Blair’s homage to The West Wing
by Stephen Tall on October 31, 2006
(Not a spoiler, but if you want to avoid anything to do with season seven, don’t read on.) Let’s play spot the difference: “Leo and I are the past. You’re the future. It’s up to you now. We’re counting on (…)
Did Sunday just happen?
by Stephen Tall on October 29, 2006
I was having a productive Sunday, work-wise. Then this happened: Sure-fire way to lose that extra hour I gained. (And some.) Send to Kindle
Criminally stupid
by Stephen Tall on October 29, 2006
A coda to last week’s post in which I suggested Jack Straw’s typically authoritarian approach to problems in society – slap a law on it – was pointless in the case of those idiots who choose to advertise their crimes (…)
Bush campaigns for Dave Lamberti
by Stephen Tall on October 27, 2006
Just a shame his name is Jeff. Send to Kindle
New ways to feel old (and poor), No. 97
by Stephen Tall on October 27, 2006
It’s awfully kind of the Department for Work and Pensions to be thinking of me: We are writing to tell you how much State Pension you may get when you reach State Pension age. Retirement may seem a long way (…)
Scissor Brothers
by Stephen Tall on October 27, 2006
Forget the Arctic Monkeys (pretty easy, actually), it’s time to out the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, as a fan of popular New York disco-combo, Scissor Sisters. Yesterday, Mr Brown and his Tory shadow (in every sense), George Osborne, went mano-a-mano at (…)
All you need to know about the science of opinion polling
by Stephen Tall on October 26, 2006
According to Mori in the Financial Times (22nd Oct), the Tories trail Labour by 2% – 35% to 37%. According to Communicate Research in The Independent (24th Oct), the Tories lead Labour by 6% – 38% to 32% – with (…)
New ways to feel old, No. 93
by Stephen Tall on October 25, 2006
Flick through the City Council’s 2006-07 Committee membership listings, and find out you’re one of the 10 longest-serving councillors. Send to Kindle
Why journalists and politicians should get out more
by Stephen Tall on October 25, 2006
John Harris – a likeable left-winger who recently managed, through painful contortions and with multiple nose-pegs, to square his conscience with re-joining the Labour Party – yesterday railed against the complacent assumptions of the liberal media. (That he did so (…)
Webcams, Alexander Graham Bell and promenades
by Stephen Tall on October 23, 2006
Just three of the topics covered in this two minute tour de gloss vidcast: (Or you can watch it on GoogleVideo here.) Send to Kindle
