Monthly Archives: February 2005
Do *you* have what it takes?
Please remember that this is only an intellectual exercise in constitutional contortion.
Backing Blair – joining and starting Meetup groups
The London Backing Blair group now has 25 members. There are 4 other groups taking shape around the country. Click here to see them all. Now, it may feel lonely at first, but unless you take the initiative and set … Continue reading
Eclectic link dump #8
Yes. Two in a row. Deal with it. Climate change: Someone’s blowing smoke to hide or compromise the science. Bush to Putin: “…the Russian government must renew a commitment to democracy and the rule of law.” Don’t say “Pffft!” yet…. … Continue reading
Eclectic link dump #7
Something to care about: Global blogger action day called Committee to Protect Bloggers Something to wish for: Doing kottke.org as a full-time job Something to not worry too much about: How to destroy the Earth Something to get worked up … Continue reading
Taking away your right to protest
Guardian – Protest as harassment: The measures that the government claims are meant to stop fake butlers breaking into royal palaces and to prevent the lone anti-war protester Brian Haw from camping on the pavement in Parliament Square (125-135) also … Continue reading
Slaps and slappers
This is rather predictable and sad, but it needs to be blogged for the archives… Today, Page 3 stunna Katie (19, from Liverpool) ‘thinks’ it’s a terrible the Queen won’t be attending Prince Charles’ wedding and ‘reckons’ it is a … Continue reading
Backing Blair – getting trucks on the street
I want you to help me do this! I want a truck with big bloody posters on the side to go driving around London. I want it to do laps of Parliament Square. Again and again and again until the … Continue reading
An opposition? Where did that come from all of a sudden?
Independent – Clarke in final bid to win support for house arrest powers: Charles Clarke is to hold fresh talks with Opposition leaders tomorrow in a last-ditch attempt to win support for new powers to place terror suspects under house … Continue reading
Speaking of potential…
BritBlog Roundup proposed. Kind of like a semi-manual UK-specific Blogdex, perhaps? Test-run of sorts here. TheyWorkForYou.com has a bunch of new features as well. Go see.
