Monthly Archives: October 2008

Not before time… Labour go on the attack against George Osborne… and this dossier rips him a new one. (Via Tom)

If you were looking for advice on steering a course through tricky waters…. would you ask the opinion of the captain of the Titanic! Are we seriously expected to believe that the man who helped to shape the Tory wilderness … Continue reading →

I’ve heard a lot of rot over the last week about the nations morals and declining standards, even from people who ought to know better. Justin gets it spot on… Can somebody please explain to me…

Thanks to the FT for this. George Osborne – less than two weeks ago – on irresponsible politicians (i.e. Vince Cable) who call on the Bank of England to slash interest rates: I do not think that it is particular … Continue reading →

When it was announced that George Orwell’s diary was going to be released in blog format 70 years to the day it was originally written I thought it was a really fascinating idea. But…. for weeks on end virtually all … Continue reading →

You can pinpoint the moment football stopped being a sport and became a multi-million pound business as the moment the Premier League was created and the Sky contracts were signed. From that moment the notion of the larger clubs sharing … Continue reading →

Yassine Belassal, a Moroccan school pupil has been jailed for 12 months for replacing the Moroccan national motto, God, Nation, King with God, Nation and Barca on his school wall as a tribute to his favourite football team. I’ve written … Continue reading →

The beacon of integrity that is Jeffrey Archer told me the other day, as we were chatting over a glass of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Prudence is a whore. Now, as I told Jeff, let me be the first to bow down to … Continue reading →

George Osborne is now in a critical condition. OK, he says he isn’t the bent little bugger that has been suggested, he just made a serious cock-up in visiting a Russian billionaire with his fundraiser in tow. But now, according … Continue reading →

It just goes on, and on, and on. More Tory funding fiddles.