Sounds terribly exciting, doesn’t it? Images of a top-secret hideout, something like Dr. Strangelove, named after a dangerous animal, poised and ready to strike come up. Unfortunately, it only stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A. It’s a room with lots of telephone lines. It’s not something for Sky News to get all breathless about.
xD.

I’m watching BBC News 24’s coverage of the bomb that failed to go off on Haymarket. There is, it would seem, no other news going on anywhere in the world. The regular updates on the quarter-hour aren’t happening.
Now, if this were a large story or lots of things were happening or there was new information [...]

Leader of the Commons – Harriet HarmanChief Whip – Geoff HoonLeader of the Lords – Neil Kinnock
xD.

Well, there’s a post title that won’t attract many people. It is, though, a serious question. Instapundit, via Matt Sinclair, raises the interesting point that, according to the US Constitution, the Vice President would preside over their own impeachment in the Senate. I made this comment:
…This is a good example of something I’ve been thinking [...]

Quentin Davies, MP for Margaret Thatcher’s hometown of Grantham and Stamford, has defected to the Labour party. More on the BBC News website. In a letter to Dave Cameron, Davies said that the Conservative party “appears to me to have ceased collectively to believe in anything, or to stand for anything”.
Davies isn’t massively high-profile, but [...]

Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera, but walking through St James’ Park yesterday, I had the sheer delight of seeing a police band playing (I think) a Souza march. The sun was shining; the birds were flying; the tourists were somewhat confused; and the whole thing was wonderful in every way.
It is part of a [...]

Well, congratulations to Harriet Harman on winning the Labour deputy leadership and commiserations to everyone else. Looking at the results, it’s pretty clear that Jon Cruddas’ votes transferred to Harriet in the last redistribution, narrowly pushing her past the winning post. Jon Cruddas’ clear call at the Newsnight hustings to put Harriet as second preference, [...]

As people who know me IRL will know, I usually wear a hat and there are pictures of some of my hats that change with each page load at the top of the blog. I’ve decided it’s time for a new hat and I want to know what people think. I’m probably going to splash [...]

Gordon Brown has, it would seem, approached various Lib Dems with a view to joining the Government in some capacity, possible at the Cabinet table. The story was broken, I think, by the Guardian this morning. I can’t help but think that this might be the first shot in a coalition negotiation in case the [...]

“do i have to pack a bag when i go to court for sentencing”
“glass outlets in yeovil”
“why did david cole die?”
I can confirm that reports of my death have been grossly overstated.
All from the Tracksy widget I have on my blog.
xD.