he was not paid to do this survey, but that the company was doing it out of the goodness of their heart
– that Anne was from Sussex, not Surrey (she was born in the former and now lives in the latter, as it turns out)
– that Anne was a doctor (as opposed to a former nurse)

(UPDATE – As it turns out, Geneva is a Tory Party call centre. Now I have enough information to file a complaint. Cheers to Luca’s Ade for the heads-up.)

I’ve also heard of a chap who had a letter about Anne Milton published in the local paper (with their name and address). The result was a Tory party representative knocking on their door wanting to discuss the letter.

Milton had best watch her step. She may end up being the target of some hysterical bullying if she’s not careful.

PS2 – Oh, you’re going to love this latest thought from Gareth Davies and these Google results will cheer you up no end (well done, Tim Worstall).

PS3 – I’ll never get any work done at this rate! Guido quotes Strobes on the subject of a past life as a prostitute and its possible impact on your future in the Labour Party.

(shakes head)
(puts head in hands)
(begins)

Tom’s recent Vote Liberal Democrat – Get the Tories post links to this JPEG, which provides us with the shock admission from Charles Kennedy that “voting Lib Dem could help the Conservatives”… but if you read the actual story…

Scotsman – Voting Lib Dem could help the Conservatives, admits Kennedy: Charles Kennedy has admitted that voting Liberal Democrat at the forthcoming general election could let Conservative candidates win in 20 seats throughout the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrat leader has predicted that the coming election will deliver a series of “unpredictable” results – including the Tories benefiting from Labour voters who defect to his party. His admission will be seized on by the Labour Party, which wishes to fight the Lib Dems out of the election by portraying the vote as a two-horse race for 10 Downing Street – arguing that a vote for any other party will help the Tories.

And so it came to be. It saddens me that this would come from Tom.

UPDATE – Read the comments thread in the top link and you’ll see a comment from some ‘member of the public’ calling himself ‘norman’ who attempts to disrupt the debate by claiming that he’s a BNP supporter who supports Backing Blair.

However, Tom points out that this comment actually came from inside the Houses of Parliament.

(smiles)
(claps)

Well done, Tom.