Archive for January, 2010

Blair was like an old lag pleading for remission

We all expected drama and a few new wheezes from the old charmer Tony Blair at the Chilcot Commission into the war in Iraq today but instead we got a man who thought it was OK to break into the …

Darling to take his axe to the ONS?

Mild-mannered chancellor Alistair Darling is rarely given to violence (as far as we know) but, in his private moments, must wish he could exact his own version of the Glencoe Massacre on the Office of National Statistics.

The ONS has just …

Airbrush nightmare for Dave Cameron

Would-be man of the people and Tory leader David Cameron should know better than to allow his portrait on an ad to be airbrushed (or Photoshopped as they say these days) - he’s not a bad looking bloke after all - …

A big week for everything - Blair, the economy…

By all accounts former PM Tony Blair has been burning the midnight oil recently trying to scramble together a case for his mendacious behaviour (and misleading statements to Parliament) over the Iraq War.

He’s due to appear before the Chilcot Commission …

Iraq inquiry hears from man of Straw - Jack

What a time-serving weasel justice secretary secretary Jack Straw is.

Today he told the Iraq War inquiry that he had ‘agonised’ over the decision to go to war and that, politician’s vanity, without his agreement it wouldn’t have happened.

He also took the …

Rod’s list of enemies goes to Westminster

Journalist and man about town Rod Liddle is looking rather hangdog these days.

Actually he looks a bit like an obscure breed of terrier who’s been left unprettified for the benefit of politically correct Crufts judges.

The putative Independent editor is getting …

Belle de Jour tells all to Billie Piper

Research scientist Brooke Magnanti, who unmasked herself as happy hooker Belle de Jour a few weeks ago, is apparently going to make an ITV show with actress Billie Piper, who played her in the TV series.

The more Mr Blatherskite sees …

Steve Hewlett interviews Jana Bennett - can I say something please?

It’s always a nightmare for any journalist to interview their boss - with the exception of Today’s John Humphrys who seems to positively relish knocking the stuffing out of BBC director general Mark Thompson.

Today on his Media Show Steve Hewlett …

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