It may not surprise you to learn that the leading anti-Europe party (sorry, Bob) is upset that everyone’s ignoring the European issue. The referendum may not be a fun process when it happens, but it has at least spared us [more of a] nationalism-based election campaign.
Category: Current Affairs
Even now
I’ve been enjoying Simon Goldhill’s Love, Sex and Tragedy, and was interested to note that the fourth-century bishop Tertullian decreed, among other things, that women should be veiled (hello burqa) to prevent men looking on them lustfully or their looking on men seductively.
Just another arrow in the quiver for those who believe that Islam is not the problem.
A new pope
We have a new pope – Benedict XVI. Now, what sort of tortured logic will the chiliasts use to work out that he’s the ‘glory of the olives‘?
A serious embarrassment for the Muslim Council of GB
A press launch is disrupted by militants who think voting is unIslamic.
Circular logic
The dog whistle is being blown particularly hard today, with warnings of race riots if the Tories aren’t elected (I’m paraphrasing) – but, hearteningly for Labour, it may only be the faithful hounds who are listening.
Hang the gays and burn the foreigners – Howard
If I’ve ever said that a Government statement sounded like a Daily Mail headline, I’m sorry, OK? Now I realise how terrifying that would really be.
Green party manifesto
The Green Party, practising what it preaches (or saving money) is releasing an online-only manifesto.
Electiontastic
A great list of UK election resources at DO-wire.
Who owns Osama bin Laden?
Martin Peretz writes about the war on terror in the current
Great vox pop on Newsnight earlier today, from some random punter in Leicester: I’m not a racist, but I just think there are too many coloureds. Coming soon to a voter near you – “I’m not a Liverpool supporter, but I’ve dyed my hair red, named my child Milan Baros, and I want You’ll never walk alone played at my funeral.”
Cab driver logic