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4 More Games, Then a 4 Year Wait
I love the World Cup. As anyone who knows me well enough will tell you, I probably prefer Rugby Union to football these days and can’t wait until September 10th 2011. The World Cup, however, reminds me why it is in fact still OK to like football, love it even. I’ve seen better football played, [...]
Gordon Brown Follows ‘Tucker’s Law’
Whoever is in charge of the Labour campaign should be shot (and if it’s Mandelson then I can only amplify my enthusiasm). Gordon Brown did his utmost best to prove ‘Tucker’s Law’ (beware, heavy swearing!) – the rule on gaffes suggested by Malcom Tucker, a thinly veiled Alistair Campbell analogue from Armando Ianucci’s The Thick [...]
Leader TV Debates: Time To Eat Humble Pie
We’ve had two of three scheduled debates between David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg. Anybody who knows me well will tell you I am a very stubborn man, but when I call something clearly wrong I’ll (usually…) hold my hands up – and I’ll do just that over the election TV debates. I still [...]
Election 2010: The Invisible Issue
The election race is well under way then. All 3 major parties have launched their manifestos and, for all they really matter in the long run, I’ve had a quick look through them and (having registered for a postal vote in Dundee East I may or may not use) await the SNP one with interest. [...]
Leader TV Debates: Waste of Time
After last night’s BBC Question Time I have officially had it with the idea of the Prime Ministerial Debates (if you can call them that, but more of that later). They are stupid, wrong, pointless and to the detriment of other election coverage. Here are, in my opinion, the reasons why. Settle down, you might [...]
Show Some Bloody Compassion
I must admit, I’ve not been terribly impressed by the English media’s coverage of David Beckham’s injury sustained against Chievo. The overall feeling has been “Beckham injured, but don’t panic as it doesn’t affect our World Cup chances, so what?”. It is indeed only a minor blow, but how about showing some bloody compassion for [...]
