Ignore me. I’m talking shite. More quality journalism from the BBC (cf From fact to headline: how the media distorts news): Headline: Brown ‘may not face leader vote’ Okay, so this presumably means that a) the other potential candidates are unlikely to stand or b) that if he is the only candidate he will be… Continue reading How elections work
Day: March 20, 2007
Boris Again
A point that I forgot to mention in my post about the Tories and the environment yesterday. Boris Johnson is quoted as saying: I associate road humps with the Liberal Democrats. I blame the Lib Dems for speed humps, which necessitate the need for 4x4s. It is an interesting causal link. The flaw in this… Continue reading Boris Again
Is racism Levy’s middle name?
Curious dead horse flogging from Lynne Featherstone yesterday, which I’m rebutting here in a vain attempt to stop yet another conspiracy theory gaining ground: But there is one point that has struck me as valid – why do we keep on being told Lord Levy’s middle name? It’s Abraham – and so telling us his… Continue reading Is racism Levy’s middle name?