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Demonising Tories…or anyone…is so last century…
Now that the smoke of battle (and confusion) of General Election 2010 has cleared and we have a Coalition Government that hasn’t yet been proven to be the spawn of Beelzebub, can I make a suggestion that demonising anyone in politics – even Tories – is not a good move? Twenty five years ago, during
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4 Lions – when does bad taste become dark humour?
Back in January 2009, there was a little article in The Guardian referring to thefunding of a film by Chris Morris by FilmFour, the film production arm of Channel 4. The film, “4 Lions”, has now been produced and released to mixed reviews, some of which will have undeniably been influenced by the subject matter
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16
Doing some Python Bioinformatics today – finally making a wee bit of use of my degree after a couple of decades… #fb # Off to church! # I'm getting all Wagnerian for Saturday evening – the overture for Tannhauser is brilliant! #fb # By heck – either I'm on a roll or I've missed something
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
Pouring petrol…. RT @StarSparkle_UK: We're waiting now for some smoke to appear above no.10… – does anyone know where Gordon is? 😀 # You've had 13 years – don't come crawling now you've lost. RT @UKLabourParty: Please retweet if you want Proportional Representation # RT @iaindale: If Norman Tebbit can't say anything helpful why can't
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The farce of the 2010 General Election
Less than 2 hours after the closing of the Polls in the UK’s General Election, it’s clear that there have been some cock-ups in the logistical management of the election that makes most developing world elections look like the Acme of organisation. Let’s face it – this is THE most important election for probably probably 20 years –
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Don’t Panic! A Very British Coup or a Terribly British Compromise?
Over the last few days there’s been some very strange stories emerging and then submerging again in the UK Media – the General Election has made the silly season come early this years. One story about a prospective Tory candidate has been apparently blocked with a gagging order, and another story about a possible car
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Earth calling Tim Cook…
There’s a scene in Monty Python’s ‘The Life of Brian’ in which a character asks ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ This is then followed by a host of other characters giving many useful things that the Romans HAVE provided for the people of Palestine. I was reminded of this sketch when I
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Please vote positively, and then plan for the future…
The little grey cells are still going through the mill here at Pritchard Towers as I try and work out who it is I’m going to be voting for on Thursday morning. Actually, I’ll be voting twice – local election and General Election – and it’s probably safe to say that I’ll vote for different
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When slogans are not enough
I was 18 years old in 1979; people of a certain age will remember that year as being the start of the ‘Thatcher Years’ – the start of 11 years of Tory Government that was characterised by radical right wing policies, many originating from the Chicago School of Monetarism, jingoistic manipulation of the electorate in
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Mrs Duffy, the PM, and what politicians REALLY think of the voter…
For a senior politician to be filmed ‘meeting the people’ is a feat of great courage that is fraught on all sides with danger. The voter may hate your guts, may egg you, may tell you things you don’t want to hear. And you know what? If you’re a smart politician you smile, listen, say