Cameron’s “revealing” Gay Times interview
Apologies to anyoone who has seen this numerous times now, but Pope Jr and I had a chat and came to the conclusion that everyone should see this. This guy wants...
Read this entry »Greg Pope (Lab, Ret 2010)
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Greg, who was MP for Hyndburn and retired from parliament in 2010, told Blogminster: “Communicating online is an important way of breaking down the barriers between electors and the elected. There is a sense of immediacy and the personal in these new ways of communicating which will be vital to the health of our democracyâ€. Greg's blog includes contributions by son Conor.Articles written by Greg Pope (Lab, Ret 2010)
Hope, Optimism and DON’T LEAVE YOUR HOUSE OR TEENAGERS WILL KILL YOU
I realise that this blog would be near unreadable up until May 6th if I kept up a consistent, blind partisanship, so I'll try and start by saying...
Read this entry » Blog The Week Episode 13
The return of Tony Blair with classical and pop culture references, the madness of Nigel Farage and the Chancellors' Debate....
Read this entry » My Labour PPB: Think Of Stuff That’s Nice
I think that, where possible, one should always avoid starting a piece of writing with an overused cliché, no matter how true it may be. The...
Read this entry » New Labour reform for Summer
Yesterday's announcement that The Libertines had reformed for this year's Leeds Festival has made me regress into my 14 year old self, spots...
Read this entry » The blog doesn’t gloat
The blog doesn't gloat. The blog doesn't take pleasure in the misfortunes of others. The blog is a stranger to schadenfreude.Therefore the blog...
Read this entry » Shock sweeps nation as smug teenager writes self-satisfied blogpost
On Saturday night, I began writing a reasonably serious blogpost about the rivalry between Blackburn and Burnley, how it affected people living...
Read this entry » Leaked Tory ad agency email
The Conservatives hired a new advertising agency this week and revealed their new posters yesterday. Here's an email between the agency and CCHQ...
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Blog the Week Episode 12
It may be that I didn't explain the Cash-Gordon fiasco particularly well, so it could be worth having a read of this Grauniad article first.Thanks to "Twitter Tsar"...
Read this entry »Hitler’s reaction to Cash-Gordon fiasco
Pope Sr's just directed me towards this brilliant take on the Tories' Cash-Gordon.co.uk cock up (if you don't know about this, I suggest you have a quick look at...
Read this entry »Is Israel lost on the road map?
Like most people who have been following the Middle East Peace Process for a while I thought that the long-term answer had long ago been sketched out: a two state...
Read this entry »Which side is Unite on?
I know the answer to the question: which side is the RMT union on? Answer: it seems to hate the Labour Party and the Labour Government and it gives every impression...
Read this entry »Which side is Unite on?
I know the answer to the question: which side is the RMT union on? Answer: it seems to hate the Labour Party and the Labour Government and it gives every impression...
Read this entry »‘Celebrity hate’ meme
Tom Harris has tagged me in a 'celebrity hate' meme, to find out which non-political celebrity makes me want punch things. Like, really punch things. Hard.Regular...
Read this entry »Blog the Week Episode 11
This week I decided to have a little look at the madness surrounding the selection of the Conservative PPC for Hyndburn ("Hyndburn? Who are they?"*), which you can...
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