Year: 2006
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Brown vs Blair links
Charles Clarke’s blistering Telegraph interview and, of course, the interview with The Standard’s Associate Editor Anne MacElvoy that brought his entertainingly incendiary views to light in the first place. The…
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Now that’s not very nice is it?
Visiting the still-in-closed-beta web site of Newmark and Jarvis’ intriguing citizen news startup Day Life today I guess I was expecting the kind of cuddly and informal welcome you get…
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Disconnected thoughts on Blair’s mugging
It’s been too late for Gordon Brown for at least a full parliamentary term. Using his party muscle to secure the leadership now is petulant political vandalism. He is shedding…
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Political unwisdom
There are many reasons to be frustrated if you’re a Labour supporter right now. First, there’s the epic squandering of political capital. In the year-and-a-bit since Labour’s important and unprecedented…
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Joy Division on YouTube
So what is it about this nearly thirty year-old video that makes my spine tingle. Bloody hell…
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OK. I give in
So, I’ve always been suspicious of orchestral music. I’m no musician (no kidding) but I love music and a long time ago I decided that orchestral music was all together…
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Grief and crocodiles
In our house we’re sort of unexpectedly mourning strange, silly Steve Irwin. The man was a bit rough – a sort of Anti-Attenborough, barely literate (mashing up the language like…
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How much is music worth?
Universal’s spin is that they’re going to give away music downloads to defeat the file sharers. It’s not true. To understand why the Spiral Frog announcement is important you need…
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Morality and Labour Mobility
Labour mobility is a good thing. That much is economic orthodoxy. It spreads wealth and makes economies more efficient. In Britain, over the last two years, we’ve been experimenting with…
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Elstein loses it
Everybody says David Elstein is clever. I’ve met him once or twice and he’s certainly an entertaining critic of TV and media in general – a real Maverick from outside…