The Queens Propaganda Speech
on Nov 17, 2009 in parliament Queen Nick Clegg new labour So the Queen shall be doing a party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party tomorrow. A government using the Speech for advantage ahead of an election isn't new, it stinks of desperation though. Nick Clegg has called for the speech to be ca...

Doctor Who - Waters Of Mars - Spoilers
on Nov 16, 2009 in Sci Fi review doctor who On the wonderfully named Bowie Base One, Captain Adelaide and her crew are manning the first human outpost on Mars. The Doctor turns up and is immediately concerned, it's the exact day that according to history, the base is destroyed in a self detona...

The Rise and Fall of New Labour
on Nov 15, 2009 in video scum WTF new labour The Wardman Wire have posted a video of Liberal Vision’s take on the rise and fall of New Labour. I'm quite surprised by how I felt after watching it, I didn't expect to be so angry and disgusted. Looking over my posts it shouldn't really be a surp...

UK Child Migrants - Government To Say Sorry
on Nov 15, 2009 in history gordon brown children I hadn't heard of this before today, hundreds of thousands of British children were deported to former colonies.The child immigration scheme, mainly organised by the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Nazareth, was intended to bring "pure white stoc...

Glasgow North East By Election - Result
on Nov 14, 2009 in Scotland new labour betting gordon brown politics by-election I lost my bet again, I would usually be humble in defeat, yet given the coverage of what a great victory it was and two losses in a row for me, it's starting to feel like a Brown stealth tax. I think I'll push decorum aside.It's not a vote of victory...

This Is a Non Party Political Message
on Nov 10, 2009 in video bloggers art animation me I feel I've neglected my blog and readers lately, with the combined effect of not a lot outraging me in the news, and politics in general being quite slow while work has been busy. I have in my spare time been working on a couple of personal projects...

Afghanistan Letter
on Nov 10, 2009 in newspaper Afghanistan gordon brown democracy Afghanistan is dominating the news right now, casting a long shadow over Downing St. For the second day running Browns "scrawled" letter is across the papers. I'm no fan of Brown, I like him about as much as I would like to get E.coli, yet the behavi...

Drug Advisers Resign - As Good As It Gets?
on Nov 1, 2009 in policy parliament news new labour drugs politics BanskyDr King and Marion Walker resigned today in protest over the sacking of Prof David Nutt. I'm glad they feel strongly enough about this to do so, as they're right to. Just as Alan Johnson says an advisor shouldn't step into the political field,...

Alan Johnson Sacks Drugs Adviser
on Oct 30, 2009 in law policy new labour drugs politics Alan Johnson became Alan Sugar today uttering the phase "you're fired!" at Professor David Nutt. What could he have done so badly to warrant this? He based his opinion on, dare I say it, scientific evidence before it goes through the New Labour washi...

MPs Kanye West Kelly's Expense Review
on Oct 28, 2009 in Sir Christopher Kelly expenses review If your not familiar with the joke linkYo Kelly. I'm really happy for you, I'm going to let you finish, but we had one of the best scams of all time.....