Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Sep 11th, 2008
The politics of many countries is often unfathomable, even to people who live there. Sometimes it takes an outsider to see things too close one’s nose, or, as in this case, someone who has lived elsewhere and learned to see from an outside perspective. This is the best explanation of something that has baffled me [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 9th, 2008
It will be an interesting week politically in these islands. The Labour government looks set to lose a vote on Wednesday on detaining terrorist suspects for up to 42 days.
On Thursday the Irish, alone, about 1% of the EU’s population, will vote in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Traditionally, the Irish have been more pro [...]
Posted in Misc on Apr 1st, 2008
According to The Times the greatest hoaxer ever was Horace de Vere Cole. Its own summary of his career makes only a discreet allusion to something shocking he did in public with a cow’s udder but you can read the gory details in the Dictionary of National Biography (link above). Compared to Horace the rest [...]
Posted in Misc on Dec 4th, 2007
There’s a very funny post on Guido Fawke’s blog about Sean Connery’s shocks.
Actually, there are several laughs. Mishter Bond shplashing Mish Craig, Harman the umbrella thief and more. I can’t remember when British politics was last so entertaining. I saw a fine cartoon yesterday of a Labour Advent calendar, with a new crisis for each [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 28th, 2007
Gordon Brown is in a hell of a mess says the Torygraph. They would say that wouldn’t they, but it turns out the rest of press thinks so too. Unsurprisingly, The Guardian and The Times and The Independent all have stories about the “donationsgate” scandal that will, it seems, soon be a criminal matter. Talk [...]
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