Monthly Archives: June 2008
The secret behind Operation Manticore
BBC – Protesters greet Bush’s UK visit AP – British police say up to 2,500 people show up to protest Bush and 25 arrested BBC – Three charged over Bush protests BBC – Brown and Bush in talks at No … Continue reading
Curfew!
Yesterday was the last day of my self-imposed curfew, and what did I do? I broke curfew! I surrendered to the demon drink after a couple of weeks, too. Like a total pansy. Tch. I throw myself on the mercy … Continue reading
“Found this spoon, sir!”
So I’m hanging around just outside a quieter edge of the security cordon and I watch two cops walk past, fresh from McDonalds with 8 cups of coffee… and a single McFlurry for one very special member of the team. … Continue reading
Davis + Murdoch, FTW.
Watch out. This could get silly.
[Operation Manticore] – an apology (in advance) as Bush visits London:
Independent – Campaigners accuse ministers over Bush visit: Anti-war campaigners have accused ministers of caving into American pressure by keeping protesters well away from a reception for George Bush in Downing Street tomorrow…. Scotland Yard said it had not banned … Continue reading
Iraqi employees: problem solved
The Times – Britain shamed as Iraqi interpreters are resettled in squalid tower blocks: The first Iraqi interpreters to be offered refuge in Britain are living in fear in squalid tower blocks in Glasgow, The Times has learnt. They complained … Continue reading
David Davis
So that was the weird shudder I felt on the Underground as I left Westminster early this afternoon; it was a thousand or so people directly above me turning around and saying “WTF?!” in near-unison. It’ll be interesting to see … Continue reading
Have you seen the state of Downing Street lately?
Let me tell you this for nothing; George W. Bush is unlikely to be ferried in through the front gate on Sunday: In fact, there are workmen busily removing scaffolding by the rear entrance today. The closure of Whitehall “for … Continue reading
Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick…..
Bush was ignored* in Germany and attracted a modest 1000 protestors in Rome. Here, authorities are taking no chances; Brown has to make nice with George ‘Warmonger’ Bush and already there are red faces and Brown stuff everywhere. About the … Continue reading
Brown plays with petrol for a piss-poor show of power
Brown can’t honestly expect 42 days to pass through the Lords. This was a bloody dangerous attempt at a show of power, with a pathetic result. There’s bound to be plenty of talk about the support from Northern Ireland that … Continue reading
