Category Archives: Moral panics

Posts in category: "Moral panics":

To sign or not to sign

27May09 – 00:59

That is the question I have been asking myself this week.  I am referring, of course, to the ethics pledge that many Labour PPCs have been signing - over 130 so far.  Being a Labour PPC in a safe Tory seat, I wasn't expecting to have any significant decisions to make but everything is a [...]

By Andrew Skudder | Also posted in Democracy, Labour, Trust | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Selective moral outrage

28Apr09 – 19:58

With uncharacteristic insight, Melanie Phillips sums up her entire output in a single headline.

By ZaNuLieBore | Comments (0)

Hold the front page

18Mar09 – 23:56

Knife crime isn't going through the roof after all. Every paper will be full of it tomorrow. Remember where you read it first...

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Churnalism, Fact-checking | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Taking on Tom Harris

16Mar09 – 14:14

Tom Harris' follow up to his "Return of Morality" piece is definitely an improvement, he has obviously taken on board criticisms about the sexist nature of the original piece and makes sure at least that the boys are in for an equal dose of criticism. He is also making an effort to distance himself from those [...]

By Andreas Paterson | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Of Fluffy Kittens and Dead Bunny Rabbits

23Feb09 – 14:09

Over on LibCon, our CE comrade Paulie has written an article (and can I just say Paulie, it's fantastic) about the narrow populism and it's relationship to liberty. It's come in for a few bits of criticism such as this from cjcjc:
Paul Evans well demonstrates the liberal hatred of the masses…how very dare they have [...]

By Andreas Paterson | Also posted in Local government | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Cockamaniac!

13Feb09 – 17:28

Nobody enjoys watching Boris make a tit of himself less than the serious folk that visit this site. For this reason, it's distressing to hear him claim that he actually said the word 'cockamaniac' - and it wasn't included in the transcript. (See the end of the C4 video, here).

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

Triffids expected week on Tuesday—Blears to blame says Monbiot

10Feb09 – 16:18

Top boffins are warning that a comet which blasts out poisonous gases is heading towards Earth. Comet Lulin, which glows an eerie green colour is expected to shower meteorites on earth, leaving all those who witness it blind, and infecting the planet with venomous triffids. Environmental campaigner George Monbiot said this morning that cabinet minister [...]

By Olly Onions | Also posted in Churnalism, Strategy | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

A Tale of Two News Stories

09Feb09 – 14:33

Three weeks ago, the Times did a story on the House of Lords and corruption within it. To do this their undercover reporters posed as representatives from a lobbying firm after a change to a few laws. What they exposed was some pretty serious stuff. The general consensus among us folks here at CE Towers [...]

By Andreas Paterson | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)