Archive for March, 2009
Home secretary must resign… but not for sleaze….
Jacqui Smith clearly deserves to be embarrassed of the newspaper revelations concerning the private TV viewing habits of her husband. For a politician who wants to snoop into the private lives of ordinary Britons, it’s gives me pleasure that for once her private life has been exposed. It is a scandal that British politicians have [...]
"Mr Brown to the Rescue"? You've got to be kidding!
When I read this at The Guardian, my jaw dropped… literally. Roger Cohen, columnist for the New York Times, has praised our embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown for, in his words, “… that he gave perhaps the best political speech of his life”, referring to his star turn in the United States Congress. With examples, [...]
Giving "Red Nose Day" a miss
As many of you (in the UK) have noticed, today is the charity Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day, the bi-annual event in which people do stupid things and make themselves look like complete idiots in order to raise money for worthy projects in both Africa and the UK. In the evening, BBC1 has handed over [...]
Spot The Difference
“BETRAYED BY THIS LABOUR GOVERNMENT!” “Britain on Thursday approved the visit to the country of Hizbullah official Ibrahim Moussawi to address a seminar on political Islam at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.” “If you want the attention of this government, you need to threaten public disorder-and worse- on a huge [...]
Standing shoulder to shoulder against NI attacks
Thousands attend murder protests (BBC News) “They have come to show solidarity, I believe with, the police and to send a very clear message out to the people who killed Constable Stephen Carroll and the two soldiers that they do not represent them.” -Police Inspector John Burrows. Enough said.
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