by nabidana | Apr 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
So, the first debate is over, and as widely predicted, Clegg won the air war convincingly, proving that a well thought-out campaign message means nothing as long as you’re not the leader of the Conservative or Labour parties. In my eyes, Cameron lost out by not...
by nabidana | Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dear Mr. Cameron, In common with many Labour MPs, I have been dismayed, shocked and angered, sexually aroused and then filled with self-loathing by your intervention yesterday (18/01/2010) on teaching. I must say, your appeal to the baser instincts of parents who...
by nabidana | Oct 2, 2009 | Europe
I had a protracted Twitter conversation with @ijclark last evening about Micha? Kaminski, the leader of the new anti-federalist European Parliamentary group. The main bone of contention seems to be the allegation that Mr. Kaminski is an anti-semite and, by extension,...
by nabidana | Aug 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Peter Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Lord of the Realm, used to be much better at the smear-and-run stuff. This week he’s seizing on the opportunity to attack Tory backbench MEP Daniel Hannan as some sort of crypto-racist and crypto-facist. Mandelson, the...
by nabidana | Jul 24, 2009 | Hoons, politics, stupidity
The Norwich North by-election result has been delivered: a coup de vote which in any normal political circumstances would have a frenzied party sprinting to redress the mistakes it made and listen harder to the electorate than ever before. Not this time. Instead,...