Author Archives: Tim Ireland
About Tim Ireland
Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.Competence and consequence
The Times – MI5 knew of bomber’s plan for holy war: Britain’s top spies knew that the ringleader of the London bombers was planning to fight for Al-Qaeda more than a year before the July 7 suicide attacks, security sources … Continue reading
“Our legal advice is that Mark Oaten is not a paedophile.”
Guido – Its The Pod What Did It: Wednesday night, a few drinks, a digital recorder, Guido and a drunken Monkey. A beta podcast for a select few emailed on Thursday. Those of you who heard the podcast will know … Continue reading
Opportunities
Only 2 days left on the Bloggerheads advertising auction. With a low reserve and 30,000 impressions from 20,000 unique visitors up for grabs, a bargain goes begging. If your budget won’t stretch this far, you may instead consider advertising on … Continue reading
Attention to detail
Independent – Westminster ‘misled’ over CIA torture flights: Pressure over the use of British airports for secret CIA torture flights increased dramatically yesterday after it emerged that a Foreign Office minister misled Parliament over a meeting between the UN and … Continue reading
“Excuse me, would you mind watching my kids?”
Independent – Fury as police file children’s DNA: The Government last night came under fire from MPs and civil liberties campaigners after it emerged that the DNA profiles of 24,000 children who have never been charged or convicted of an … Continue reading
Free Wally
Appropriate responses to the death of an innocent mammal (tick one): [ ] Sadness [ ] Sadness tempered with a sense of inevitability [ ] Sadness tempered with a sense of priorities [ ] “Hang on, there might be a … Continue reading
Reasons to be fearful
The Scum – Poll shows anxious Britain: Modern living is causing a culture of fear in Britain today, a shock new poll of Sun readers reveals. You worry more about CRIME, HEALTH and MONEY than you did 15 years ago. … Continue reading
Exciting new thing
I noticed that the NOTW site has a bit of a ‘fish-wrapper’ thing going on, so have set up a new weblog that will post/preserve one NOTW article per week and invite comment. I expect it’ll get shot down pretty … Continue reading
Spot the twat
BBC – Oaten resigns over rent boy claim: Former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger Mark Oaten has stood down as the party’s home affairs spokesman over an alleged affair with a rent boy. Mr Oaten released a statement apologising for the … Continue reading
