Archive for July, 2008
How deep is your politic?
Gordon’s got to go. That seems to be the general consensus in political circles now, raising the question who will be his successor? Two obvious candidates have emerged: David Miliband and Harriet Harman.
My gut instinct is to run with Miliband, but on consideration I’m not sure I can articulate a valid argument for my [...]
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Really, there isn’t much intelligent analysis that can be wrung out of this story. But I decided to write about it because it is bloody funny.
Yesterday, the esteemed Tory leader was merrily cycling home when he decided to stop off at a shop on Portobello Road to pick up some nibbles for supper. His first [...]
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Bugger Bognor, says Boris.
Bugger Bognor, Boris Johnson has said this week. Bugger the credit crunch too! Bugger bills! Bugger the whole buggering lot!
That was pretty much Johnson’s response to the credit crunch. As people all over the UK examine their finances in a bid to determine whether or not they can afford a trip to sunny shores, Boris [...]
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This was the question I was faced with upon reading that the US reporter who broke the Jesse James-wants-to-rip-Obama’s-nuts-out story had failed to mention that the civil rights activist had referred to the black population as “niggers”.
It emerges the full “off-air” conversation went like this: “See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on [...]
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Controversy has been whipped up in the US, as copies of the New Yorker hit the news stands today carrying an illustration on its front page of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed in Muslim attire.
Defended by the publication as a visual satire on right-wingers’ perception of Obama, the cover, which adorns the Christian politician [...]
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Something has clearly gone awry in the British National Party’s HR department this week. Either that or there is an intern in their ranks with a warped sense of humour (even for the BNP).
The neo-fascist collective has placed two ads in the Guardian for staff, which Comment Central blogger Nick Anstead had to point out to the [...]
Filed under: British National Party, The Guardian, politics | 4 Comments
An unlikely statement as it may seem, Gordon Brown really could learn a thing or two about how to win votes from the Prime Minister of Iraq.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was spotted dishing out wads of cash to members of the public in Bagdad this weekend. The handouts are meant to ease the pain of the [...]
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Jacqui Smith has a slightly sideways logic. She told Adam Boulton this morning that she voted against regulating MPs’ expenses last month for the sake of her constituents. They want politicians to be getting on with the job, not fussing over figures, she said.
True, but if MPs’ lavish lifestyles, which are funded by the [...]
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With the final count down to the end of his presidency in full throttle, today George Bush has finally committed to a long-term plan to cut the US’ carbon emissions by 50 per cent. That’s right folks, that champion of all things green – and no I don’t refer to the dollar – is going [...]
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Ray Lewis Becomes a Nightmare
“Critics noted that some of [Boris’ articles referred to black people as “piccaninnies” with “watermelon” smiles.”
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