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peter mandelson | sarah palin | sir ian | cabinet | gordon brown Cameron: Tax Cuts Anyone?
KERRON CROSS - The Voice ...

Did you see Cameron's speech today? Let's look at the content in greater depth for a moment.Before Cameron came to the stage the Tories first rolled out a few PPCs to say, well, very little to the audience. Of course, they weren't actually their to ...

nintendo dsi | ds lite | gadgets | popular handheld | touch screen Latest Super Kid 4-Port U...
GadgetLite - Latest gadge...

What better way is there to teach your five-year old (geek to be) about what USB is than to use the Super Kid 4-Port USB Hub which looks much like a toy kid but just with flexible USB limbs! Ok, maybe not such a great idea, but the Super Kid 4-Port ...

general election | david jack | jack selected | trent north | next general Watch out Bournemouth Wes...
Anders Hanson

I supposed he was going to get selected eventually for somewhere, and finally it has happened.  Conor Burns, the Conservative candidate vanquished by Chris Huhne at the last General Election in Eastleigh, has finally found himself another constituen...

speed rail | heathrow | high speed | third runway | tories Tories Runaway from Runwa...
Transport Crucible . com

Ardent rail fan Christian Wolmar is perhaps an unlikely critic of the Tory plan to build a High-Speed rail link, HS2, between London and Leeds – instead of a third runway between London Heathrow Airport and the rest of the world. But Christian says ...

retired gurkhas | gurkhas win | high court | test case | group retired Gurkhas win right to stay...
Colin Ross News Stories

A group of retired Gurkhas fighting for the right to settle in Britain have won their immigration test case at London's High Court. They were challenging immigration rules which said that those who retired from the British Army before 1997 did not h...

government reshuffle | sion simon | quentin davies | skills minister | new minister In the small print of the...
Little's Log

With all the fuss about the return of the Prince of Darkness (isn't that one of the Harry Potter books? Maybe JK had more influence for her million than we thought) a few stories about life in the middle and junior ranks of the government have been ...

wall street | channel 4 | 700billion dollar | 4 news | women wall Priceless
Ten Percent

And now a news report with added comments from Archbishop Olly Garrke of the Church of the Free Market for your reading pleasure- Fears are mounting that many Wall Street banks and financial firms will refuse to participate in the US government̵...

zenit st | win | st petersburg | champions league | football Back In Black
Hail Gunners - "It's Gunn...

Arsene Wenger had demanded an ardent response from his team following the shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of Hull, and they delivered in irresistible fashion. Whatever was said on the training ground prior to the match by Le Boss appeared to work as A...

child poverty | end child | brink poverty | government | million children Keep The Promise, London,...
ecomonkey

From: Save The Children"What's blue and white but makes a noise like thunder? It's the sound of thousands of thunder sticks banging together at the UK's biggest ever event to end child poverty.We need you to help us make a noise so loud the governme...

school meals | free school | english opinion | snp | scottish government Something for nothing
Ideas of Civilisation

Well that was simple then. All Scottish school children will receive free school meals from now on, because the Scottish Government have said they can.The only downside is the minor problem of councils not having the money to pay for this, and the S...

october 2008 | 4th october | 3 october | springfield park | fair usage Students will move into f...
A blog for Finsbury Park

[from Islington Tribune] Islington Tribune - by TOM FOOT Published: 3 October 2008 Students will move into former factory A FORMER tonic wine factory in Finsbury Park is to be turned into a 56-bed student home. Councillors on east area pla...

jim murphy | reshuffle | scottish secretary | department food | new secretary Mandelson´s Return
Conor's Commentary

Mendoza, Argentina - Peter Mandelson´s return to the cabinet was on the front of the excellent English language Buenos Aires Herald this morning (though it was being ignored as is usual with UK politics on BBC World News) where we started a fortnigh...

yelland | bnp badge | greater manchester | mi5 computer | sun editor Guido Fawkes: Wrong About...
Chris Paul: Labour of Lov...

Guido Fawkes ran an apparently spoof Sky story about "David Yelland* to Number 10" more than four hours ago. Corrected by Adam Boulton within a few minutes. But not be Guido. * Former Sun editor.Still, there are some interesting comments there, incl...

snp activists | john prescott | john prescott's | former deputy | prescott's message UK Politics Gets Back To ...
KERRON CROSS - The Voice ...

You wait two and a bit months for an MP to arrive in Westminster and then 650 turn up at once.And so it was today, if you don't count the swarms of MPs dashing around Glenrothes ahead of the by-election, as the Honourable Members tore themselves aw...

nuclear attack | bbc | 1970s | wartime broadcasting | stay Those Were The Days
Ten Percent

BBC TRANSCIPT TO BE USED IN WAKE OF NUCLEAR ATTACK This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the dam...

royalty board | copyright royalty | itunes store | apple threatens | shut Apple threatens to shut d...
Latest news, sport, busin...

While we're on the subject of music royalty rates… Apple says it might pull the plug on its uber-popular iTunes store if the Copyright Royalty Board jacks up the amount it owes per track that it sells. Yep, the company made the "don't come near me o...

working class | locallife wolverhampton | class wolverhampton | class area | fourth most Why getting back our core...
New Direction

I'm not a fan of being told that I'm lurching, and certianly not a fan of being told that I'm retreating; particularly when this moniker applies because the label chucker in question lacks the fortitude or confidence in the election to suggest measu...

newcastle united | mike ashley | club | press conference | african consortium Newcastle United: Joe Kin...
Anorak News

ANORAK used to attend many football press conferences. The following is an edited transcript of Newcastle interim manager Joe Kinnear’s first official press conference yesterday, as provided by the Guardian: JK Which one is Simon Bird [Daily ...

gas emissions | greenhouse gas | cut | climate change | meat "Now what the fuck...
The Devil's Kitchen

... is this shit?" is a phrase that I seem increasingly prone to using because nothing else will do.So, via The Longrider, seriously, what the fuck is this shit?Consumers will have to satisfy themselves with four small portions of meat and one litre...

brideshead revisited | coronation street | revisited emma | photo hunter | masters giving Boris Johnson, David Came...
Liberal England

Prompted by the new film version, Peter Bradshaw writes about the effect of the 1980s television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited on a generation of young Tories:A whole generation of appalling 80s Oxbridge hoorays, culminating in the Bullingdon C...

global warming | climate | below 2°c | biden's comment | warming below Time to come to our sense...
An Englishman's Castle

Global warming: why cut one 3,000th of a degree? | Bjørn Lomborg - Times Online Britain's efforts to reduce the speed of global warming will cost huge sums of money and have a pitifully tiny effect ....The British Government estimates the cumulati...

robert peston | ten blogging | blogging commandments | evangelical alliance | guilty commandment The Ten Commandments of B...
KERRON CROSS - The Voice ...

Well done to the Evangelical Alliance for coming up with The Ten Blogging Commandments.I also like the idea that they are: "Based loosely on the real Ten Commandments from the Old Testament". (Very much in the same way that Titanic with Leonardo Di...

v biden | palin v | sarah palin's | biden open | tom harris Reshuffle (2): Tom Harris
peezedtee

Who knows what was in Gordon Brown's mind when he sacked Tom Harris from the government over the weekend: these things often seem unfathomable, with pretty useless people being promoted while manifest talent is left to rot on the back benches.  It w...

5 october | sunday 5 | eamonn morrisey | course flann | pint plain The Night of the Hunter a...
Brockley Central

The new film club at the Brockley Jack Theatre has got off to a great start, with an eclectic, but not too self-conscious choice of films.Gregor Murbach, who got the club up and running writes:Our next film, The Night of the Hunter, will be shown on...

guilty armed | oj simpson | las vegas | sports memorabilia | armed heist OJ’S CASES WEREN’T OPEN A...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT

So OJ Simpson has been found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery in Las Vegas. An all-white jury of nine women and three men unanimously found him guilty of all 12 charges after more than 13 continuous hours of deliberations, which started 13 ye...

paul newman | newman broadway | broadway theatres | curtain time | week aged Old blue eyes didn’t get…
Toxic Web

…his due yesterday. Having put up my usual Monday post about the ineptness of the Spurs board, management and players and then following that up with Moose finally winning his 20th I forgot to post about Paul Newman dying. One of the last grea...

nigel farage | interviewing nigel | farage later | splendid dan | question time Question time: open threa...
Liberal Democrat Voice

BBC1, 10.35pm Tonight’s edition comes from Birmingham (because the Beeb block-booked their hotel for the whole week presumably), so if you’re watching feel free to sound off in the comments thread. And if you’re not  watching, it&#...

internet blog | peter mullen | rev peter | homosexuals | slogan sodomy Nazi Scum Alive And Well ...
Walk This World With Me

I feel that members of a church headed by Her Majesty should show a little more decorum and not display arrogant, Nazi-lite tendencies . A supposed man of God has suggested a solution to the homosexual question..."Let us make it obligatory for homos...

pounds services | provide millions | fighting marginal | party breaking | electoral commission Tories did not break elec...
Peter Black AM

The decision by the Electoral Commission to clear the Conservative party of breaking electoral law by using a commercial company as a front to provide millions of pounds of services to Tories fighting marginal seats is no surprise. After all the Lab...

against barack | union leader | derail darfur | bashir warning | battlefield states End Of Part One
peezedtee

My mention in passing this morning of Brian Walden reminded me to look out this very funny clip from a now completely forgotten TV comedy show of the early 1980s called End Of Part One.To get the most out of this, you have to be old enough to rememb...

 

Church Noticeboards via Nunhead Ramblings October 3rd, 2008 at 16:28

image I've been to work today, my first day in for.....ooooh.....weeks. Needless to say I had 103 emails and they were nearly all, to my shame but also my great delight, containing jokes. This one had me cackling all to myself in a deserted waiting area - these are (apparently) all genuine errors found on church noticeboards.The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals-------------------------- The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.' -------------------------- Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. -------------------------- Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at some one who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to...

Sir Ian Blair To Resign via Anorak News October 2nd, 2008 at 15:34

Sir Ian Blair is expected to announce his resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner this afternoon - and step out on the path to celebrity… - Chenier Sir Ian Blair Teaches Amy Winehouse To Dry Out Ladies And Gentlemen, The Death Of Jean Charles De...

Late breaking conference news via The Croydonian October 2nd, 2008 at 13:30

Our man with his finger on the pulse of these things tells me that gay Tories are complaining furiously about Brum as a venue as they do not know the bar scene, whereas they know Brighton, Blackpool and Bournemouth inside out.One fellow was dischuffed at only finding a venue catering for ladies who like ladies, another was irked at only finding somewhere good five minutes shy of closing time and further moans noted the woeful lack of sleaze venues. On top of that, Stonewall let the side down by hosting a /dry/ lunchtime fringe event, thus making pulling a tad of struggle. A little light googling would seem to suggest that the gents who prefer gents could have made better use of the internet as a resource prior to, or indeed post, arrival in...

Calling it for McCain via Chicken Yoghurt October 1st, 2008 at 09:54

Oh sweet Jesus. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next vice president of the United States: It’s going to happen. Trust me. The next eight years are going to make the last eight years look like The West Wing. (Via Brisso)...

One of those days via Woolgathering October 1st, 2008 at 08:07

Up and at ‘em this morning and I had the bread rising by 7:30am. I am now showered and ready to begin my other baking. I have discovered that I have no milk for the spinning ladies’ tea/coffee and no time to go seek some. *sigh* I got up to find that the cats had discovered by...

Enjoy Sir Ian McKellen’s Mel Hutchwright again via Corrieblog September 29th, 2008 at 10:56

"Which of you charming ladies is Blanche Hunch?" From Shakespeare via Lord of the Rings, the great Sir Ian McKellen charms the Coronation Street bookclub in this great YouTube. All apart from Kev...

Crave TV: Asus Eee PC vs HP 2133 video via Crave at CNET UK September 27th, 2008 at 07:00

image Bet you've never wondered which netbook is best for attracting the ladies. That's what we're here for -- to answer the questions you never knew needed...

USB Gift Set for Ladies is exactly what it says via Coolest Gadgets September 23rd, 2008 at 18:04

image We have reported on a variety of USB related devices in the past, but I will have to admit that we have ignored the needs of the ladies. So, in order to show that equality amongst genders is still alive, I would like to proudly display the USB Gift Set For Ladies. As you can see, the USB Gift Set For Ladies is made with plenty of pink accessories. For example, it includes a Mini Vacuum Cleaner, a USB fan, a USB lighted mirror, and a USB Mood Light Pen Holder. I realize this may sound anti-feminist, I suppose that the USB lighted mirror is for checking the makeup. I suppose the fan is for keeping it cool, and the vacuum is for tiny dusty messes. I suppose that Barbie or Elle Woods from Legally Blonde would feel very comfortable with these USB accessories. I couldn’t help but...

Why You Should Never Ask for Help on teh Interwebs via GromBlog September 22nd, 2008 at 13:05

I've been laughing about this thread for ages as one of the main protagonists is a friend of mine (Hey Jimbo!). What I didn't realise is that it's been one of the biggest hits on Digg and Reddit this year!. So without further ado, Ladies and Genitalmen, Why you shouldn't ask for help on the...

Cell Phones Decrease Sperm Count [Digg] via Barnsley FC Blog: On the Ponty End September 19th, 2008 at 21:58

More bad news has broken out for us guys (and ladies who require us guys) regarding technology having an adverse effect on men’s sperm...

Should Ladies’ Nights in Bars Be Outlawed Because they Discriminate Against Men? via The Volokh Conspiracy September 19th, 2008 at 00:09

Columnist Steven Chapman has an interesting column arguing against claims that ladies night's in bars should be banned because they discriminate against...

Tory ladies via Conservative History Journal September 18th, 2008 at 16:26

The glamour of the Duchess of Devonshire has eclipsed a very important historical fact. She was not the only lady to have become involved in politics long before female suffrage had become a political fact. Nor were the Whigs the only ones to have powerful and influential political hostesses.Tory Historian is reading Diane Urguhart's "The Ladies of Londonderry", a history of that powerful family through the distaff side. The book follows the story for 150 years, from 1800 to 1959, by which time the role of the political hostess had diminished though had not disappeared completely.With women entering politics directly and, as it turned out, ready to rise to the very top, back-stage management seemed to be a little less important. Further reports of the book will...

“There is nothing so remote as the recent past” via The Croydonian September 18th, 2008 at 14:35

A promotional video for a maker of horrific sweaters for ladies. As found at...

Darts team ‘ejected from league over one-legged transsexual player’ via Nothing To Do With Arbroath September 18th, 2008 at 09:02

image A ladies darts team claim they were kicked out of a league because one of their players used to be a man. Melanie Partlow joined the side two years ago after a sex operation transformed her from a married forklift truck driver called Mick. One-legged Melanie, 57, a double top specialist, became a star and helped win several cups. But now Colliers B ladies have been axed from the Cheslyn Hay women’s league near Cannock, Staffs. Officials say it is because team members have used foul and abusive language during matches. But the players believe it is because opponents have complained about...

Endgame? via Love and Garbage September 16th, 2008 at 15:03

And according to the 3 pm news David Cairns has resigned as minister of state at the Scotland Office.Place your bets on Field Marshall Styre ladies and...

Gentlemen Toilet For Tranavestites And Scotsmen via Anorak News | Proud Of Britain: Being Proud Of Sir Alex Ferguson September 16th, 2008 at 11:19

image LADIES. Gentlemen. Scotsmen. Your toilet awaits… Spotter: Lisa...

The Libertarian Party moves… via The Devil's Kitchen September 14th, 2008 at 22:06

... and we are moving on, ladies and gentlemen; yes we are. We take with us those who realise that the Tories will be, substantially, no better than NuLabour (no matter what the alien-voters might say).We have sorted out some stuff, and now the party is ready to get jiggy with it. Basically you are with us, or you believe that socialism is great.Because here is the moral argument, ladies and gents: if you believe that your morals are superior to everyone else's, then carry on.If you believe that your morals are no better than anyone else's, then you are a libertarian and should join us.If you believe that you have some kind of moral superiority over everyone else, then go and join another party; but don't ever argue that you are a humanist: you are a totalitarian cunt.And the vast...

795 - The last face one for a while via Naked chicks on post-it notes September 14th, 2008 at 13:18

image Sketched from Boob GoddessI tried, oh how I tried, but no, I'm crap at drawing faces, it either ends up looking like the drawings of a six year old, or sketches from a zombie invasion.Ladies, I'm...

Helping The Force to Lose Weight with Lettuce (Ladies) via Fish and Chimps: PETA Europe's Blog September 11th, 2008 at 13:43

image The long distant image of 7 foot tall, staunch men called the British Constabulary has gone away it seems – some British bobby’s are getting so fat that they have to call for back-up if they need to transport more than one ‘crim’ in their cars for fear it will break the weight limit allowed whilst getting them back to HQ! I’m putting this down to too many bacon and sausage sandwiches – because they surely get enough exercise running around chasing bad guys all day. Now, this also happened Stateside too, firefighters and cops around the US have been blasted for being too overweight so our friends at PETA US sent round their lettuce ladies to educate the porky public servants with free Tofurkey® sandwiches and copies of the “Vegetarian Starter Kit” (you can nab PETA...

Another new “ladies” rugby site launches via Letchworth Girls' Rugby September 4th, 2008 at 14:08

Hot on the heels of Ladies Rugby (mentioned below) my attention has been drawn to another new site launched to fill the gaping chasm that is media coverage of women's rugby.UK Ladies Rugby confusingly also has the title "Ladies Rugby" as its masthead, but was obviously beaten to the URL by the earlier site. Leaving aside the touching inability to spell the word "England" at the top of the screen (like I should talk about spelling...) it is, I think, a rather more better designed offering and includes several resources that are (so far as I am aware) unavailable elsewhere - including a geographic database of English women's clubs, organised by name and by county.It is just adult clubs, but other than that its very impressive with details of addresses and leagues. I can't spot any obvious...

Seductive words via Splodge! September 2nd, 2008 at 10:55

image You too will find it difficult to understand how this eligible bachelor man has remained single for so long. With his fail safe seduction techniques how could he fail? I mean, ladies! Please form an orderly queue. If you want to find out more, click on the......

The girls of St Trinian’s via The Spicy Cauldron August 15th, 2008 at 09:45

When I let the hens have free range of the garden the other day, it was like a riot at St Trinian’s. They’re not ladies, they’re anarchists! Up the revolution! ShareThis...

Coronation Street weekly review, to 7 August via Corrieblog August 12th, 2008 at 17:00

image Dev had his choice of two lovely ladies this week. There was Lisa the accountant - attractive, single, maybe a tad dull. And Nina, whose "come hither" expression had been honed over many a Bollywood...

Naked Bonze, Silver and Gold Ladies: Champions of Animals via Fish and Chimps: PETA Europe's Blog August 4th, 2008 at 09:44

image Everyone loves a good Burberry protest, and there’s no exception for far-away lands like Hong Kong – check out these bronze, silver and gold naked ladies below! It’s just days before the Olympics kick-off in Beijing, so what better time to tell the world about Burberry’s use of fur. A huge proportion of the world’s fur products come from China, and Chinese fur farms are notoriously inhumane in how they treat their victims. No medal for you Burberry, or maybe just the boobie prize....

Dev has an affair with a Bollywood star! via Corrieblog July 22nd, 2008 at 12:30

image The Corner Shop Casanova has been quiet for too long, but we're about to see Dev back doing what he does best - romancing the...

Various Provocative Stances - A Treatise via Little Frigging in the Wold July 17th, 2008 at 16:52

I was once* inundated with a request to explain fully the Various Provocative Stances utilised by one’s undressed nubile young lady for such things as Indifferent Badger Procurement, and other related activities such as All-Nude Chicken Intriguing. So, after allowing a decent enough interval to elapse so that my interlocutor has in all probability got bored and wandered off to more accommodating alternatives to… er… whatever this is, I will now do my best to offer as little advice as I feel I can get away with. Of course, there are several specialist publications that deal with these stances in all the wide variations thereof and therein. These publications can often be found on the upper shelves of certain newsagents, and for the connoisseur they are also available by mail...

Who’s The Twenty-Seventh Prez Getting The Ladies To Do Everything He Says? via Moonlight Over Essex July 15th, 2008 at 10:22

See more funny videos and funny pictures on CollegeHumor This is the guy: Hat-tip : Andrew Sullivan...

The Chap Olympics via Nothing To Do With Arbroath July 14th, 2008 at 08:47

image Ladies and gentlemen gathered in London at the weekend for the ultimate sporting event for the elegant and unathletic - The Chap Olympics.Described for 'the perfectly dressed, under-achieving dandies with no interest in sport', the event is organised by The Chap Magazine.Events included 'Three-Trousered Limbo', where participants share enormous trousers and must wriggle under a pole and 'Bounders', where six cads approach six ladies and behave atrociously, with the winner being the recipient of the loudest slap.The Chap movement was created in 1999 by Hampstead-born Gustav Temple in an attempt to "stand against the horrible culture at the time" including lad's magazines and wearing too much sportswear.There are photo galleries here and here....

Gray O’Brien bracing himself for old lady attacks via Corrieblog July 1st, 2008 at 12:28

image "I'm not quite sure what it's going to be like walking down the street as Tony's actions get more sinister," says Gray O'Brien. "I might get attacked by old ladies with...

Spam This Just In: Scarlett Johansson is a Teutonic Clone!: “Hello dear ladies and gentlemen!I… via feeling listless June 30th, 2008 at 18:06

Spam This Just In: Scarlett Johansson is a Teutonic Clone!: “Hello dear ladies and gentlemen!I would like inform you that Scarlett Johansson (actress) actually is a clone from original person, who has nothing with acting career. That clone was created illegally by using stolen biological material. Original person is very nice (not damn sexy), most important—CHRISTIAN young lady!”...