Taking the Rap - For Everything!
Monday, December 24th, 2007It’s been a quiet old week as the PM has vanished from the airwaves. This seems to me to have been a perfectly sensible tactic. If you turn up at every opportunity - commenting on almost everything - then you can’t be surprised if the heat is turned on when things go wrong. But I’m [...]
Spookily Quiet
Monday, December 17th, 2007It’s gone very quiet all of a sudden. Probably a very good thing. Let’s hope Gordon manages to get his day off. I wonder where Larry Whitty’s got to?
It’s That Barney Time of Year Again!
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Whatever you think of G.W. Bush you can’t help but be fascinated by his Christmas videos which - each year - feature Barney the dog.
If you haven’t watched any of tehse yet, then here is this year’s video
Make of it what you will. Bizarre it certainly is - especially when you realise that this happens [...]
The Net Gets Tighter
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Any Labour Party members could be forgiven for becoming quite desperate this morning as the Guardian shows just how Labour Party officials helped David Abrahams’ legal advisers create the covenants that past money to the Party through intermediaries.
It’s clear that things are going to get nastier still, yet I feel quite optimistic today. Why? We;; [...]
Bizarre Facebook
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007I don’t know about you but Facebook can be very annoying - it’s all of those barmy applications that drive me mad.
Somehow I seem to have accepted an application called ‘compare people’. This wonderful piece of coding asks people to give their friends various ratings; these are then displayed on your profile page.
Most of [...]
The Internationale
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Thanks to Bob Piper for seconding me an MP3 of the Red Army singing the Internationale (see below). But, Bob - you didn’t say what style you want the ring-tone in! Perhaps, I should take it that Bob wants a Red Army rendition! (He’s always been sentimental about the Soviet Union).
Still, during my research I’ve [...]
Party Treasurer’s Handbook
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Just in case you haven’t seen this, the Guardian has published a number of extracts from the Labour Party Treasurer’s Handbook 2005. Interesting reading - for example:
“Certain donation reporting failures can be criminal offences. Donation reports are closely followed by the media and minor mistakes can lead to major damage to the Party’s reputation;
“… party [...]
More Ringtones …
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Almost 100 of you have downloaded the Red Flag Ringtone. Hope you’re having fun with it. It feels like an act of defiance to play it at the moment, so unpopular are we at the moment!
I’m now thinking about my next two promised tones.
Jerusalem is on the way for political faint hearts - but [...]
Child Poverty
Monday, December 3rd, 2007This morning the Today programme led with a report into the state of Child Poverty here in the UK. The programme featured the annual report that the New Policy Institute compiles on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Just a reminder that this ground is covered in a Political Futures Podcast with Peter Kenway who [...]
The Man of Mystery
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I don’t know about you but I getting rapidly fed-upof Mr Abrahams. We’ve now had three days in which he has gone on the attack, giving major interviews to TV channels and to the broadsheets.
Mr Abrahams would have us believe that he is a simply victim of events, that this crisis is “more cock-up than [...]
