I see that John Reid has a suitably sinister photograph on the BBC News website, to illustrate a story about victims being given more rights over what happens to offenders. Next up: Modern Lynchings.
Category: Current Affairs
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Beckham speaks
Speaking to the BBC, David Beckham says:
“It’s impossible to trust people for me. And I don’t like it being like that, I’m not that sort of person. But I’ve been made into that sort of person because there’s been so many things and so many people, not let me down but just sold lies on me, and I think that’s the tough part to do.”
Say no more, David, say no more.
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Talkin’ World War II blues, part 1
Amazing that no-one has yet noticed the crassness of David Beckham’s pre-World Cup party, where the RAF will stage a fly past of … three WWII military planes. What a way to see the team off to Germany! Remember, lads, it’s an invasion of hostile Europe. Stick one to the Hun! What in the name of God are the RAF doing pandering to the stupid jingoism and WWII fixation of the Daily Mail brigade?
I guess we can be grateful it wasn’t ten German bombers.
Update: Even non-Brits just can’t seem to get over it. Terry Wogan has just referred to a German TV presenter, as Lord Haw-Haw on a horse. Ho, ho, Terry. Very witty.
Update 2: Apparently the fly-past is now not going to happen, at the Beckhams’ request.
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Eric Forth, RIP
Eric Forth, the right-wing MP for Bromley & Chislehurst has died. I didn’t follow his politics, but his performances in the House of Commons were always very witty and vigorous.
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European Parliament petition
Euro-MP Cecilia Malmstroem has launched a petition to keep the European Parliament in one place, rather than have it move for its plenary sessions to Strasbourg. An eminently sensible aim, and if you agree you can sign the petition here.
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Contra-Contraception
An interesting article in the NYT Magazine about the spread of the anti-abortion movement into anti-contraception.
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Scolari meets the British press, and England lose
Well, the honour roll of the British media just got one name longer with the withdrawal of Luis Felipe Scolari from the England manager job. Reason? The British press.
It’s win-win for the Daily Mail, though – they get to chase off one of those ghastly foreigners with their unEnglish ‘skills’ and ‘talent’, and they get to beat up the new England manager when he fails to win the World Cup.
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We are all doomed
The US Senate debates the rises in petrol prices there, and the
“I think what the American consumer is saying is that filling up your gas tank shouldn’t empty your wallet”
I don’t doubt that that’s what the American consumer is saying to Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, but what is the environment saying?
My guess? “Hey, get all these f**king American cars off me!”
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Chris Patten on France
An interview with Chris Patten in le Monde discusses the French economy and Europe’s prospects for the future.