Author Archives: Tim Ireland
About Tim Ireland
Tim is the sole author of Bloggerheads.Page 3: the book… at last!
Long-time readers of this blog will be familiar with my regular articles back in the day about the 2003 reinvention of Page 3 as a ‘political platform’ under that famously law-abiding editor, Rebekah Wade/Brooks. Well, recently, I decided to finally … Continue reading
Analysis of @UKLabour/@Conservatives Twitter output during #GE2017
(EARLIER: Word Clouds for Labour/Conservative party Twitter accounts during #GE2017) I write about politics and corruption and what have you, but when I’m not wearing my cape, I also do data analysis on keyword search data for SEO purposes and … Continue reading
Plan your vote… and get your pencils ready! #votingpencil
And lo, the Electoral Commission did convey their wisdom, saying unto the keepers of ballots: : 3.18 A ballot paper marked by means other than a pencil should not be rejected simply because of that. : source: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/87699/UKPE-doubtfuls-booklet.pdf It is … Continue reading
Word Clouds for Labour/Conservative party Twitter accounts during #GE2017
I thought it would be interesting to have a summary of what the major parties are saying on Twitter during #GE2017, so here’s what I did: For both @Conservatives and @UKLabour, I took all tweets & replies from every day … Continue reading
Cam Harris, the Fake News king of Maryland
If you’ve ever watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you may have wondered how Ferris financed his adventure (including fuel, tips, tickets to the baseball game and a very expensive lunch at a posh restaurant). Well, the original script and cut … Continue reading
Who censored David Davies’ Wikipedia profile anonymously?
[24 April 2017 – Someone’s still at it. See full update at end of post.] You may recall David Davies being in the news a few weeks back. Then again, you may not, and given the reason why he was … Continue reading
You’re my hero, Anthony Gilberthorpe
My name is John Chefetz. Or maybe Jay Chafetz. Or maybe neither of those things. Names aren’t important these days, even when you’re making allegations of statewide election fraud, so I fail to see why they should matter here. Seriously, … Continue reading
Cameron Harris publishes falsified evidence of alleged electoral fraud plot
MAJOR UPDATE (18 Jan 2017) – I have changed the headline to include the name of the person who invented this lie and then lied to me about it being an error by a staffer. Cameron Harris was today unmasked … Continue reading
Theresa May, the ‘nasty party’, and a path to kinder, gentler politics
“You know what some people call us: the nasty party.” – Theresa May, speech to the Conservative Conference, 2002 For more than a decade I’ve been publishing warnings about the dark places social media will take us when politicians do … Continue reading
The Conspiracy Song: lyrics and background
Today, I release the sixth and final music video from The Cautionary Campfire Songbook (Amazon (UK) | Amazon (US)), and the associated album produced in conjunction with Koit: Cautionary Campfire Songs (Amazon | Google Play | iTunes). Today’s lesson: Not … Continue reading
