Monthly Archives: September 2011

Tweet photo credit: jurvetson With the death of Anwar al Awlaki, it’s clear that, whatever doldrums the US economy dawdles in, President Obama has been a massive success in executing the “War on terror”. On The Dish, Andrew Sullivan puts … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: markhillary Isn’t it reassuring that David Cameron’s British Bill of Human Rights would include (if E.Pickles has his way) the basic human right to have weekly bin collections? Three cheers,copies of the Daily Mail and heads in … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: michael pollak On the lunchtime news, I was watching members of the German Bundestag voting for the bailout fund reform. Lots of MPs were putting their voting cards into a ballot box. But, standing just next to … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: Carly Fiorina from 南宮博士 I couldn’t find anything on the web about this, so thought I would raise this point. It does seem quite extraordinary that Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina have crossed paths from opposite directions. … Continue reading →

TweetThat’s the title of a Radio 2 programme which looks at The Story of Pick of the Pops, which is celebrating it’s fiftieth anniversary this week. It’s a great show, introduced by Sir Tim Rice, and is available here on … Continue reading →

TweetThat was the subject of a discussion on the BBC Radio Berkshire Andrew Peach breakfast show on Monday morning. It involved all the usual comments about Twitter: I don’t see the point of telling people what you’re eating and I … Continue reading →

TweetHis nose is just sinking below the water in the polls, but there is no cry to deleader Ed Miliband. Could it be because there are 3.5 years to go before an election? -That’s due to the fixed term parliament change. … Continue reading →

TweetThis comes hot on the heels of a Republican debate audience cheering the prospect of an uninsured man dying. Salon has the full story here. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetCross-posted from Liberal Democrat Voice Many years ago I knew Tom Baldwin when he was a cub reporter on my local newspaper. He is now Ed Miliband’s chief communications guru. He’s a smart cookie, so I am surprised that Baldwin … Continue reading →

TweetIt’s “I Giorni” by Ludovico Einaudi – here below on YouTube: Wonderful isn’t it? – Not to be confused with “River flows in you” (From the “Twilight” soundtrack) by Yiruma, which is similar but different: Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetPa-pa-papa-paaa….Now it’s time for icecream, or maybe some nuts…I’ll be your dog…. If you’re over about 45 you’ll remember all this. First the 1970s Pearl and Dean intro and then a few minutes of intermission advert nostalgia from the 70s … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: Jim Linwood You’ve got until 12th October to feed your four pennethworth into the government’s proposals for House of Lords reform. That’s the deadline for the official Parliamentary consultation into the future of the House of Lords. … Continue reading →

TweetIn the course of reprising a Rupert Holmes song, Fraser Macpherson recalls: I go back far enough to remember Steve Wright on Radio 1! Now he’s started me off. This is a bit like the Monty Python Three Northerners sketch. I … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: ChicagoGeek I have been reading a few excellent posts on Ed Miliband’s proposal regarding university funding or “tuition fees” as it is called in, arguably inaccurate, shorthand. Graeme Cowie on Predictable Paradox has put together an excellent … Continue reading →

TweetThis is a fantastic speech (below on YouTube) from Sir Menzies Campbell. He said: I don’t believe that any Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords could live with himself or herself if they do anything other than fully … Continue reading →

Tweet photo credit: Liberal Democrats I couldn’t resist indulging in this. I saw it via Stephen Tall on LibDemVoice, but it’s been covered all over the shop. Paul Richards has a post on LabourList entitled ‘A snivelling, venal, ruthless social … Continue reading →

TweetIt’s all good fun in the Republican Presidential candidate race. Last June, Governor Rick Perry was polling behind Barack Obama in his own state of Texas (yes, Texas!). I kid you not. But now he is leading the pack in … Continue reading →