There’s all sorts of questions being asked about whether Andy Coulson was aware of phone tapping being carried out by journalists working for him when he was editor of the News of the World. (more…)
Have social media resulted in ‘conversations’ which are so small, they’re not actually conversations at all?
Rick of Flip Chart Fairy Tales thinks this can happen, especially if Twitter is the chosen mode of communication. He quotes from Mitch Joel’s blog on The End Of Conversation In Social Media in support of his case: (more…)
‘Women, in London, are more affected by cuts to pensions and housing benefits than men’, a new report published today by mayoral hopeful Ken Livingstone has revealed.
The document showed that women will pay for an astonishing 66% of the planned cuts in London.
And the report also revealed that women who work in the public sector will also come under threat from the planned cuts. This is especially important as they represent some 65% of the public sector workforce in London. (more…)
Like many others, I’m sad to see that former Liberal MP Cyril Smith passed away today at the age of 82.
He certainly didn’t fit the beard and sandalled hippy liberal stereotype with his views in favour of the death penalty. He wasn’t afraid to be himself and stand up for what he believed in. We don’t have enough real characters like him in politics these days. (more…)
As Guido Fawkes points out, making a Florence aqnd the Machine gag along the way, the cutsey pics of the newest Downing Street resident are bound to fill the front pages tomorrow, jostling for space amongst the ads for free “Speak Esperanto” CD roms etc – aaaahhh. However here’s one that captures the political moment best that you won’t be choking over your cornflakes to. (more…)
No not a post about the so-called Ultimate Big Brother (no George Galloway and not a Jackson family member in sight… pah!) but instead a link to Channel 4′s Labour leadership debate where all 5 candidates locked horns with John Snow on Tuesday. If you were one of the 1.8 million glued to BBC2 where Tony Blair was facing Andrew Marr in an extended extended plug/ self-justification/ mea cupla for his memoirs, watch it via Labourlist here. (more…)
Congratulations to Dundee’s Cllr Fraser MacPherson on breaking into the Total Politics Top 10 Councillor Blogs with a 7 place rise to number 9. It’s a great achievement and shows how popular his blog has come throughout the UK. (more…)
Well not him, exactly, his book.
I was amused last night by this group on Facebook who has suggested that those of us who are no great fans of our ex PM should take his memoirs on a wee journey (see what I did there?) from the biography section to the crime section of bookshops. (more…)
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