Author Archives: Tim Ireland

About Tim Ireland

Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.

Fear what is foreign, love what is new (and good for you, too)

Europhobia – Blair government – yet more bullshit scaremongering: Bunch of opportunistic bastards. This is precisely the sort of thing which leads to increased racial tension and suspicion. It’s irresponsible and cynical, designed merely to build support for a stupid … Continue reading

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The exclusion zone – a loophole

Will Brian Haw be the only person who is allowed to demonstrate in Parliament Square without prior permission?

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Wahhh! You’re making me look bad in front of Osama!

Please pardon the link-dump. I have to see a little man about a red-and-yellow car… Bush evokes 9/11 to bolster Iraq war Bush Criticized Over Speech About Iraq War President Bush’s Speech About Iraq Deception, Denial, and Demagoguery: Bush Speech … Continue reading

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Harry’s Place, Harry’s rules, Harry’s values

Harry is having a rough old time. He decided yesterday to propose a new regime of registration and banination, mainly because (in my view) he and his chums are having a hard time defending the indefensible. Now, there’s nowt wrong … Continue reading

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The very best intelligence

NBC – Bogus analysis led to terror alert in Dec 2003: CIA analysts mistakenly thought they’d discovered a mother lode of secret al-Qaida messages. They thought they had found secret messages on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic-language television news channel, hidden in … Continue reading

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Wow! Cake *and* ice-cream!

Vote? What vote? Oh, you needn’t worry about these silly little details. Look, kids! Fireworks! No, seriously. We just happened to schedule this when there was a ruddy great show on in Portsmouth Harbour. What are the odds, eh? Anyway, … Continue reading

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Big and hairy, big and scary

King Kong – the trailer! While you’re in a ‘big and hairy’ mood, Anna Nolan (you may remember her from BB1) has been doing a series of (ahem) interesting documentaries for BBC3 including this one on furries (it’s 40Mb; wide-pipers … Continue reading

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Bloggerheads 5th most-linked UK weblog

Again. Not bad, considering I had to almost double the number of inbound links just to maintain that position. Now all I have to do is earn it all over again. Something’s cooking…

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More cloves with your gin, Sir?

George W. Bush will appear on Teh Televisions tonight to assure us that all is well. The Iraq war is a vital and positive part of war on terror. We brought a ruthless dictator to heel. Pay no attention to … Continue reading

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Chat amongst ourselves

Associated Press – Friday 08 October 2004: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted Friday to wait until after next month’s election to discuss a report critical of the Bush administration’s civil rights record. Republican members had objected to the … Continue reading

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