It’s not that complimentary to be known as a “good politician” (cf the phrase “he got off bcz he had a good lawyer”) – but is the victor in an election simply by DEFINITION the better politician? process-heads woul[…]

yech
i have to confess it is stuff like THIS which turns me most chomskyish abt the uk press: i find it reactionary, intellectually corrupt, cynical, diversionary ect ect PLUS ALSO NEVER EVER CLEVER OR FUNNY!!?![…]

further adventures in the sooncome war of the virtual commons: a few years ago i wz subbin an arts catalogue and had dealins w.a gallery who insisted that a. the “The” in their name MUST ALWAYS BE CAPITALISED b. there must ALWAYS BE TWO S[…]

worst. election. ever. and for once, i can’t think of a reason for disagreeing with them, although refering to Howard as “smoothie” rather than “scary n@zi twonkface” is a little remiss.
also i wonder how much kettle/pot[…]

Not a questionable dig at any partially-sighted/blind prospective MP, but a rubbish (perhaps badly-advised) pun-based observation of the church-hall meeting I’ve just been to. The four main candidates in our Ward attended a meeting that was mea[…]

i think we can safely say that Gorgeous George and his friends have no [ahem] Respect for how to do a proper graph, as can be seen from this graph below:

OK, so they may have got 15% in these four wards, but the graph appears to be somewhat incomple[…]

A weird listening moment while walking jetlagged round Seattle, listening to “Same Old Brand New You” by A1 and realising OMG it’s about BLAIR!!!!!
Here’s proof!
I can still remember the time you were there
When I needed to ho[…]

After the shocking revelation below that the Who Should I Vote For website is mere Lib Dem propaganda (despite claims otherwise here). It struck me that we could do a similar kind of questionaire and be much more impartial. So here is the Freaky Trig[…]

I wondered.
So I asked:
www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com
and in the space of 23 simple questions it told me I should vote Lib Dem. It did not ask me anything about the economy beyond if we should join the Euro, and nothing on House Of Lords reforms. Perh[…]

Ever since the “What’s on George Bush’s iPod” story a week or so ago, various papers have carried out mini surveys of other politicians and their musical predilections. This harks back to earlier stories you may recall from ar[…]