We heard a final justification from Tony Blair, with George W Bush in the Rose Garden of the White House, for the Iraq War.
“I’ve taken a view that Britain should stand shoulder to shoulder with America after September the 11th. I have never deviated from that view, I do not regret that view,”
This seems [...]

Following on from last week’s PMQs, which I talked about here, I’ve come up with a rebuttal to all the (cheap, IMHO) points made by Cameron and, today, Hague about paralysis during Labour’s leadership election and calls for a leadership election.
The formal arrangements are that the Queen asks a member of the Commons (or, [...]

There’s still a lot to be angry about.
“I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a dessicated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself to be swayed by indignation.
“If he sees suffering, privation or injustice he must not allow it to move him, for that would be [...]

The Sun has issued its latest edict in the form of its Sun Says column. It starts with a hagiography of Brown before declaring:
For the first time, he will be pitted directly against David Cameron, the most popular Tory leader for 15 years. Both have plenty to prove between now and polling day.To the [...]

The BBC reports that a child in Australia has been given compensation for prolonged, severe bullying that the school authorities did nothing to prevent that may end up totalling in excess of A$1m (around £420,000).
Particularly galling are the comments from an education officer:
When she reported the abuse to the police and the school authorities, Mrs [...]

Gordon Brown has had a poll jump according to yesterday’s Observer. This is to be expected - people like new things - but unfortunately the Observer neglects to give its margins of error. A 3% rise could actually be static if there is a 1.5% margin either side. Still, I’m feeling pretty good about things.
If [...]

I went to the ever-wonderful Quinn’s in Camden on Friday night. The Quinns (the four of them) who run the place, and particularly Man Quinn, are serious about their beer and know them inside out. It’s worth going there just to try, though, L’Angelus, a blonde, unfiltered beer is one of the best I have [...]

How did we get 19 points? Well, 12 from Malta and seven from Ireland. I appreciate the fraternal greetings, but Scooch were shite. Utter rubbish. Sorry to Scooch, but sexual innuendo doesn’t translate and the entire gimmick was you were a bit like flight attendants. Britain never stood a chance. Having said that, the Irish [...]

The wonderful Swiss entry for Eurovision, DJ Bobo, with his Lordi rip off, Vampires Are Alive, has been knocked out of the contest at the semi-final. It had been predicted as a potential winner, but perhaps people see it as just a rip off.
How will Britain fare? The campness should help for Eurovision, but it’s [...]

My apologies to anyone who really couldn’t care less, but I want to set this down. This is a small blog, so this will be of little note to anyone, but I am removing my links to Guido Fawkes aka Paul Staines and to Iain Dale.
Paul Staines is dishonest. He has also allowed or encouraged [...]