Author Archives: Tim Ireland

About Tim Ireland

Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.

More politics for adults

David Miliband’s inclusion of certain right-wing blog-cheats and spammers on his blogroll (see here and here) should be seen for what it is; a desperate attempt at street-cred. Miliband is not a genuine political blogger. Not because he has his … Continue reading

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While we’re all paying attention…

Guardian – Brown v Cameron – exclusive poll puts Labour 13 points adrift Remember, this is because the Conservatives offer a viable alternative to New Labour… it has nothing to do with certain Tories being opportunistic, two-faced bastards. (*ahem*) Still … Continue reading

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Something to chew on…

Pickled Politics – Iain Dale, Guido Fawkes and the Smith Institute

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Here’s one for your lawyers, Paul…

“Guido will provide evidence of the Sith’s wrongdoing, but he intends to protect his sources as well.” – Paul Staines (aka Guy/Guido Fawkes) I want to ignore the spin for a moment and ask a simple question; Do you really … Continue reading

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I may wish to express this audio-visually…

… so this might take a while. Potential beta-testers, please stand-by…. and be prepared to present your papers. PS – La-la-laa… la-la-laaa… SIDEBAR – Well, bring on the big guns, why don’t you? I’ll be back later (when Paul has … Continue reading

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“We are politically neutral…”

The Daily – Just say “no” to 18 Doughty Street I’m going to be lazy here and assume that there is no formal link between Iain Dale and MessageSpace and 18 Doughty Street paid the full going rate for these … Continue reading

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—– Original Message —– From: “a” [nospam@connectfree.co.uk] To: Manic Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:44 AM Subject: Bloggerheads > Mr. Ireland – You placed a petition on a Number 10 website that the Prime > Minister “stand on his head … Continue reading

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With love from me to you

Greetings all. ‘Guido Fawkes’: You’re probably champing away at the bit and waiting for a key development today, but you’re going to have to wait a day longer, I’m afraid. For today, I’m in a holding pattern, and wish mainly … Continue reading

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Politics for adults

The UK Today – It isn’t that simple: One thing that has become apparent during the recent blog spat is the tendency of right-leaning bloggers, astroturfers and sock puppets to take a massively simplistic view of peoples motives. pete – … Continue reading

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I’m a what now?

I’m looking forward to an answer to this. I’ve also (finally) been promised a video copy of Caroline Hunt’s ‘rant’ on 18ToryStreet. PS – A good point, well made. Remember; these are the same people who scream “Nu Lab astro-turfer!” … Continue reading

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