Ex-England boss in clip with a funny accent
What is zeesh stupid youtube cleep doing on zem Politics Blug?
read more...»Eat the rich?
I don’t know if you have managed to read the extracts from a new book by Polly Toynbee and David Walker serialised in the Guardian this week - it has been mentioned on another blog on this site this week. Times columnist Giles Coren delivers a hilaious riposte in today’s paper. Read it even if you haven’t seen the work of the Guardian’s dynamic duo
read more...»If you go down to the beach today
According to a report in the Sunday Times, the Conservative leader, David Cameron issued his MPs with a list of 38 books to read during the summer recess.
I wonder if blog readers have any of the following packed in their suitcases…
read more...»Offensive? Possibly. Ludicras? Most definitely
One of the features of the US campaign this year is the massive spread of internet based material - and exposure to it by voters - produced by individuals and teams seemingly completely independent of the candidate or party teams. This song by rap artist Ludicras attacking McCain has kicked up a storm in America due to the extreme nature of the lyrics. Even Obama has denounced its contents as ‘outrageously offensive’
read more...»Shadow Cabinet rich list
According to that bastion of fine journalism, the News of the World, nineteen members of the Tory Shadow Cabinet are millionaires
read more...»Sad death of the straight banana story?
After discussion with my teaching colleagues I came to the conclusion that stories of straight bananas juxtaposed with details of food mountains was a great way to get started on teaching the EU topic. So it was with a heavy heart that I read this story in the Sunday Times about EU plans to relax rules on what vegetables look like.
read more...»Politics and two veg: short term and long term, who has the answers?
I discussed yesterday in my blog post that David Cameron seems to have the upper hand over Gordon Brown when it comes to who looks better placed to provide solutions to the nation’s problems, and that the knife crime debate could be used as the prism through which we could view this battle. Here I suggest that traditional politics is too narrow in outlook and that other areas, such as the latest thinking in economics (gulp!) may provide more fertile ground
read more...»Trading places
I have come across an interesting website that mixes Politics and markets.
read more...»Crush on Obama
With Hillary about to endorse the person who defeated her in this year’s primaries at the weekend, we thought we’d take another look at one of the features of Obama’s internet campaign
read more...»How big are John McCain’s?
And we’re not talking oven chips
read more...»Stimulus package
Another video from the barely political gang
read more...»UK Youth Parliament
Politics has never been my forte but I just wanted to give a heads up on this since most of you should be young (18 or under) enough to contribute:
Voting has now opened to decide the UK Youth Parliament’s three national campaigns for the year ahead. Below is a list of campaign ideas.
You have one week to vote, so please have a look at the campaign ideas and cast your vote for the campaign which is most important to you.
To vote, go to: http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=383
read more...»Senate hearing distracted by crisps and salsa
Quite the funniest thing I have seen in a long while. A congressional committee discussing Iraq War casualty levels is distracted by the goodies Rep. Benjamin Sinclair (R-OH) has brought to the hearing.
read more...»President 2008 - Who Will Capture the Idgit Vote
Some US voters are firmly in the Replublican camp. Others are staunch Democrats. But which candidate will succeed in capturing the vote of the crucial Idgits?
read more...»
