Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30
The Political Classes still don't understand - we, the people, come not to praise David Laws, but to bury him as one who has defrauded us. # England did not deserve that result - Japan should have won…
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Why I'm fucking furious with David Laws....
A little history. One of the reasons why there has been radical political change in the UK in the last year is that the British people have finally started getting truly fed up with MPs on the 'gravy …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23
Having slept on it, I was harsh on ITV's 'The Prisoner' - a little time to dwell on it and it makes MUCH more sense - will watch again! # Apparently the 'Purple in the Peace Gardens' demo about democr…
Demonising Tories...or anyone...is so last century...
Now that the smoke of battle (and confusion) of General Election 2010 has cleared and we have a Coalition Government that hasn't yet been proven to be the spawn of Beelzebub, can I make a suggestion t…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16
Doing some Python Bioinformatics today - finally making a wee bit of use of my degree after a couple of decades... #fb # Off to church! # I'm getting all Wagnerian for Saturday evening - the overture …
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
Pouring petrol.... RT @StarSparkle_UK: We're waiting now for some smoke to appear above no.10... - does anyone know where Gordon is? :D # You've had 13 years - don't come crawling now you've lost. RT …
The farce of the 2010 General Election
Less than 2 hours after the closing of the Polls in the UK's General Election, it's clear that there have been some cock-ups in the logistical management of the election that makes most developing wor…
Don't Panic! A Very British Coup or a Terribly British Compromise?
Over the last few days there's been some very strange stories emerging and then submerging again in the UK Media - the General Election has made the silly season come early this years. One story abo…
Earth calling Tim Cook...
There's a scene in Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' in which a character asks 'What have the Romans ever done for us?' This is then followed by a host of other characters giving many useful things …
When slogans are not enough
I was 18 years old in 1979; people of a certain age will remember that year as being the start of the 'Thatcher Years' - the start of 11 years of Tory Government that was characterised by radical righ…