Category Archives: Politics

They’re not even elected yet…

Ah, the excitement of the Royal Mail “fee to pay” card… although tinged with annoyance, it’s still exciting, because the £1.30 surcharge makes it seem so IMPORTANT, SERIOUS and UNMISSABLE. We received two identical cards yesterday, informing us of the … Continue reading

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Michael Foot 1913-2010, Keith Alexander 1956-2010

Sorry to break the recent blog silence on a sad note, but two people I admire died yesterday, postponing my inevitable BBC-related burble. Now, Michael Foot is obviously the more well-known of the two, so there’s not much I can … Continue reading

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Ah, Mr Lunatic, here are the asylum keys…

Train firms seek longer contracts (BBC) That’d be the train firms who, despite the promise of £400m of our money over the next two years, still want to be allowed to run things their own way. The train firms who, … Continue reading

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But first on BBC1, some casual racism…

Just as I started writing about Nick Griffin’s controversial appearance on Question Time, I checked Twitter and saw this quote from Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News… @krishgm Anti-fascist protesters break into the BBC. Is it me or are people … Continue reading

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If elected, I will be lovely.

In one of those moments of sudden clarity, when the brain (well, my brain, anyway) spontaneously deconstructs some mundane truism or other, I wondered… Why are party conferences given so much coverage in the media? It’s a bunch of paid-up … Continue reading

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Probably my last word on the expenses scandal…

Although I can’t say I’m sorry to see the back of Hazel Blears, I’m slightly alarmed by the way the fall-out from the whole expenses scandal seems to be escalating into the realms of Completely Missing The Point. This isn’t … Continue reading

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In the post-sleaze world…

Back to the expenses abuses. I’m writing this before I read about Harriet Harman’s expenses reforms, so I’m fully expecting to be disappointed, but still… Basically, the ONLY solution I can see is to remove the opportunity for abuse. There … Continue reading

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Expenses/terrorism remixes

But before I write anything sensible, here’s something that made me laugh this morning… Average (UK) MP’s expenses cost taxpayer £118,000 Originally uploaded by Teacher Dude’s BBQ And here’s one I just made, recycling an old poster remix campaign (click … Continue reading

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The Troughlodytes in the Commons

In a shameful week for politicians, Commons Speaker Michael Martin is struggling with the concept of PR… Let me say that anyone who has looked at their own un-redacted information can see that the signatures of employees are exposed, that … Continue reading

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What are you doing now? TELL US!

File under “funny but actually really serious”, this is required reading for Facebook users… Statebook

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