Archive for the “Politics” Category

Update – Paul Staines has confirmed his desire that innocents and children be killed wantonly in the comments.
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A bit of an old one here but you can read about the travels, or is it travails, of Boris Johnson here on Dave Hill’s blog.

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Oooh! and now look. Osborne facing an inquiry by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner into aspects of his expenses claims.

Oh God, not another face-swap…..

Charlie Brooker covers most of it here.

I thought the BBC was bad (no pun intended) but I reckon Sky’s abysmal wall-to-off-the-wall coverage must make even their journalists red-faced. Highlights included what the Wimbledon players thought of Michael Jackson’s death.

A short-term gain in ratings made while sacrificing long-term credibility.

BTW – I may have to rebuild/fix main computer this week and/or next. Posting may be even more erratic than recently.

Full story over at Liberal Conspiracy and the real video can be seen at Don’t Panic Online.
Proper video shenanigans soon and a few pics before that – although I must admit to being a bit slow to get off the mark since returning from my long weekend.

Just back from Scotland yesterday and will start working in earnest tomorrow.
To pass the time, why not try the MPs’ Expenses Crossword. Don’t scroll too far down as the answers are posted below the clues.

Andrew Gilligan leaves London Evening Standard, joins Daily Telegraph.

And his dream came true (And his dream came true)
Quite unexpectedly
So Gilly Gilly, out of favour, packs it in, joins Boris at The T

Apologies to Max Bygraves fans (if anyone remembers the song).

Update : Adam from Torytroll has found the song on YouTube.