Guardian Readers burn Tim Leunig in effigy. Press, politico and blog reaction to the Policy Exchange’s Cities Unlimited report has been quite extraordinary. The Guardian today was particularly wretched, producing a big special article extolling the North (if you really think it’s so great, why did you leave Manchester then?) and quoting David Cameron extensively… Continue reading Is it okay to hate Tim Leunig?
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Tim Leunig: “unworkable, unreasonable and perhaps plain barmy”? (UPDATE)
The Guardian is getting itself into a lather attacking the “Tories’ favourite thinktank” for suggesting that Northern towns are failures. What they don’t report is that the pamphlet in question is co-written by the Lib Dems’ own Tim Leunig. The summary of the pamphlet does indeed sound quite provocative. The idea that people should simply… Continue reading Tim Leunig: “unworkable, unreasonable and perhaps plain barmy”? (UPDATE)
Was Madeleine McCann a giant? Or was she abducted by midgets?
The problem with all this CCTV footage purporting to show Madeleine McCann in Brussels (no doubt as part of an EU plot), is that for a five year old she seems remarkably tall. Is it just me or does the child in the footage look about eight?