Category Archives: politics

Parliament — Too Secret To Report On

In a move that’s in dir­ect con­flict with the 1688 BIll of Rights guar­an­tee­ing the unres­tric­ted report­ing of par­lia­ment (“[t]hat the Freedome of Speech and Debates or Proceedings in Parlyament ought not to be impeached or ques­tioned in any Court or Place out of Parlyament”), the Guardian today was gagged by a high court injunc­tion …

Mon October 12, 2009 – 22:45 | By seb | Posted in Uncategorized, politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Bingo We Can Believe In

Alcohol and polit­ics are two things that should rarely mix, but once in a blue moon there’s cause to throw cau­tion to the wind and get a little crazy.
One such occa­sion is tomor­row night, when the US elect­or­ate takes to the polls and — with a little luck — elects Barack Obama their next President.
There …

Mon November 3, 2008 – 21:34 | By seb | Posted in politics, programming, rants | Tagged , , , | Comments Off