Monthly Archives: November 2004

Meanwhile, over at Baghdad Burning, democratic elections are apparently not the first thing on the population’s agenda.

A good day for The Guardian. Not only….Monbiot on PFI. In Walsall (A small Borough near Sandwell) a street lighting replacement programme, estimated to cost between 4 to 5 million pounds, was converted into a £65 million PFI contract! but … Continue reading →

Newcastle United Chairman, Freddie Shepherd, claims Man Ure have “lost their way, on and off the field.” Now, I cannot stand the glory hunters, or their team, but they have dominated football in this country over the last decade…. and … Continue reading →

I have spent the first two-and-a-half hours this morning, freezing my extremities off, sitting on a polling station in the next Ward to mine where we are fighting a by-election to try to win a Tory controlled seat. The previous … Continue reading →

“The prime minister is the real beneficiary of all this nonsense since he is the one who exercises these crown powers of patronage, war-making and treaty-making that allow him to behave like a dictator. ” Tony Benn on why Prime … Continue reading →

The loathsome Blue Chip Casinos have revived their planning application to try to convert a local pub in my ward into a monstrosity of an all-night casino, supposedly designed to look like an ocean liner. Blue Chip applied for planning … Continue reading →

If you’ve got $15,000 to spare, this could be an absolute bargain! Courtesy of ebay pulse. Just make sure the kids don’t eat it (or her).

A victim of America’s other significant September 11th writes to explain that Guantanamo does not represent a break with tradition. Over at Baghdad Burning Riverbend describes the difficulty of explaining away the actions of the liberators to children.

It would appear that the CIA have not paid their domain bill and We’re Not Sorry (see below) has been cut off. However, so they don’t feel left out, the ever inventive Manic has devised a site specially for them. … Continue reading →

Forget about ‘freedom fighters’. Discard the notion of Iraqis fighting the invaders. This has nothing to do with that. Margaret Hassan was not ‘executed’ she was murdered, in exactly the same way as the defenceless injured Iraqi murdered in Fallujah. … Continue reading →