Sweeney vs. the Scientologists
So John Sweeney has been ticked off for yelling at a scientologist, reports his former paper. One of the things I loved about Sweeney’s superb account of the 1997 election […]
Political happenings in the UK and abroad…
So John Sweeney has been ticked off for yelling at a scientologist, reports his former paper. One of the things I loved about Sweeney’s superb account of the 1997 election […]
The original political blogger, (ex-)defence minister Tom Watson has posted his dignified resignation letter, and the Prime Minister’s (I’m afraid to say) less dignified response on his blog. Having given […]
I was delighted when Michael O’Leary threatened to sue the government last week over their absurd security measures. No politician is going to criticise the new regime, because it will […]
The BBC are just reporting the sound stage used for Casino Royale has been completely destroyed in a fire. But is this the work of SMERSH or SPECTRE? A replica […]
Why do they have to put them on at once? Yesterday we had… England v. Portugal Murray v. Roddick and Cybermen v. Daleks (yes, the rumours were true!) [/spoiler] …and […]
Hull council, now under the control of the Lib Dems, have announced they will resume charging for the healthy school meals that were introduced as free in a pilot under […]
5 days ago the Universities and Colleges Union was formed, from the Association of University Teachers and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education. Today they ended […]
Is it for real this time ? Was it last time? Who, assuming this is now actually proved, did the proving?
As reported recently in the Guardian, the beach at Lyme Regis is being rebuilt. This is the last stage of work to prevent parts of the town slipping down the […]
A piano has been “discovered” on top of Ben Nevis. The Guardian is reporting it’s a mystery how it got there over 20 years ago. They link to the John […]
On the Five News before House last night, I saw the story of the pregnant 63 year old. Tonight at the pub I found I was drinking with someone who […]
I see from Wikipedia that I missed several more opportunities to be fooled yesterday. I must have been in the shower when Today announced that the UK Theme had been […]