Monthly Archives: January 2012

Tweet…A very comprehensive review from Mark Kermode on Simon Mayo’s Five Live show. Tweet This Post Tweet

Tweet…Not very good ultimately. The senility is not a particularly valid framework for a shallow cut and paste of the Thatcher life. …Ultimately disappointing and quite pathetic. One good performance when Thatcher lectures her cabinet around the time of the … Continue reading →

Tweet Jan Brewer, Arizona Governor, points her finger at President Obama when he arrived in Phoenix, Arizona. They had an exchange of views on Brewer’s description of Obama’s behaviour in her book, which has now, needless to say, climbed to … Continue reading →

TweetFirst of all, let’s get the facts straight. Stephen Hester has not been awarded a cash bonus. He has been awarded share options. These do not vest until March 2013 and March 2014 (50% for each date). So, OK, presumably … Continue reading →

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Tweet There’s a bit of passing cloud here, but generally it’s an excellent night for star-gazing. Via GoSkyWatch I have identified: The old faithfuls of Jupiter, Venus, the Moon (yes, even I can spot that), Capella and Belegeuse, plus Algol, … Continue reading →

TweetAt Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, David Cameron and Ed Miliband first clashed on the subject of economic growth (or, indeed, contraction). That entanglement was, more or less, a score draw. But Ed Miliband was much stronger during a later exchange … Continue reading →

TweetI have just received this mail from Vince Cable, trailing a speech by Nick Clegg later today. It seems the LibDem leadership are making a campaign out of getting tax cuts for low/middle earners into the budget – something that … Continue reading →

TweetHelena Kennedy had a killer fact on Today this morning. Just eight – eight – count them – 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 – UK cases were adjudicated upon by the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights last year. Their main concern is helping to … Continue reading →

TweetFather Christmas brought me a hat with earphones inside it. It’s ideal for running with. Today I used it for the first time and listened to Radio 2 as I did my normal three circuits of Stroud Green with our … Continue reading →

TweetPaddy Ashdown from last night’s Lords’ debate: …how is it right, morally or otherwise to deny child benefit to somebody on £26,000 a year when they get it on £80,000? The Guardian reports Robert Joyce, an economist at the Institute … Continue reading →

TweetIn case you missed this, it is likely to rank as one of the most dramatic ends to a front-running Presidential campaign in history. Before this RTE debate on 24th October last year, Sean Gallagher, standing as an Independent candidate, … Continue reading →

TweetIt is always good fun when right-wing Tories get all het up about Nick Clegg, fulminating that David Cameron should jolly well do something about it. Norman Tebbit provides today’s entertainment along these lines under the headline: Nick Clegg needs … Continue reading →

TweetA fascinating result from South Carolina. Newt Gingrich was expected to win yesterday’s primary there by a nose. But in the event he won by a mile – 40% against Romney’s 28%. The primary in Florida will be the crucial … Continue reading →

TweetOn the Andrew Marr Show, Nick Clegg strongly defends the £500 benefits cap while strongly supporting transitional arrangements. Tweet This Post Tweet

TweetThe Times leads today on Chris Huhne with Huhne under new pressure as police get wife’s emails. There’s not an awful lot of new information in the article (on the front page anyway) but it would appear that the smart … Continue reading →

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