Author Archives: Tim Ireland
About Tim Ireland
Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.Taking away your right to protest
Guardian – Protest as harassment: The measures that the government claims are meant to stop fake butlers breaking into royal palaces and to prevent the lone anti-war protester Brian Haw from camping on the pavement in Parliament Square (125-135) also … Continue reading
Slaps and slappers
This is rather predictable and sad, but it needs to be blogged for the archives… Today, Page 3 stunna Katie (19, from Liverpool) ‘thinks’ it’s a terrible the Queen won’t be attending Prince Charles’ wedding and ‘reckons’ it is a … Continue reading
Backing Blair – getting trucks on the street
I want you to help me do this! I want a truck with big bloody posters on the side to go driving around London. I want it to do laps of Parliament Square. Again and again and again until the … Continue reading
An opposition? Where did that come from all of a sudden?
Independent – Clarke in final bid to win support for house arrest powers: Charles Clarke is to hold fresh talks with Opposition leaders tomorrow in a last-ditch attempt to win support for new powers to place terror suspects under house … Continue reading
Speaking of potential…
BritBlog Roundup proposed. Kind of like a semi-manual UK-specific Blogdex, perhaps? Test-run of sorts here. TheyWorkForYou.com has a bunch of new features as well. Go see.
Blogs: reality, illusion and potential
Iain Duncan Smith – Bloggers will rescue the right: …Britain hasn’t yet had much experience of electronic campaigning. But the blogosphere will become a force in Britain, and it could ignite many new forces of conservatism. The internet’s automatic level … Continue reading
Former ambassador to go head-to-head with Straw
Independent – A UK diplomat says Britain is part of a worldwide torture plot. Is he telling the truth?: Craig Murray is a very undiplomatic diplomat. Former ambassadors are supposed to be tending their flowers in Home Counties gardens, but … Continue reading
Man to marry horse: update
Oh, I say! UPDATE – This week’s B3ta challenges you to find/create a new sport for the upper classes now fox hunting has been banned. My official entry is here. Also, the latest newsletter is out and the paid link … Continue reading
Backing Blair – constituency updates
The Backing Blair constituency pages have been updated: In some cases, where good arguments have been made by people in the constituency concerned, the Tactical Voting advice has been changed to reflect more realistic opportunities. So, for example, if Labour … Continue reading
