Monthly Archives: January 2009

Paulie has got some good questions for the Taxpayers’ Alliance. The Other Taxpayers’ Alliance site looks good too.

Prime Ministers don’t write their own speeches, and we are daft if we think they do. They employ ‘experts’. People who can pen a memorable phrase or capture the mood of the nation in a soundbite. So it almost certainly … Continue reading →

John Martyn stories…. Liam Murray reminisces about a soundcheck to remember, (and a good video of May you never. …but unlike Tony, he didn’t get his shoes pissed on. And while we are on obituaries… another old cricket lover is … Continue reading →

John Martyn has died, aged 60. I was going to write something as a tribute, but Steve at Occupied Country wrote a great piece about Martyn after he had seen him (barely) live a couple of months ago, so I’ll … Continue reading →

The world’s most popular blogger in his own mind has been well and truly suckered. In a weak attempt to try to imply Gordon Brown is a Marxist (we should be so lucky, eh?) he uses a quote from Das … Continue reading →

There are some similarities between the current financial crisis and the issue around young people and alcohol abuse. One of the similarities is the government’s obsession about deregulation, or poor regulation, in some areas. In the financial world credit was … Continue reading →

Unity on form. Labourist and the BNP connection. Update: Things are getting worse for young Tory Chris… very much worse. He’s not a Tory, he’s a very naughty boy…

Refreshingly, just to show “they are not all the same” Lord Toby Harris demonstrates how to behave. Hat Tip: Hopi

The Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal is not objective, says Obsolete, nor can it be. Watching the DEC’s appeal for aid donations, it’s apparent why both the BBC and Sky refused to show it: it puts their own reporting to shame. … Continue reading →

Last week we had Barack Obama and ‘Hope’… this week it is four Lords on the make and despair. There can hardly have been a more stark contrast. 12 years ago New Labour, Blair and his sticky-out ears and pearly … Continue reading →