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Category: politics
Brian Sedgemore
Brian Sedgemore was my MP for a couple of years when I lived in Hackney in the mid-80s. He’s one of a small number of Labour MPs who still seem to understand what the Labour Party is supposed to stand for. He’s retiring at the end of this Parliament and last week he made what… Continue reading Brian Sedgemore
We Cannot Vote Labour
Gary Younge in today’s Guardian being as astute as ever. As the election approaches it is time for those of us who identify with Labour but find ourselves somewhere between disillusionment and disgust with the party to weigh strategy and morality and hopefully get our sums right. If the polls are right, the Labour party’s… Continue reading We Cannot Vote Labour
Ken vs the Olympics
It’s great having the new Daily Mail RSS feeds. I get huge amounts of illogical bigoted nonsense direct into my RSS reader. The latest headline asks Could Ken’s Nazi jibe scupper Olympic bid? Let’s hope so :) Update: Now they’re saying that Tony Blair has ordered Livingstone to apologise. Not sure what the point of… Continue reading Ken vs the Olympics
Backing Blair Site AWOL
It seems that the company hosting Backing Blair have taken the site down pending investigation of a complaint they have recieved. Nice to know that people have been taking notice of it. Update: It’s back now. Here’s the full story.
Know Your Place
And your place, if today’s newpapers are to be believed, is being totally awestruck by the magnanimity shown by the royals in letting us mere plebs know about their wedding plans. Honestly, it’s all over every paper. And it’s really of no interest at all to anyone with the slightest vestige of intelligence. Two middle-aged… Continue reading Know Your Place
Backing Blair Launches
The Backing Blair campaign has launched. Please visit the site and take a look at all the interesting things that are going on. Some interesting things to start with: Almost 100 MPs won’t be able to use their web sites during the election campaign Campaign video (in Flash) Operation Henman Cool posters And much more…… Continue reading Backing Blair Launches
Daily Mail vs Guildford Four
This may get a bit ranty. Please bear with me. The front page of todays Daily Mail is angry that Tony Blair apologised to the Guildford Four yesterday. They ask why he hasn’t apologised to the victims. The answer is surely obvious. He has nothing to apologise to the victims for. The men he apologised… Continue reading Daily Mail vs Guildford Four
Backing Blair
Just got back from the first meeting of that nice Mr. Ireland‘s new Meetup group. Many very interesting discussions ensued. More details in the next couple of days, but in the meantime, let’s all sing the London Underground song.
Project Martin
If Ben can have his top sekrit Project Marilyn then I can have my Project Martin. Tim says that it’s too late for MPs to get on the blogging bandwagon before the General Election, so I hope I’m not too late to introduce the Unofficial Martin Linton Weblog. (This is, of course, why the radio… Continue reading Project Martin