Morning roundup, Thursday 12th February 2009

Sadie Smith — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:40:41 +0000

Wikigate continues as the Conservative party unleash an army of bag-carriers onto teh internetz in an untimately doomed attempt to prevent their leader looking like a berk. Ah, the twenty-first century. In a few years the phrase "history is written by CCHQ internet weirds" will pass into common parlance;
No police investigation in the "cash-for-amendments" farago. This has something to do with the Magna Carta and its desire to protect The Posh from having to abide by the same rules as the proles, apparently. As if anyone (or at least anyone who's ever read Henry Porter) could have ever been in any doubt;

Banking chief redefines concept of "modest salary" as the credit crunch claims another victim;
If Jacqui Smith isn't breaking any rules then the rules should be changed to ensure that she is, argues the Telegraph. Of course they do;
... and the Flying Rodent has some suggestions for TV programmes that should be made (funny).

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