A Nation Turns Its Back and Gags
I shall never be able to play The Smiths again without thinking of Prime Minster David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague sharing a hotel room – and Cameron complaining about Hague’s disappointing endowment.
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Why We Still Love The People’s Premiere
In that autobiography you may possibly have noticed former British PM Tony Blair is currently touting, the one called ‘A Journey’ (a title that masterfully captures the sublimely faux modesty of its subject), Blair compares himself to Princess Di. ‘“We were both, in our own way, manipulators” — good at… Read More »Why We Still Love The People’s Premiere
The New Metro-Politics
By Mark Simpson So, pretty, svelte – and somewhat swish – David Milliband and his million-dollar smile, who was gushingly described by Hillary Clinton as ‘attractive’ and ‘vibrant’, is the front-runner in the Labour leadership contest to replace the big clunking grimace of Gordon Brown with something more electable. It… Read More »The New Metro-Politics
CleggCam: The ‘Progressive Partnership’ Giving it to You Both Ends
A few months back I wrote a piece for The Times arguing that straight couples should be allowed to have civil partnerships. But now that I’ve seen the UK’s first straight civil partnership ceremony in the Rose Garden of Number 10 Downing Street I’m not so sure. In the romantic… Read More »CleggCam: The ‘Progressive Partnership’ Giving it to You Both Ends
Dave’s Posh Skin, Nick’s Cute Hair, and Gordon’s Bleached Rictus
by Mark Simpson It’s difficult not to feel a little sorry for Gordon Brown. Even if you really don’t want to. I mean, imagine spending over a decade trying to wrest the leadership of the Labour Party – and the UK – from that insufferably posh boy Tony Blair and… Read More »Dave’s Posh Skin, Nick’s Cute Hair, and Gordon’s Bleached Rictus