Ministry of Truth

Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. The Nine Billion Names of God – Arthur C Clarke, b. 16 December 1917 d. 19 March 2008 Update – I’ve added a copy the full story to MoT… enjoy.

It not often you come across a gilt-edged opportunity to reflect on a too often unregarded aspect of the ‘black art’ of political spin – the one that holds that its not just what you say that’s important but also what you don’t say. Let’s wind back in […]

…for today’s festivities. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU[/youtube] via

I don’t know how many times I’ve had to remind Tories that whining only makes it worse but there are some who seem unable to get the message. Only the other day I ripped on one of George Osborne’s bag carriers, a guy called Rohan Silva, who’s rather […]

Nadine Dorries is at it again: The ability for a baby to live when born before 24 weeks depends very much upon where it is born. If the baby enters the world in a good hospital, which has a neo natal unit, and a team of trained dedicated […]

What is it with Catholic Bishops and the Holocaust at the moment? A Catholic bishop has accused the gay community of leading a “conspiracy” against Christianity by allying itself with Holocaust survivors. The Bishop of Motherwell, Joseph Devine, says a “homosexual lobby” has aligned itself with minority groups, […]

From the file marked ‘Coppers who don’t give a fuck about civil liberties’ comes this gem of a story on which I’ll stick to writing a short ‘drive-by’: Too many organised criminals are using low-cost air fares and relaxed border controls in Europe to evade justice, the head […]

I must congratulate the Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster, for providing members of the House of Commons’ Children, Schools and Families Select Committee with one of the finest arguments for secular education, I’ve seen in a very, very long time. The Rt Rev […]

Stop me if we’ve been through all this before… Yes, its yet another article on the subject of the ‘gender pay gap’ on Comment is Free, this time marking the release a the TUC’s report predictably entitled ‘Closing the Gender Pay Gap‘ which is published on the eve […]

Hey guess what? I’ve just received an e-mail from Gideon giving what might loosely be called his ‘thoughts’ on today’s budget… This is a bad news Budget. Alistair Darling is kicking Britain’s families when they are down. – Darling has added £110 a year to every family’s tax […]