Category Archives: The Political Weblog Movement
Meanwhile…
Sorry to interrupt the eerie silence, but Iain’s latest CiF article comparing David Cameron to Barack Obama prompted this comment from me and I wanted to share. [Yes, I’m aware of the multiple absurdities of Iain’s article, but I’m trying … Continue reading
Let’s probe some padded expenses!
Paul Staines (aka ‘Guido Fawkes) – Sunday Sleaze Special : Tom Watson: Last year Watson pocketed his £60,000 salary and his parliamentary expenses amounted to £150,000-plus – bringing his total package to £211,000 – making him the 73rd highest claiming … Continue reading
Neil Clark: how to waste public money by trying to keep your personal mistakes private
Via Richard Bartholomew (
OMFG! EXCLUSIVE!!: New Idea blows Prince Harry’s cover while Matt Drudge claims the exclusive and compounds the error
By now you’re all aware that Prince Harry has been fighting in Afghanistan (gunning down other human beings in much the same way that most normal people do) and that there was an agreement for it not be reported by … Continue reading
Joseph Obi and bits and bobs
Yesterday (27 Feb), Joseph Chikelue Obi uploaded these nude(!) photos of himself on Flickr [sfw], presenting them as a slide show via one of his many, many domain names. One can only assume that this is part of the PR … Continue reading
Thought Crime night at the Manifesto Club
Via Poons and Justin: Paul Staines (aka ‘Guido Fawkes’) will be speaking at the Manifesto Club tonight as ‘a supporter of free speech’. I had a question about an outgoing fella with a colourful past who lived and worked in … Continue reading
Paul Staines: And we’re done.
It’s 4pm. And we’re done. [This post will get bigger in a bit.] UPDATE (4:30pm) Paul Staines (aka ‘Guido Fawkes’) was told to put up or shut up… and he chose the latter option. Didn’t stop Dizzy from trying to … Continue reading
Paul Staines: let’s play ball!
OK, here we are for the second half. Please keep in mind that it may be much shorter than the first…. 1. Paul Staines used the servers of MessageSpace to host copyrighted material that he had no legal right to. … Continue reading
Please stand by
Half-time is over and we’re about to enter the second half… here’s your warm-up exercise: Via Poons; Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation.
A poor show from the Guardian
As I noted on Thursday, yes, there was some hostility in the many, many responses to the first and only entry in Max Gogerty’s short-lived travel blog for the Guardian… but reading Andy Pietrasik’s response and this editorial follow-up from … Continue reading
