Author Archives: Tim Ireland

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Anne Milton madness

A busy day for me tomorrow, but there’s some new stuff over at the Anne Milton weblog to tide you over.

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Tactical Voting: Backing Blair (updated advice)

Take a look at the changes we’ve made and why. SEE ALSO – Times – Shhh! It’s the Basil Fawlty election: We mocked the recent US elections but at least they enjoyed a debate centred on the single most important … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Marla Ruzicka

Independent – The senseless death of the woman who fought George Bush: If Marla was dedicated, she was probably also less concerned than she might have been about her safety. While the airport road on which she was travelling is … Continue reading

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The Sun rips off Rock The Vote II

The Scum – If you care… VOTE: Music stars were out in force yesterday to back The Sun’s Rock The Vote campaign. Coldplay’s Chris Martin, 28, said our move to get young people to have their say in the General … Continue reading

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The Job Search

Note – this is a very long post, and probably only of interest to the core-faithful. But curious passers-by are also welcome…

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Sedgefield ahoy!

Guardian – Sedgefield aide turns against Blair: An anti-war candidate standing against Tony Blair in Sedgefield won the backing of a senior Labour official in the prime minister’s constituency today. Dave Cattell, a Labour member for 30 years and a … Continue reading

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Liars, damn liars, and their statistics

ITV – Opinion polls put Labour in front Guardian – Opinion polls suggest Labour lead Bloomberg – Blair Leads Conservatives in Five Out of Five Polls Now, a few interesting nuggets for you… Independent – Revealed: Blair deal to hand … Continue reading

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Rock The Vote UK (proprietor: Rupert Murdoch)

The Scum – Rock The Vote UK: In January the world watched in awe as eight million Iraqis braved terrorist slaughter to take part in the country’s first general election for a lifetime. In some parts of the ravaged country, … Continue reading

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Stephen Coleman – the so-called ‘expert’

I tuned into Radio 4 this morning to hear a short piece during Broadcasting House on the subject of protest voting and weblogs. The ‘expert’ they wheeled out to speak about this was Professor Stephen Coleman, often touted as a … Continue reading

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Video IV now live

This pretty much fell out of my head today and – like Political Debate – it is not part of the scheduled range of videos. But it had to be said: Backing Blair IV – Drawing The Line

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