Author Archives: Tim Ireland
About Tim Ireland
Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.Proportional representation
Chicken Yoghurt – Listening and learning: Put away your petitions. This couldn’t have been put any clearer if Blair has stood outside Number 10 and said, “fuck you”. You can search for PR all you want in the long grass … Continue reading
ID Cards – what a bloody good idea they are
Register – ID cards technology is ready, says UK minister Silicon.com – ID cards: Biometrics work… sort of Now here’s the really good news… Independent – US wants to be able to access Britons’ ID cards: The United States wants … Continue reading
Busy? A bit…
I’m building some wonderful personal, professional and political stuff. Most of it will be ready within the next two weeks. Do hang in there. Oh, and here at last are the results of the Four-Letter-Word Competition.
Blair, Campbell and ‘astroturfing’
Guardian – How Labour used its election troops to fake popular support: In America, they call it ‘astroturfing’: the faking of grassroots support for a politician or a product whose popularity is on the slide. Now it emerges that a … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch and the caged monster in his underpants
Please excuse me as I rattle out a few links, mostly for my own reference: The front page of the Sun showing Saddam in his underpants Related article British tabloid publishes photos of detained Saddam U.S. Condemns Tabloid’s Use Of … Continue reading
New proxy blog
This one’s for Kate Hoey. I hope to be online a bit more from Monday onwards. Cheers all. PS – If you need something to keep you busy…
What are you doing this Saturday?
Demonstrate against the Uzbek massacres. Uzbek Embassy, London, 12 noon, Saturday 21st May 12 Noon – Saturday 21st May 2005 – Assemble at the Uzbek Embassy, 41 Holland Park Road, London W11 3RP
Poor Kylie
News of Kylie Minogue’s breast cancer tragedy preceded an item on the emerging body count in Uzbekistan on ITV news last night. That pleased me greatly. Today Kylie is on almost every front page and The Scum have close to … Continue reading
Teh Tom
Tom’s back. Comment spammers brought the site down *again*… and at a crucial time! We even renamed the comment file, but some enterprising chap saw fit to correct those details and sell his list afresh, resulting in Yet Another Automated … Continue reading
