Archive for the ‘Politicality’ Category
5 Jan 2007: Loans that change lives
Numerous things to write about – Christmas Day on the Cornish cliffs with Beloved Other Half, dashing across Heathrow Airport in the rain to meet Ali before her flight to LA, good books by Gordon Ramsay and Monty Don to review – but they can wait for another day.
21 Dec 2006: I deny everything
Just to clear up any ambiguity caused by this post on Northern Irish uber-blog Slugger O'Toole, let me state clearly that I have no inside knowledge of whose hands have been delving into Lembit Opik's underpants, or for how long. A few days ago, when the news broke that the Lib Dem MP had split [...]
12 Nov 2006: Limping forwards
When I fell on Friday I didn't hear the heavy, muffled sound, like a thick bar of chocolate being snapped in its wrapper, that heralded my broken foot of a few years ago.
30 Oct 2006: Lack of manners
No “Modern Manners” cartoon this week – I was up until almost 4 meeting a publisher’s deadline and am too tired to be witty. I don’t imagine anyone will miss it, anyway.
23 Oct 2006: Modern Manners for Monday Mornings 3
Strip number three: conversational gambits, wristband etiquette and that resignation…
15 Oct 2006: Modern Manners for Monday Mornings #2
Strip number two: meanwhile, out in the desert somewhere…
9 Oct 2006: Modern Manners for Monday Mornings
I don't have the resources (or the body) to try video blogging, so I thought I'd try an older style of satire: the cartoon strip….
15 Sep 2006: Hanging around with the cool kids
I'm not wholly surprised that this letter wasn't published in Lib Dem News – there must have been a backlog building up while the paper was “off the air”, so to speak. But since I was cross enough to write it, I reckon I'm cross enough to post it here…
19 Jul 2006: How politics, humour and being positive can mix
Over in the US at the moment, a bitter battle is reaching a climax.
11 Jul 2006: Hug + thug = bad idea
I have some practical advice to anyone who believes the best response to teenage yobbos is to hug them, as David Cameron currently seems to be suggesting – and that advice is, don't.
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