Poor Tony: domestic abuse drove him to the bottle. A Journey is misery...
So that explains it: Tony Blair was pissed half the time. One of the most extraordinary revelations in the former PM’s foray into confessional literature, “A Journey”, is that he was, by many...
View ArticleI have been naked with William Hague
I can’t keep this secret any longer. It has to get out. I have been naked, on several occasions, in a room with William Hague, who was also without clothes. Yes, I realise that this latest...
View ArticleIndependence – Is that it?
As Alex Salmond’s flagship referendum bill sank beneath the waves last week, there were precious few mourners at the quayside, even amongst the SNP. There were even fewer criers of ‘betrayal’ – though...
View ArticleIs the Pope really a Catholic?
So, atheists are Nazis according to Pope Benedict, speaking in Edinburgh today. This is just a little rich coming from a former member of the Hitler Youth. I don’t believe that the Pope is or was a...
View ArticleNick Clegg: an apology.
I suppose I should apologise. I was one of those McChattering hacks who urged Scottish voters to consider backing the Liberal Democrats, tactically, last May. Well, it seemed like a good idea at...
View ArticleVince is about as Marxist as Adam Smith
‘’Vince Cable “not a Marxist”’said a BBC headline yesterday on the eve of his speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool. Indeed, he is not. Vince Cable is an economic conservative, who...
View ArticleWho will lead Labour’s Star Trek convention? Spock or Sulu
Watching the five Labour leadership candidates enter the final straight this week, I couldn’t help remembering David Cameron’s wicked quip about a Star Trek convention. There is indeed a hint of...
View ArticleIraq: Labour need a truth and reconciliation commission
So, it did turn into a ‘geek’ tragedy after all, at least for David Miliband. Just as we were all digesting Brother Ed’s rather dull but worthy address to conference on Tuesday, and thinking that...
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