The Sun is at it’s most vitriolic this morning, labelling the MPs who defeated the government as “traitors” on its front page. It goes on to claim that they ignored the wishes of the vast majority of Britons and humiliated Tony Blair. In a bizarre piece of reporting, it also says the “the limit was… Continue reading “Traitors”
Author: Dave Cross
On Further Reflection
Let’s look at it another way. Yes, we saw Tony Blair defeated for the first time. But they’ve managed to push through a doubling of the time that a suspect can be held without charge. That’s still pretty disgusting. Are there any “democratic” countries with a longer period? If I was feeling paranoid, I might… Continue reading On Further Reflection
A Good Day
It’s been a good day in politics. First I woke up to another email from that nice Charles Clarke about the Terrorism Bill. In it he said: Finally, I would like to apologise for the questionnaire which was attached to the message that I sent out to party supporters on Friday. It was not intended… Continue reading A Good Day
Terrorism Bill
Parliament will vote on the new Terrorism Bill this evening. If you want your MP to know how you feel on the issue then can I remind you of the very wonderful WriteToThem.com. And if you think your MP is likely to be swayed by the ridiculous claims made in the populist press then you… Continue reading Terrorism Bill
Recording TV
At home we still record TV the old-fashioned way – using video recorders. It’s all very 20th century and we should really think about updating our methods. Here are the things we’re considering. Buying a hard disk based system, Something like a Tivo. You can’t buy a new Tivo in the UK any more, but… Continue reading Recording TV
Hospital Again
I spent last night back in St George’s Hospital. Yesterday evening I started getting a bad pain in my stomach. It got so bad that at about 11pm my wife called an ambulance and they took me to A&E (my first ride in an ambulance!) Why do these things always happen at night? By the… Continue reading Hospital Again
Ask And You Shall Receive
A few days ago I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to see the series Dark Skies again. At the time I really had no reason to believe that I’d see it any time soon. Now I see that ITV 4 are showing it starting from this coming Monday. That’s what I call service!
EuroOSCON on the BBC
This week’s edition of the BBC programme Click Online contains a report about EuroOSCON. The transcript is here and the Real Audio stream is here. The programme is repeated a number of times on various BBC channels (mainly News 24) over the next couple of days. It’s the first report in the programme, but its… Continue reading EuroOSCON on the BBC
Rigging the Poll
Obviously running a bit scared following their one vote win in the recent terrorism bill debate, the government have decided to ask us for our views on fighting terrorism. Except, being “New Labour” they can’t bring themselves to ask a straight question that might get an answer that they don’t like. The key point in… Continue reading Rigging the Poll
Nasty Pop-ups
Regular readers will know that I dislike pop-up ads on web sites. But I hate the new breed of pop-up ads that go to the effort of breaking through pop-up blockers and insist on showing me pop-ups even though I have explicitly said that I don’t want to see them. You’ll also know that I… Continue reading Nasty Pop-ups