Category Archives: Daily debrief

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April Fools Roundup, 2009

01Apr09 – 13:45

Today folks is April Fools day, and the blogosphere appears to be doing it's bit, here's a few attempts to pull the wool over our collective eyes.

Top marks go to Tim and Justin's , we have the setup via the Drunk vs Sober deathmatch, Justin's drunken treachery and Tim's "Justin McKeating is a Sock Puppeting git" [...]

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Daily debrief, Tuesday 3rd February 2009

03Feb09 – 18:58

In spite of the snow, the carnival of politics continues apace: BoJo informs the Home Affairs Select Committee that he got his timings in a wrangle over when he warned Davy Cameron that Damian Green might be hearing the unwelcome sound of the snap of the plastic glove, and speculation continues apace over just who next the Conservative leader will be appointing his new policy best friend in the wake of the shock promotion of Carol Vorderman as Special Envoy on How To Get Rich on the Back of Horrific Loan Agreements.

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Daily debrief, Wednesday 14th January 2009

14Jan09 – 19:01

It's almost as if we've been wafting around to strains of the Time Warp in Westminster today with talk of the return of Ken Clarke, recession blues, and references to Norman Lamont popping up in the most unlikely places. By which I mean in the Chamber as opposed to Davy Cameron's CV from whence, one [...]

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Daily debrief, Tuesday 13th January 2009

13Jan09 – 18:16

An executive decision was taken by your correspondent to name this section thus. Largely, you understand, because it sounds a bit rude. Well, it's not going to be less funny than Fraser Nelson's "Brownie" meme, is it? Anyway, today Harriet Harman's been singing "We Are Family" from the pages of a new White Paper on "New Opportunities", the Tories have announced their intention to ban all Labour MPs, and we get the gen on Henry Porter's latest campaign to persuade the Observer he has more than one article in him protect ancient freedoms.

By Sadie Smith | Comments (0)