Speechless…
Read this piece by Emily at Second Child Syndrome – just read it, check my comment on it and see if you feel the same as I do. I really don;t know what else I can say…
Menezes – IPCC recommend criminal charges
Apropos my comments in this post, earlier this week, the BBC are reporting this… Report calls for Menezes charges An inquiry into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has recommended that three police officers face criminal charges, the BBC has learned. The Crown Prosecution Service has been […]
Is this becoming Blair’s Brown-Trousers Wednesday?
Today… Enron witness found dead in park A body found in north-east London has been identified as a banker who was questioned by the FBI about the Enron fraud case, sources have told the BBC… All very reminiscent of this Three years ago… On the morning of July […]
When the Levy Breaks…
Labour fundraiser Levy arrested Tony Blair’s chief fundraiser Lord Levy has been arrested. His arrest is in connection with the "cash-for-honours" inquiry by the Metropolitan Police. Lord Levy, 61, made his money in the music industry in the 1960s and 1970s, managing singers including Alvin Stardust and Chris […]
Not such good news…
From Craig Murray… New Labour are not as stupid as they seem. I have now had a chance to take legal advice, and that advice is as follows. To defend this case would cost the price of a London house. I don’t have a house, in London or […]
The Return of the Tape Tax
Indie labels want copyright shift The UK’s independent music labels want a change in the law so internet service providers (ISPs) become liable for illegal file-sharing by their users. The Association of Independent Music (Aim) has outlined the plans in a discussion paper on copyright reform. Aim is […]
The Redundant Columnist?
Oh, if only – yes, Mad Mel’s back in the Mail and as completely barking as ever… The Redundant Male? Her name was Frances Swiney, a feminist whose vision for the sisterhood and humanity was more than a trifle extreme. She thought men were the waste products of […]
Justice denied anywhere diminshes justice everywhere*
Having passed the anniversary of the 7 July bomb attack on London – read this – another anniversary approaches rapidly. In ten days time (22 July) it will be one year on from the extra-judicial killing of an innocent Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes, by the Metropolitan Police […]
Domegate or Casinogate – which do you prefer?
Part 1 – A taxing little question… Yes, just a little more digging into some of the background to the whole Prescott/Anschutz/Dome/Casino thing – only this time let’s take a look at Anschutz’s partner in the proposed casino development, Kerzner International… First up, there’s a rather interesting section […]
And did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
With the sad news that the great Syd Barrett died peacefully a couple of days ago, everyone seems to be going overboard with the Shine On You Crazy Diamond references, which is why I thought I’d remind folks that Roger Waters wrote more than just the one song […]