The blogosphere appears to have rechristened Gordon Brown today after his speech to the Fabians on Saturday as a jelly bellied flag flapper. Interestingly, this idea appears to have spontaneously come from both Jonathan Calder and Dave Langford. Needless to say, ultimate credit goes to Rudyard Kipling.
Category: musings
How to spot when a journalist doesn’t know what he’s talking about
Shock! Horror! Could this be true? But it was Mark Oaten who made arguably the greatest impact with an appeal to rank-and-file party members dismayed at the treatment of Mr Kennedy. The home affairs spokesman said MPs had “let down” ordinary Liberal Democrats and should apologise for their show of disunity. Strange, that was the… Continue reading How to spot when a journalist doesn’t know what he’s talking about
The hustings – brief thoughts
Ming: good content, below par delivery. This election is Ming’s to lose. We know that when he is good he is very, very good, but it has been disappointing that he has been so tepid so far. Someone in his team needs to read him the riot act. Simon: if I didn’t have strong reservations… Continue reading The hustings – brief thoughts