by nabidana | Sep 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
So in my previous post, I explained that some organisations were putting up really godawful posters for the Lisbon Treaty. And I think most people agree that very many of them are pretty substantially awe-inspiring. I was awfully inspired on a few of them to pull...
by nabidana | Sep 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Lisbon Treaty posters are a complete joke this year. The pro-Lisbon people are essentially trading on their obligations to their old friend Europe, and trading vague ambiguous slogans which often border on the extremely patronising. The anti-Lisbon side aren’t...
by nabidana | Aug 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
I don’t usually comment on Irish politics. It is, after all, their country, and they can do whatever they want to it. But the latest posters for the Lisbon Treaty Referendum, put up by the intensely nasty campaign group Cóir should ensure that this referendum...
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 | Aug 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
I think the scales have now effectively tipped against Labour, and that further wriggling will sink them further. I think their brand is irretrievably damaged and they need a cathartic change now if they are to survive the next election without a catastrophic split...
by nabidana | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
The NHS, and its sister organisations across the UK, are in dreadful shape. At best, a doctor would prescribe bed rest, at worst amputations. Waiting lists, overstressed doctors, Whitehall setting targets on the basis of focus group findings, and now the appointment...
