Category Archives: Liberal simpletons

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The Iraq inquiry should be conducted in secret

17Jun09 – 15:42

"The Iraq war was a disaster" is a familiar refrain. Unfortunately, that doesn't tell us very much. Do we mean the concept, the planning, the implementation, the strategy, the tactics, what? Or do we want an official stick with which to beat the government?
Were the problems with the Iraq war just the basis on which [...]

By davecole | Also posted in Conspiracy theories, The left | Comments (2)

Too much information

26Mar09 – 08:00

The Liberal Democrats are worried about Government plans to monitor social networking sites such as Facebook:
"We also need guarantees that the Home Secretary's ‘Dustbin Stasi' won't use terrorism legislation to access retained Facebook data for frivolous purposes, such as identifying people who let their dogs foul the pavement."
How, exactly, would the Government do this? If [...]

By ZaNuLieBore | Comments (0)

Why did the Times remove Phillip Pullman’s article?

01Mar09 – 20:37

Apparently, an article on Liberty by Phillip Pullman was removed mysteriously from the Times website. Some seem to suspect some kind of sinister motive? I reckon that's very much the case, for there are some things that mankind was not meant to know. In this case it's the truly terrifying knowledge that there exist writings [...]

By Andreas Paterson | Tagged , , , | Comments (7)

Spectacularly reactionary and illiberal. And ignored.

20Feb09 – 01:37

"The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off."

Evelyn Waugh - Men at Arms
Like a lot of English people in the grip of Posh People’s Disease at the time, Evelyn Waugh had a few wobbles in the 1930s.
He and his chinless associates were tempted by Franco in Spanish Civil [...]

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Clarksonism, Democracy, Tories | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ask a silly question

07Feb09 – 13:28

This is from Liberal Democrat Voice:
How many members of Unite would scrub a toilet? How many would work 12-hour shifts serving drunks at a Christmas party? Not a single one.
John Rentoul spots another silly one here.

By ZaNuLieBore | Comments (0)

Moonbattery

06Feb09 – 19:14

Hazel Blears has a few kind words for George Monbiot:
"The trade unions "have turned into the government's nodding dogs"; social democracy "has gone"; NGOs "good at raising public awareness, less good at building sustained, multifaceted campaigns". Few escape his disapproval. And finally he offers the solution to the decline in political culture: a new website [...]

By Paul Evans | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)