Monthly Archives: June 2007

That Lowde matter

A report direct from Rachel here, an account and round-up from Davide here. The only thing I think I can add to the surrounding bloggage is that you should be wary of anyone trying to present this as a case … Continue reading

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The Thing is ‘dead’

A unexpected post-mortem edition of The Friday Thing just arrived in my Inbox, and what a pleasant surprise it was. Right there alongside a plug for Goodbye, Tony Blair was an excellent summary of Blair’s legacy… “Sadly, all of the … Continue reading

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Sorry, Gordon…

Tch… jobs for Straw and that waste of space Hoon. What a shame. I was looking forward to backing the PM for a change. Oh, and did everybody catch the bright idea that struck Lord Goldsmith as the door was … Continue reading

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This is The End, my friends….

27 June 2007 11am – 1pm: Downing St / Parliament Square Tomorrow, sometime after 11am, Tony Blair will be ferried from Downing Street for the last time as Prime Minister, on his way to his last PMQs at the helm … Continue reading

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Rings and bells

Unity has some lovely background on the latest Silver Ring Thing disturbance. You may also want to check out this old Bloggerheads post about Silver Ring Thing founder and director Denny Pattyn and this little item about their funding. UPDATE … Continue reading

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Brown’s first bitch-slapping

Told you so. Here we go, with helpful input from the lovely Mel and Becky: The ups and downs of the game within 48 hours. Rebekah Wade must be feeling frisky…

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Brownie points

The Times – Brown to allow Iraq protests: Gordon Brown is to make a symbolic gesture to critics of the Iraq war by allowing antiwar protesters to demonstrate and march outside parliament. This will reverse legislation introduced by Tony Blair … Continue reading

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And so ends a lovely Friday….

Goodbye, Tony Blair is currently the 3rd search result in YouTube for ‘Tony Blair’. Nothing beats the simple pleasure of a good search result. It’s fun to be calculated as relevant. :o)

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Emap honours my invoice

After I blogged that I’d been passed straight over to Emap’s lawyers, I called those lawyers (Wiggin) and was informed that I was, in fact, to expect an email from the picture editor for Zoo Weekly (i.e. the individual I … Continue reading

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Huzzah!

Goodbye, Tony Blair features in the latest B3ta newsletter. Oh, and is it just me, or do people of a rightward-leaning persuasion have trouble appreciating Part II?

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