by nabidana | Dec 9, 2009 | Hoons, politics
With the PBR in the UK and the Budget in Ireland, most of the readers of this blog consider themselves a little f**ked at the moment. But consider how f**ked these people...
by nabidana | Nov 18, 2009 | Europe, Hoons, politics, stupidity
Gordon Brown, the king of wishful thinking, has just made the Queen read out some drivel in the House of Lords. Here’s the draft he sent up to Buckingham Palace before it was fixed up by an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters. “My Government,...
by nabidana | Oct 21, 2009 | politics
This website is primarily about UK politics, and rarely forays into the politics of Ireland. There’s a simple enough reason for this; the blogger doesn’t feel that there’s a significantly developed school of political thought in Ireland with a...
by nabidana | Sep 18, 2009 | Europe, politics
I am no conspiracy theorist, as regular readers will be aware. I think planes flown by islamist terrorists brought down the twin towers, I don’t think US dollar bills are evidence of a freemason / Jewish plot to rule the world. But I do think the Irish...
by nabidana | Sep 15, 2009 | Hoons, politics, stupidity
Fiona Apple has a song, ‘Limp’ which, although directed at a former lover, might well be usefully directed at our old friend Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool, Mortgage Application and Passport Protocol. In the past, if Mandy gave a major policy speech, the...
by nabidana | Sep 3, 2009 | politics
The most amusing thing about the nascent referendum campaign in Ireland is the approach of the two sides. It’s not as oppositional at least in spirit as you might think. The Pro Lisbon lobby are smug. They got a second referendum, meaning they have lots of fun...