With so much rubbish written about that phone call its very tempting to add to the hysteria, but after reading Charlie Brooker and Andrew Wongablog on the subject there really is nothing more to say. No point in even ranting about the double standards of the DM with its crusade to defend the right to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Scandals'
On the fiddle
February 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
If you were writing some sort of political satire, and invented an unlikely and blatant abuse of parliamentary expenses you would give up in despair. Whatever outrageous scheme you came up with would be trumped by a real MP before the ink was dry.
Absolutely rental
February 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
With all the shenanigans about dodgy donations, backhanders to invisible relatives and other ‘administrative errors’ I expected a steady stream of similar examples to be uncovered. I didn’t expect to see the whole expenses thing taken to a whole new level of piss-taking.
Local politician banged up
September 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
Nobody likes to see a 71-year-old man sent to prison, but when they are an ex-UKIP MEP its a bit harder to find sympathy, especially when they have been flirting with the various far-right groupings in the European Parliament. My favourite bits of the story: Mr Donne said Mote had worked tirelessly for the European […]
More Worthing
May 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Worthing really does have all the interesting news these days. Earlier in the month there were the allegations of the Tories hijacking the local hospital campaign during the elections, and ow our old friend Mark McCarthy is back in the news.
Tags: Local Government·Scandals·WTF
Housing and the Tories
April 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Politics
I somehow missed it when it was originally posted in October, but Omar has a fine report on the goings on in Hammersmith and Fulham. With housing being such a major issue everywhere andCrawley Labour party making it the major plank of our election campaign, its a good time to be reminded of the fundamental […]
Megan’s Flaw
April 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Politics
Trying to discuss anything even slightly related to paedophiles is a risky business. When something like Megan’s Law, or even our diluted version of it, comes along it is hard to criticise it without being accused of encouraging criminals or being somehow anti-parent or soft on crime. I already had my reservations about the whole […]
MPs’ earnings
April 17th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Politics
I have been reading the latest register of MP’s interests, and some of the resulting stories in national and local papers, and I am confused. The register lists interests but does not quantify all of them, and yet the papers are able to say how much individual MPs are earning from extra-curricular jobs. How do […]
Facts Correct. Full Stop.
February 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Richard’s comment on a previous post relates to a letter in today’s Crawley News, which I have now read, and it puts me in a bit of a fisking mood… and none of the following will be of the remotest interest to anyone outside Crawley, but never mind. The background is that the newspaper two […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Idiots·Labour Party·Local Papers·Scandals
Vanity publishing?
November 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
I am extraordinarily grateful to a local Labour colleague for tipping me off about this entry in Wikipedia for one of our local Tories. It is amusing and fascinating – both for its content and for the fact that it exists at all. It is an entry for one of our local borough councillors, Adam […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Elections·Internet·Links·Scandals·Tories