2016-03-19 18:53
From today's Daily Mail:David Cameron Pissed On My CornflakesDavid Cameron's rich, white constituents voiced their anger last night that he was spending time with poor, black people in Rwand… Read More
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Westminster politics and opinion - usually on tv programmes rather than matters of state - and all conducted with barely a thimble in sight.
2016-03-19 18:53
Twas a great weekend! Thank you Ken for getting the Tour to London and let's hope it comes to England again sometime (and that we don't have to wait 104 years for it to come back to London)… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This week I finally succumbed to the dawning realisation that I am not a very nice person. Many have known this for a long time but I'd been blissfully unaware of this until now. A few episo… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Following recent developments on the London Stock Exchange, this blog has been taken over by a private equity firm and will be subject to new management shortly. Regular underperfomance made… Read More
2007-06-01 14:39
Anyone who's ever heard Adam & Joe's dissection of the R-Kelly Trapped in the Closet dvd will know that Robert Kelly is a man who waxes in almost Dickensian scope about his, erm, dick (o… Read More
2007-05-17 10:01
So to the Institute of Education for the Deputy Leadership Hustings last night and here's my rundown, FWIW, of the performances of the runners and riders....Hazel Blears: She generally perfo… Read More
2007-05-14 17:07
In the deep, dark depths of Surrey, one man is fighting a lone battle for truth. Cllr David Pickles, Tory Councillor for Belmont (in Sutton Council), waged his honourable fight in a letter… Read More
2007-04-30 11:01
Beer on wine, feel fine. Wine on beer, feel queer.Whichever order you imbibe them in, it is cheap to drink alcoholic drinks in Parliament's bars. No news in that statement but the House of C… Read More
2007-04-26 15:01
In my MPs postbag today....An invite to my MP to attend the Credit Today Awards Dinner in May. Who says MPs don't live a life of pampered privilege and high-octane entertainment?The awards… Read More
2007-04-20 13:50
Down with the yoof on You-tubePip Scroobius offers a list of useful commandements to live by ('Thou shall not quote me happy").Check it (but don't wreck it...) here.Entertaining Lyrical geni… Read More
2007-04-04 16:14
I'm usually crap at updating my blog anyhow but I'll be away for a week now. I'm repeating my journey of last year and off to Nooorn Iiseland for the week.Have a good Easter (uprising)! Read More
2007-04-04 16:07
Abusing the freedom of the Easter Recess (and the absence from Westminster of my MP), I got myself down to the Tate Modern before work this morning and had a go on Carsten Holler's slides.Sk… Read More
2007-03-26 13:13
Juliette Jowitt's Observer article on population growth (and its linkage to climate change) got a reassuringly humanitarian response on the Observer's letters page yesterday. Colin Wells fro… Read More
2007-03-23 17:03
"We must build on our successes and make politics matter" says the Hazel for deputy (dawg) letter sent to our office today.The letter's addressed to the unsung heroes of the movement (that's… Read More
2007-03-23 15:26
"Madames et monsieurs, la prochaine gare est London Victoria..."Nigel Farage (that's the only time I'll be linking to the UKIP site) would be disgusted, no doubt, but on the Southern train s… Read More
2007-03-20 16:54
Iain Dale draws attention to the Today programme and this morning's piece on the current state of political journalism. Peter Oborne and Steve Richards were on to debate the issue (for all o… Read More
2007-03-20 11:13
News today of a genetically modified strain of malaria-resistant mosquito which offers the possibility that one of the world's deadliest diseases could be eradicated.But what is the possibil… Read More
2007-03-15 11:03
The House of Lords debated the subject of its own reform over the last two days and gave a pretty good indication of where the current House of Lords stands - somewhere in the 19th century.L… Read More
2007-03-09 10:58
Talking the plain sense for which she is reknown, The Rt Hon Member for Maidstone & The Weald yesterday:A chair is a piece of furnitiure. It is not a person. I am not a chair, because no… Read More
2007-03-05 12:46
Spotted on recent correspondence from the Member for Crosby:Claire Curtis-Thomas MP Ph.D BSc MBA CEng FIMechE FCGI FIEETyping that lot out on a regular basis would wear me out Read More
2007-03-02 14:43
Found in a bin by the Channel 4 HQ, the remaining pages of the transcript of Rory Bremner impersonating Gordon Brown in his telephone conversation with Margaret Beckett when she was Environ… Read More
2007-03-02 09:49
I am desperately trying to summon the intellect and patience to write something on the launch this week of the Hansard Society's 'Democracy and Political Parties' pamphlet but, until then, I… Read More
2007-02-23 17:40
I have just received a text. From my gym. It reads:“Hi, only 6 days left to get a FREE MONTHS [sic] membership if you refer a friend to cannons. Call now…”Lovefilm.com reg… Read More
2007-02-21 13:35
Being the culture-vulture that I am (it impresses the chicks, see), I went along to the 'Celebration of Auden' poetry reading at Westminster Abbey last night.Today sees the centenary of Aude… Read More
2007-02-15 15:02
In G2 today, Hannah Pool talks to Rageh Omaar about his new film 'Inside Iran'. Hannah notes that in the film Rageh is moved to describe Iran as Wonderland.Hannah Pool: "What about the more… Read More
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