It was interesting hearing Lord Goldsmith and Lord......(I can hardly say the word)........Carlile (there you are) debating the 42 days issue on Today this morning. Lord Carlile is an excellent champion of liberalism. So I therefore find it very difficult to fathom why I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him on these matters.
Lord Goldsmith is likely to feature very prominently in the Lords debate on this issue. Look at his CV. He is the longest serving Labour Attorney General ever. He was Attorney General from June 2001 to June 2007. So he was intimately involved in the aftermath of the 9-11 and 7-7 attacks and reviewed resultant cases in "real time" as "suspects" were detained and interviewed. With this first-hand experience, he opposes the 42 day limit on the basis of it being unnecessary and an assault on ancient freedoms.
I think Gordon Brown has met his match.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
"Grade A hypocrisy" from Tory Henley candidate
John Howell's biography on the web site of WriteAngle PR
Interesting. The Conservative candidate in Henley, John "Biggins" Howell, has been voicing off about protecting the countryside but now it transpires he earns money as "a consultant to the management team of Dialogue, a leading communications firm in the planning sector, and to Savills Hepher Dixon where he also provides communications and political lobbying consultancy on large and contentious land and property developments".
I notice that the motto of WriteAnglePR, for whom Mr Howell works, is "The art of persuasion". The firm's site boasts to potential clients, including company's interested in pursuing "large and contentious land and property developments":
Our brand of communications is all about persuasion … to your way of thinking.
It seems that Mr Howell is certainly taking the "art of persuasion" to a whole new level....
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Google chooses US Vice Presidential candidate
....Well sort of. Google should be very flattered. Their marketing department may, as we speak, be putting out an advert to take advantage of this comment from John McCain, quoted on Hotline:
John McCain stumping and raising cash today in Richmond joked about his method for vetting prospective veep candidates. Per pool press ...
"We're going through a process where you get a whole bunch of names, and ya ... Well, basically, it's a Google," McCain said. "You just, you know, what you can find out now on the Internet. It's remarkable, you know."
John McCain stumping and raising cash today in Richmond joked about his method for vetting prospective veep candidates. Per pool press ...
"We're going through a process where you get a whole bunch of names, and ya ... Well, basically, it's a Google," McCain said. "You just, you know, what you can find out now on the Internet. It's remarkable, you know."
Conservative Home: "The Henley campaign may not be as exciting as Crewe."
It's terrible isn't it? One wonders how all those Conservative "activists" can drag themselves to Henley.... The poor things. It's just not exciting enough for them.
Cameron's modern caring Conservatives - how to offend the world's largest democracy in one easy lesson...
Hammersmith and Fulham Councillor Lucy Ivimy, in an official email, wrote with regard to a litter problem on a local estate:
"I think we need to a) sort out some regular cleaning up of the garden and b) conduct an educational exercise to tell people not to throw stuff out of the window - particularly foreign born residents.
"I know that in India, throwing rubbish out of a window and total disregard for the cleanliness of a public area is normal behaviour and I dare say a number would change behaviour if firmly told that in London this is not acceptable behaviour."
"I think we need to a) sort out some regular cleaning up of the garden and b) conduct an educational exercise to tell people not to throw stuff out of the window - particularly foreign born residents.
"I know that in India, throwing rubbish out of a window and total disregard for the cleanliness of a public area is normal behaviour and I dare say a number would change behaviour if firmly told that in London this is not acceptable behaviour."
Has the Independent turned into the Express ?
After this panicky front page today, it would seem possible....
George W Bush wins today's "No S**t Sherlock" award
President George W Bush has admitted that his bellicose rhetoric about Iraq encouraged the world to form a mistaken impression of him as a warmonger.
Embarking on his final visit to Europe as president, Mr Bush said his gun-slinging talk leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq made the world think he was a "guy really anxious for war" against Saddam Hussein.
Claiming he had been misunderstood, Mr Bush expressed regret, saying: "I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric."
He said using phrases such as "bring them on" and "dead or alive", had "indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace".
Never!
Embarking on his final visit to Europe as president, Mr Bush said his gun-slinging talk leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq made the world think he was a "guy really anxious for war" against Saddam Hussein.
Claiming he had been misunderstood, Mr Bush expressed regret, saying: "I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric."
He said using phrases such as "bring them on" and "dead or alive", had "indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace".
Never!
Do I detect that Dubya is already attempting, however haltingly and with his pen held in his fist, to re-write history? If so, I fear that his efforts may be confounded by Oliver Stone.
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