about 2 months ago - No comments
and for a bit of context on what that headline means…
about 3 months ago - 7 comments
So… on the night when David Cameron finally became Prime Minister, HyperHam and I had the following conversation: HH: “Why is Mrs Cameron standing at the back, pregnant and far away from her husband?” AW: “Well, we’re living in Tory times now.” To me, this was so amazingly funny and of-the-moment, that I immediately posted
about 4 months ago - No comments
So it’s been two weeks since my last update of what the election candidates seem to be doing in the 78th Tory target seat of Hammersmith. So this is what I’ve been observing locally at least: Labour Labour have definitely gone for a personal approach. Aside from a couple of flyers stuffed through my letterbox
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
So, Gillian Duffy from Rochdale reportedly says: “All these Eastern Europeans what are coming in – where are they flocking from?” Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in a private conversation with one of his aides shortly afterwards, describes her as “bigoted”. What do you think?
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
So, I happen to live in the 78th Tory target seat, in a seat that’s currently held by a Labour MP (who couldn’t be bothered to discuss the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Commons). My council ward is a top target for the Liberal Democrats. Let’s see how much effort they’re putting into
about 5 months ago - No comments
So finally, at long last, America has joined the rest of the world in offering near-universal healthcare to its’ citizens, instead of relying on a hodgepodge of private health insurance coverage. And about bloody time too, if my brief peek into the world of American healthcare was anything to go by. HyperHam and I were
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
would they want to charge overseas tourists $10 to register for the privilege of visiting America. So they can fund a travel tourism promotion group aimed at … getting overseas tourists to come to America. And explain to tourists why they have to be fingerprinted and give away lots of their personal details. Nothing like
about 7 months ago - 2 comments
Remember Drop The Dead Donkey, the seminal UK sitcom set in a news-gathering organisation? And in particular, unscrupulous cameraman Damian Day, who would go so far as to punch a child in a war zone to get the crying shot he needed? Look at this Associated Press photograph from the site of the Ethiopian Airlines
about 10 months ago - No comments
The Evening Standard carries a story about a black couple, outraged that their waitress scribbled ‘black couple’ on their bill, when they were the only couple dining. The thing is, I’ve kind of done this myself while running my parents’ Chinese takeaway, scribbling descriptive notes on their order because I have a huge tendency to
about 10 months ago - 2 comments
So… For what it’s worth, I think the BBC had to treat the BNP – and Nick Griffin – as any other politician. To set up a rule deciding on which political parties deserved coverage – and then to ignore it because you didn’t like the results – would be about as unBritish as you
