Tom Hurndall’s mother, Jocelyn, has written a book, Defy the Stars, about Tom’s death and the difficulties she had in dealing with the IDF, the Israeli government and the UK government. It can be purchased from Amazon and there is a write-up in The Guardian.
I covered the Tom Hurndall story, with all its twists [...]

Have a go here. I managed 110. If you want the complete list, click here.
My answers were: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, [...]

You can see Guido Fawkes unsuccessfully take on Michael White on Newsnight here at 31′58”.
Guido digs himself a large hole and then jumps into it. Michael White ‘exposed’ Paul De Laire Staines as the man behind Guido Fawkes. Tim Ireland did it a while ago pretty comprehensively and there was someone before that. It shows [...]

Stumbling and Mumbling and Vino talk about whether punishment is a deterrent. If a rational calculus is being used, as Chris Dillow of Stumbling and Mumbling does at one point, you also have to assess the expected benefit of the crime. This shows that a lot of crimes are irrational as there isn’t any expected [...]

Despite his appearing anonymously and without being able to see his face, Michael White just blew him out of the water on live, national TV by announcing that Guido Fawkes is Paul Staines.
More later. Michael White is tearing him into little bits.
I love you Michael White.
xD.

Kelvin Hopkins MP has set up an EDM, signed by 34 people to date, that points out what I said in a draft post on Lords reform – 163 MPs, 155 taking the Labour whip, voted for a unicameral system. I wrote (but didn’t post, and I know how that looks):
I believe that the best [...]

I tuned into this halfway through, unfortunately, because it looked rather good. Michael Gove came across pretty poorly as a PR man refusing to answer questions while trying not to look like it when he actually had a pretty good reason not to give a firm answer on tax cuts three years hence. Hopefully, it [...]

A few additions to the blogroll in no particular order…
Jon Cruddas
Tom Watson
Chicken Yoghurt
Stroppy Blog
Ministry of Truth
Wedding Photography Blog
Digital Photography School Blog
Homeless Camera Adventure
But sadly The Daily, along with LSE SU Comms, are going.
xD.

Further to McJobs, I wandered past a McDonalds. Inside was a poster advertising McJobs with the caption ‘McProspects’. I am trying to track down a copy of the poster. Just for comedy value, it’s great. Await outraged musings from Matt Sinclair as he defends McDonalds by saying that they’re only as bad as other shit [...]

No, really. His argument is:

East London is poor
East London has people in it who don’t speak any or good English
Labour always said that means testing reduced take-up
Labour ministers have said that community problems come from not being able to speak English
You have to pay for English language classes

I’m sorry I can’t write a more eloquent [...]