Monthly Archives: February 2005
Blogs: reality, illusion and potential
Iain Duncan Smith – Bloggers will rescue the right: …Britain hasn’t yet had much experience of electronic campaigning. But the blogosphere will become a force in Britain, and it could ignite many new forces of conservatism. The internet’s automatic level … Continue reading
Former ambassador to go head-to-head with Straw
Independent – A UK diplomat says Britain is part of a worldwide torture plot. Is he telling the truth?: Craig Murray is a very undiplomatic diplomat. Former ambassadors are supposed to be tending their flowers in Home Counties gardens, but … Continue reading
Man to marry horse: update
Oh, I say! UPDATE – This week’s B3ta challenges you to find/create a new sport for the upper classes now fox hunting has been banned. My official entry is here. Also, the latest newsletter is out and the paid link … Continue reading
Backing Blair – constituency updates
The Backing Blair constituency pages have been updated: In some cases, where good arguments have been made by people in the constituency concerned, the Tactical Voting advice has been changed to reflect more realistic opportunities. So, for example, if Labour … Continue reading
What really, really matters
Guardian – Papers reveal Bagram abuse: New evidence has emerged that US forces in Afghanistan engaged in widespread Abu Ghraib-style abuse, taking “trophy photographs” of detainees and carrying out rape and sexual humiliation. Documents obtained by the Guardian contain evidence … Continue reading
The possible need to state the bleeding obvious
OK, quick show of hands. Who here doesn’t understand what ‘Jim Doyle’ is up to? UPDATE – I just left this comment on the site. It was deleted within minutes: “Jim, we’ve explained this in public, and we’ve explained it … Continue reading
Energy to burn
Tut. Tut. Tut. Why can’t they spend their time doing sometime *constructive*? Do none of these people have jobs? (And so on and so forth.) PS – Libyans! Run for it, Marty!
Is Gareth Davies a Labour stooge?
Unless you suffer from severe short-term memory loss, you’re likely to remember this post from yesterday identifying a Bloggerheads visitor that appeared to be viewing the site from inside Labour HQ. The person using this IP address visited again yesterday. … Continue reading
UK sliding towards police state shock
I am amazed that this appeared in a Murdoch newspaper… Simon Jenkins – Conspiring in torture, betraying our freedom. Charles Clarke is a disaster: Neither the Prime Minister nor the Home Secretary have shown any contrition for the deceptive Iraq … Continue reading
Girl with boobs has ‘opinion’ #342
Today, Page 3 lovely Peta (18, from Essex) backs Tony Blair’s call for Ken Livingstone to apologise over his ‘anti-Jewish’ remarks (Boris Johnson, BTW, has a slightly different view). She says: “I found his comments totally abhorrent. As Mayor of … Continue reading
