The worst thing about this is not that Gordon Brown appeared on American Idol, it’s that he spent the whole broadcast doing that horrible new fake smile of his. Eeeargh! It gives me the willies.
Month: April 2008
My life as a member of the grasping classes
A blogger who shall remain nameless wrote on my Facebook wall on the day that my partner and I bought our new apartment: “Congratulations on joining the grasping classes! Pah.” Ouch. Over the last few months, the significance of this comment has started to sink in. On Friday for instance I was at a friend’s… Continue reading My life as a member of the grasping classes
NUS is full of Cnuts
I was amused last week to read that NUS’ decision to drop its opposition to tuition fees marked “the final decline in student radicalism” – we went way past that stage over a decade ago! Back when I was a student I remember the then president of NUS going round the country urging student unions… Continue reading NUS is full of Cnuts