Monthly Archives: December 2009

The inconvenient truths about Tory councils A general election announcement could be less than eight weeks away if Gordon Brown plumps for a March poll. Whenever it happens, over 9 million people under the age of 30 will be eligible … Continue reading →

After a day freezing my cobblers off in the Capital, watching Villa getting theirs chewed off by Fabregas at the Emirates, and drinking too much warm beer in Crouch End… I’m off for a bit of sunshine for a few … Continue reading →

I’m sure most left-of-centre political bloggers are familiar with this problem. Strange when you consider the same people were squealing with outrage about the Damian MacBride/Derek Draper issue.

Tut, tut. It would appear someone has been messing with Garry Cook’s Wikipedia entry. In case it has been taken down already… here’s a bit of it. Hat Tip: The Buddha

Seems everyone is sending them there festive cards. well, for all those reading this who haven’t received one, and you know who you are, Happy Christmas, and here’s a picture of beautiful Bruges taken just hours before I joined one … Continue reading →

I note that as usual Iain Dale plunges in with his size 11′s with a typically right-wing slobbering Pavlovian response to a Mail on Sunday story about a teacher who was allegedly sacked for praying for a sick child. “One … Continue reading →

Item on Sky Sports News today… “Heavy snow in Switzerland where the draw for the next found of the UEFA cup took place.” Heavy snow… in Winter…. in Switzerland. Who would have thunk it! Hat tip to YOD.

Just back from Bruges, and just a couple of observations. One aspect of the City that distinguished it from so many places I have visited in the last few years, in this country and abroad, was the total absence of … Continue reading →

I sometimes wonder why I still bother with The Guardian. It seems to get more right-wing every day, and frequently carries arse-lickin’ articles praising David Cameron as if he were the new saviour, rather than an old, re-hashed Tony Blair. … Continue reading →

Luke Akehurst effectively says that the invasion of Iraq was right because: (a) Saddam Hussein was a bad bastard; (b) Everyone… and he means everyone, thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction; (c) Even if he didn’t have weapons … Continue reading →