Brown’s Downfall
Obviously, there’s lots to say about the Glasgow East by-election result. We’ll get there eventually. But in the meantime here,…
Greece is the place
OK, so I’m back. I can confirm that anyone wishing a delightful week, free of the grimey concerns of everyday…
Hague on Blair (and Brown)
It’s possible I have posted this before, but William Hague’s riff on Tony Blair becoming “President of Europe” also bears…
Department of Appalling Self-Promotion
Iain Dale wants you to vote for your favourite political blogs (written by Britons or furriners resident in the United…
Facebook fun
A wee reminder: Facebook now permits you to sign up as a “fan” of this blog. It’s not altogether clear…
Disaster in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Yes, I know I have posted this before, But, dang it, I’m sailing around Corfu. And anyway, Left Arm Chinaman’s…
Lessons in Journalism
This is how you do not interview Hollywood actresses. Newsweek meets Gillian Anderson: I’ve got to confess. I don’t know…
Gone sailing
Blogging will be light this week. In fact, apart from a few things I’ve prepared to keep the place ticking…
Onwards and upwards to the Ryder Cup!
OK, one more golf comment… No-one anticipated Europe’s crushing victory at Oakland Hills in 2004 and precious few more thought…
Congratulations Padraig!
So the old Claret Jug is staying in Ireland for another year. The list of people since 1945 who have…
Department of Regulation
Matthew Yglesias, libertarian? Well, sort of. (He’s right of course.)
Shark Attack
American golf writers are a rum bunch. Here, for instance, is Damon Hack, late of the New York Times and…
Headline of the Day
From the Daily Telegraph: Could Helen Mirren’s bikini start a revolution? The usual rule is, as you know, that the…
Brown’s Scorched Earth policy
Mr E is correct to highlight this significant post from Fraser Nelson: The Scorched Earth policy has begun. The FT…
Golf interlude
I was part of the team covering the 1999 Open for Scotland on Sunday – that’s the tournament you all…
A Question of Accent
Megan wonders whatever happened to the classic upper-crust New England accent: Why did this happen? Television tends to flatten regional…
Say it Ain’t So, Ricco…
The other day I was all poised to praise Riccardo Ricco, whose two stage wins in this year’s Tour were…
Hello to Berlin
So, Barack Obama travels to the middle east and europe next week on a trip designed to burnish his statesman…
Obama: not funny enough for the White House?
David Frum: At a dinner last night, some friends were discussing about what Obama should have said about that New…
Labour Isn’t Working
Would even the west of Scotland Labour party stoop to producing a fake war hero to endorse Margaret Curran in…
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