A very funny exchange between Charles Shaar Murray and Cheryl Baker from Bucks Fizz in today’s Guardian about the Eurovision Song Contest, showing they have more in common than you’d think. Here’s a sample: CSM: I’ve been thinking about what it is about this oom-pah stuff, or its modern, glitzy equivalent, that I don’t like, […]
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Épater la bourgeoisie. Scare the rich and powerful until their pips squeak. That’s always been a healthy drive for anyone with a democratic bone under their flab, and one that turned me into a London punk back in the day. Another guiding principle is that no-one should be locked up for thought crimes. When you
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An illuminating piece from Robert Fisk summing up why Bin Laden was no longer a major influential figure on the world stage and could be dispensed with at last. This paragraph struck me as especially pertinent, raising important questions. But a court would have worried more people than Bin Laden. After all, he might have
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So, Obama finishes his hilarious speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by throwing down the head of Osama Bin Laden, saying, ‘Beat that, Donald’. The Mother of All Prizes, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed by Amurkin troops on this royal wedding weekend, ten years after 9/11. Following a massive intelligence effort, he was
A boy is arrested on the day of the royal wedding for possession of a pen. William and Catherine, this is what’s being done in your name. Thanks heavens we’re not in China. Another video showing democracy in action. All in all, a great weekend for burying bad news and getting away with murder. More
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Michael Corleone knew how to do it. We all knew that the royal wedding would provide an opportunity to bury bad news but this is a bit Old Testament. So it wasn’t just peaceful protesters and Zombie Flash Mobs who were smitten. Looks like NATO had bigger fish to fry under cover of the happy
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