Singapore threatens to sue internet dissenter . More links in the Guardian’s newsblog. Some links with background: From The Spill Over Ink: Blog Obituary: caustic.soda by AcidFlask From Singabloodypore: Singapore Blogger ‘Apologised Unreservedly’ To A*Star From From a Singapore Angle: Straits Times steps into the breech / TODAY tries again
One thing this election has shown me is the validity of the SNP’s argument for independence. The map is very blue down England-way, with the exception of the South West (Cornwall) and a few Uni towns (e.g. Southampton) being quite orange. So, if PR is brought in to the benefit of the Tories, as Jarndyce […]
Spent a pleasant afternoon sunning ourselves and reading the Sunday papers in the Botanics. Reading about the Cabinet reshuffle and ever-present Blair/Brown divide was depressing. It’s almost as if there was no election, and it’s business as usual. Scrapping behind the scenes. Blair as bullish as ever, and misinterpreting the message voters were sending (deliberately, […]
Some old news I’ve only just noticed. Police in Malaysia have proposed fingerprinting babies at birth. And the UK is worried about mere ID cards… I remember my prints being taken when I was 11. Even then I worried that someone could track my every trivial movement, dusting library books for prints and naming/shaming me […]
New post (continued from here) so that it’s dated accurately. 0007h: Pleasant conversation between Paxman and Blunkett. Neither are favourites of mine, so good show all round. And Ken Clark was amusing before. As always. Possibly one of the few Tories I can listen to without gagging. 0010h: The increased turn-out in Erewash has just […]
Very sad this… We’re playing bingo, using bingo cards from the Times. We have strict rules: it must be on BBC2’s coverage (David Dimbleby and friends on BBC2 Scotland, as BBC1 has been dedicated to Scottish news). No channel hopping to BBC1 or ITV purely to get words. 22-something: Plus point of GE2005… Kirsty Wark […]
I’m done with sitting on the fence. I’ve read Polly Toynbee’s appeal that left-thinkers should hold their noses and vote Labour, and Francis Beckett’s rebuttal. And from non-Guardian sources: blood & treasure, ellis sharp, harry’s place, guido fawkes, and chicken yoghurt. Many other pro or anti-Labour sources out there, but there’s a limit to how […]
Yet another election-related quiz: Vote by Issue. It’s not the most comprehensive quiz, with one statement from each party to summarise it’s best point about 10 of the hottest topics. It reflects most of my results from previous tests, with agreement with the Lib Dems on 8 issues, and Labour on 2. The only issue […]
The Public Whip has a detailed record of Mark Lazarowicz’s votes. To his credit, he voted against the declaration of war with Iraq, and supported a failed motion stating that “the case for war against Iraq has not yet been established, especially given the absence of specific United Nations authorisation“. That, however, is pretty much […]
What use is the gift of a pair of pandas when there are several hundred missiles pointing straight at you? Perhaps this goodwill gesture/PR grandstanding (delete according to level of cynicism) can be turned to Taiwan’s benefit. Surely China won’t fire on their own pandas… Background information: A chronology of recent events in Taiwan How […]
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