by nabidana | Apr 29, 2009 | Hoons, politics
I was always warned about people with bogus smiles as a child. Whoever’s coaching Gordon Brown on how to look more human is clearly implicated in some elaborate practical joke; Brown smiles at precisely the wrong points throughout, and what is with the crazy...
by nabidana | Apr 24, 2009 | Hoons, politics
The post-budget polls begin to surface, and it’s a pretty nasty result if you happen to be a one-eyed caledonian dilletante playing at being Prime Minister. It’s probably a great day to be a prospective leader of the opposition such as Harriet Harperson...
by nabidana | Apr 24, 2009 | Hoons, politics
UnionistLite comments on his excellent blog that one solution to the troughing of Northern Ireland MPs might be, in part at least, the end of multiple mandate. He’s right, of course; I would extend that one person one mandate principle all the way down to...
by nabidana | Apr 19, 2009 | Hoons, politics, the interwebs, unstupidity
Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society speaking about Derek Draper: “If he has Labour’s interests at heart he must realise he can play no useful role.” Speaking about Labour List, the website currently hanging as a millstone around the Labour...
by nabidana | Apr 17, 2009 | Hoons, politics, the interwebs
From The Guardian’s wonderful ‘Lost in Showbiz’ Marina Hyde If memory serves, he also took issue with the description of himself as someone who would be familiar to “readers whose specialist subject is minor New Labour character actors,...
by nabidana | Apr 16, 2009 | Hoons, politics
Derek Draper has gone from official duties in the Labour Party*, partially due to pressure from the blogosphere, partially due to his own stupidity, and partially due to the fact he was always going to be found out as a moronic charlatan at some stage, even by Labour....
