by nabidana | Sep 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
So occasionally, we try to balance things out. This is tough. At least with Cóir, we have a crazy extremist religious group to make fun of. The ‘Ireland for Europe’ campaign is as vacuous and meaning-free as any campaign I have ever seen. This leaves...
by nabidana | Sep 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
As we face in to the last rites for the Brown administration ( or ‘Labour Party Conference’ as they optimistically call it) , we should note that the Baroness Scotland incident is just indicative of the shower of arse we have in charge. Brown, the...
by nabidana | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
So, the rounds of makey-uppey posters have started doing the rounds. I intend to take part fully, and I’m starting with Cóir. Their posters are, frankly, no less accurate than these. I hope you’ll enjoy them. [nggallery id=7] A lawyer friend of mine with...
by nabidana | Sep 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Would you find it acceptable for teachers to ask children to write essays about Europe, in the middle of a referendum campaign, and reject the work if it was negative about the EU? Watch the general media space in Ireland in the next few days.
by nabidana | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Make no doubt about it, this was Gordon Brown’s last speech to the TUC as Prime Minister. In a dreadful speech, he finally committed his biggest U-turn ever. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7RQ0vXomKg
by nabidana | Sep 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
September 11, 2001. Was in a BBC studio, talking about the new university year. Got a text message from a friend, who knew it was a rum do, but whose text seemed to suggest an accident. Simultaneously, a researcher from the newsroom interrupted the interview. In the...
