Tag Archives: Gordon Brown
Miliblogging*
If it is true, as H. L. Mencken suggests, that ‘no-one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public’, perhaps it is equally true that no-one ever lost power in the UK by underestimating the stupidity of our … Continue reading
Filed under Minitrue
A good election to lose
There are still whole weeks to go and already my main thought when I consider the election is: make it stopmake it stopmake it stopmake it stopmake it stopmake it stopmake it stopmake it stop Slightly more than a week … Continue reading
Filed under Miniplenty
And they’re off…
Except it seems that this is going to be perhaps the most stupid election in history rather than ‘the most important one for a generation’ that we have been promised. By the time Sky News had followed every second of … Continue reading
Filed under Minitrue
Do it if you must, Labour, but make it quick
So the chickens might be coming home to roost for Gordon Brown. There I was, half-heartedly watching Andrew Marr on Sunday, when the great man himself appeared groaning on about something. It sounded like ‘…targets met… investment not cuts… we … Continue reading
Filed under Miniluv
No alternative
Quote from a ‘senior source’ talking about the latest expenses scandal: We were led up the garden path by Gordon. I have never known a prime minister to be heckled at a meeting of the parliamentary party as he was … Continue reading
Filed under Minipax
Wrong
Cartoon from the ever-excellent xkcd Ok, so I know I should know better than to bite. I know I should just move on. I am trying to, honest. There I was, innocently reading an eminently sensible and thought-provoking post by … Continue reading
Filed under Miniplenty
Pick a pocket or two
When the recession started last year, most British households cut their cloth accordingly. Reduced unnecessary outgoings, started to pay more off the credit cards and, despite rates that are the lowest since the Bank of England opened its doors, they … Continue reading
Filed under Miniplenty
News review
In other news this week, the Labour Party continued its efforts to ensure that the Conservatives win the next three General Elections. A Party spokesman was quoted as saying: “whatever you do, for fuck’s sake don’t vote for us” As … Continue reading
Filed under Minitrue
Riot of my own
There were riots in Northern Ireland earlier this month. As the news showed pictures of balaclava-wearing youths with petrol bombs in their hands, I thought ‘how old fashioned’ – as if this kind of thing had died out a long … Continue reading
Filed under Miniplenty
Bastards
You can look back to the thirties and forties and think how much easier it was then, when the bad guys wore the hooked cross so lusted over by the toffs and the good guys were the ones who were … Continue reading
Filed under Minipax
