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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20
Can I ask our senior politicians to leave the past behind them and get on with teh future? Just a thought? # Off to church! # Social media is simply 'there' for people to use however they want – STOP PREACHING! http://j.mp/9IJ776 # #cmr kept up the pressure right to the end and looked really
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13
I'm lurgied – sniffly cold and the sore throat from Hell – last night's dreams were good, though! # RT @JimSymonds: Bad news for gardeners. Having Green fingers about to become a term of abuse. #comeonengland # RT @AlexGoodall: US Gov. reaction to BP needs to be compared to its reaction to Union Carbide (Bhopal)
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Google’s ‘mistake’ maps all UK WiFi networks…
Some weeks ago, a story broke about Google recording data about WiFi networks when they were wandering around taking family snapshots with their now infamous fleet of ‘Streetview’ cars. At the time, Google claimed that the information gathered was ‘accidental’ – that rang a few bells with quite a few techies. It’s alike me wandering
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06
RT @Iconic88: When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix # Hollyoaks jumps the shark, then does a double somersault over it! RT @RadShef: Er? http://bit.ly/b6yXNf # Sarah Palin is a twat. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/292916 #gulfoilspill #bp # Pretty lively thunder here in Sheffield! # RT @Twitter_Tips: Reminder:
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70 Years of get out clauses…
Early today Israeli Defence Forces attacked a convoy of ships carrying aid that were heading for Gaza. The details are sketchy; the IDF allegedly opened fire on the ships, wounding volunteers and damaging the vessels, and then boarded at least one ship. The IDF claim that they were attacked by people on the ships with
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When ‘ethics’ is a county in the south of England
There’s an old joke about politics – politicians are people who think that: Ethics is a county in the south of England Morals are paintings on plaster Scruples is the Russian currency Unfortunately it seems that this joke is rapidly becoming a reality – within 48 hours we’ve had two Chief Secretaries to the Treasury
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30
The Political Classes still don't understand – we, the people, come not to praise David Laws, but to bury him as one who has defrauded us. # England did not deserve that result – Japan should have won 2-0 IMO. Not an auspicious end to the pre-World Cup campaign. # Got a lot to do
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Why I’m fucking furious with David Laws….
A little history. One of the reasons why there has been radical political change in the UK in the last year is that the British people have finally started getting truly fed up with MPs on the ‘gravy train’ who seem to prosper whilst the rest of the country goes down the plughole. Until 2006,
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23
Having slept on it, I was harsh on ITV's 'The Prisoner' – a little time to dwell on it and it makes MUCH more sense – will watch again! # Apparently the 'Purple in the Peace Gardens' demo about democracy has been blocked from the Peace Gardens by SYP. Irony…. # Finished watching the ITV