A couple of weeks ago, a certain Kevin McCloud decided that the secret to Britain’s housing problems might lie in the slums of Mumbai. In doing so, he conveniently overlooked horrendous poverty, disease and child labour, managing to elevate a living situation that no one would choose to an inspiration.
This week is even better. Homelessness [...]
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No Taste
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Left Coalition for General Election
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was the first blog to make this information publicly available, but later that same day the Socialist Party came out with a statement on their involvement in an electoral coalition formed entirely behind doors…
There will definitely be a left coalition at the next general election. It’s going to be called the Trade Unionist [...]
No thanks, I don’t want to live in a slum
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I don’t think I could manage a regular "idiot of the week" type post (or what Stroppy at Stroppyblog would call a Friday Fuckwit). There are too many idiots/fuckwits in the world. Far too much choice.
This week, however, a certain Kevin McCloud would undoubtedly be a finalist in any stupidity contest. The smug advert for his upcoming [...]
New Year’s Honours List
Posted in NHS, iraq, police, royal family on January 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The latest New Year Honours once again reflects the great and the good of society. On January 1st 979 people, the usual hodgepodge of senior civil servants, ageing rock stars (Status Quo in this case) and people who have campaigned against carrier bags woke up with some extra letters before or after their names. With [...]
The real Tories
Posted in Conservative Party, Uncategorized on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I might just be starting to appreciate Daniel Hannan and his newfound status as the proverbial thorn in the side of David Cameron’s “cuddly Conservatives”. Hannan is brilliant, utterly superb at exposing the Tories for the nasty little men we know and hate. One week Hannan’s climbing into bed with the American far-right, breaking the [...]
This is no time for sleeping, woman!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged women on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t help but think that the advertisement for the Garnier Eye Roll On (a sort of caffeinated metal chapstick for eyes) neatly sums up the role women are expected to fulfill in our society. It is, the advert quotes, “the next best thing to sleep”.
The next best thing to sleep.
Well ain’t that just [...]
Would you vote?
Posted in afghanistan on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Would you vote if your thumb was going to be stained with indelible ink, effectively making you an easy target to the Taliban fighters who had threatened to cut that same ink-stained thumb off?
No you bloody wouldn’t.
Channel 4 has some disturbing footage of the Taliban holding prisoners who they claim to be election campaigners.
Hazel Blears and the Deathly Hollows
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has anyone else noticed that Hazel Blears and Professor Dolores Umbridge are clearly the same person? Did she really think a couple of bottles of extra-strength ginger hair dye would be enough to fool the discerning general public?
In her Hogwarts days Posing as a muggle cabinet minister
Poverty Boss on £1m Salary
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just when you thought the media couldn’t possibly find any more parasitic executives, dining on fois gras and gold nuggets at the expense of the rest of us mere mortals, there emerged a certain Richard Laing, the multi-million pound man behind a government initiative ostensibly aimed at eradicating poverty. The irony. You can read more [...]
From Hackney to Qatar
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This blog has covered the story of Adrian Swain, NUT rep and Permanent Revolution Supporter, who was fired from his London school for wearing trainers. Adrian’s plight has received a lot of media attention, appearing in the East London Advertiser, the Guardian and on BBC news. It was even covered by the Daily Mail. [...]
