Peter Hain has been banging on again about the Labour supporters who don’t feel they can vote for the Labour Party this time. Quoted in yesterday’s Observer he says. There’s now a kind of dinner party critics who quaff shiraz or chardonnay and just sneeringly say, “You are no different from the Tories”,’ he said.… Continue reading Peter Hain Talks Nonsense
Author: Dave Cross
Tim Rice on Climate Change
Tim Rice was a guest on today’s Breakfast with Frost. He was asked to pick interesting stories from today’s papers. One story he chose concerned the fact that Death Valley has had so much rain recently that it now has vegetation and wildlife for the first time for ages. This led to a brief discussion… Continue reading Tim Rice on Climate Change
H2G2 Review
Fan, journalist and Douglas Adams biographer MJ Simpson saw a preview version of the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy film. His review shows that he really didn’t like it.
Was Pope Coverage Too Much?
Interesting (and reasonably well hidden) page on the BBC news site where they admit that the number of complaints they have had about their wall to wall coverage of the Pope’s death has “swamped” the amount of praise they have recieved for it. Head of TV news Roger Mosey has answered some of the complaints… Continue reading Was Pope Coverage Too Much?
Times Election Blog
The Times are slowly staggering into the 21st century. They have introduced an Election Blog (which they’ve quaintly decided to call a “log” not a “blog”) but they have forgotten to include any RSS feeds of the posts. What use is a blog without an RSS feed? If I can’t read it at Bloglines then… Continue reading Times Election Blog
Labour Defection
Stephen Wilkinson seems like a sensible chap. Stephen Wilkinson, who until yesterday was Labour’s candidate for Ribble Valley and a Labour member of Lancashire county council, said he had become disillusioned with Tony Blair’s “increasingly authoritarian” party. He criticised the government’s anti-terror legislation and the “illegal war” in Iraq and said the Labour government had… Continue reading Labour Defection
Backing Blair Campaign Truck
Backing Blair have raised enough money to get their first campaign truck on the road. It’ll be appearing at various places in London during the day. Excellent timing too, that it’s on the day that the election is called.
Blowing Into Computers
I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon blowing into various rubber tubes that were connected to computers. This was my first appointment being treated as an outpatient at St George’s Hospital. I visited the “Lung Function Clinic” which is where they run all sorts of tests to determine how well your lungs are working.… Continue reading Blowing Into Computers
John Paul II
Whilst you’re reading all of the tributes to John Paul II that will inevitably appear over the next few days, it’s worth bearing in mind a few things. Over the twenty-seven years of his reign this pope has wasted no opportunity to reinforce the catholic church’s medieval views on contraception, abortion, euthanasia and homosexuality. Probably… Continue reading John Paul II
Dr Who Quits After One Series
Slightly misleading headline in today’s Sun (there’s a surprise!) as they claim that “Dr Who Quits After One Episode” (no idea how permanent that link will be). It’s true that Christopher Eccleston has said he doesn’t want to make another series of Doctor Who and it’s also true that only one episode of the current… Continue reading Dr Who Quits After One Series