This blog will not be regulated by Simon Palmer

This blog will not be regulated by Simon Palmer

A chap working within the PR field has weighed into the argument around regulation of blogs. The article in the Sunday Business Post was as tiresome to read as the website of the chap in question, to whom I shall henceforth refer as ‘Mr Republic’ The basic...

Turned off Twitter updates

Turned off the daily twitter digest.  I am painfully aware of how boring I am, I have no desire to inflict that across several aggregation technologies and blog readers.  In addition, thought I’d share this one: As part of the examinations for this year’s...
The Prime Mentalist

The Prime Mentalist

It’s not big and it’s not clever, and I know it’s not nice politics, and I know it’s taken out of context, but who couldn’t love his manic contrived attempts to appear human. I present, for your use, the Prime Mentalist. To give you an...

Speaker Michael Martin is a disgrace

At the end of Prime Minister’s Questions today, the Speaker called upon an MP to speak who was not on his feet, and who, when called, was clearly heard to say ‘that’s a surprise’. The question he asked was clearly a plant, and obviously a...

Just too many Irish players in the Lions squad

Alan Quinlan’s selection over Tom Croft to travel to South Africa  is a ridiculous decision, and one which will bite the Lions team in the ass in South Africa. Tom Croft showed his mettle during the Six Nations in a way that should have made the blind-side...