In the words of Ben Franklin, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” And yet the Irish have surrendered. Bullied horrendously by vested interests, politicians with approval ratings so low that only McDoom could envy them and of course by […]

One in a series of Questions To Which The Answer Is No, but a diverting story for the Brussels chattering classes nevertheless. The President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, may apparently face impeachment if he does not sign the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty according to The Economist’s Charlemagne. (Hat […]

Breaking news from the Land of the Dead Tree Press tonight – the graveyard shift of the newspaper reviews on 24 hour news channels bring us this devastating news for McDoom. Iain Dale MP will be cursing that he has the night off. With the headline “Labour’s Lost It” The Sun says that […]

The BBC is on entertainingly xenophobic form in Germany, it seems. In his first press conference after the election Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s newly designated foreign minister, refused to answer a question in English for a BBC reporter who had been sent to report on the German election…despite the fact that he […]

Whilst in the United Kingdom constitutional vandalism seems to take the part of whatever destruction-du-jour a random and obscure Labour politician decides to inflict on us for short-term political gain, it seems that the Romanians have a slightly clearer view. President Traian Basescu called today (Thursday) for a referendum on introduction […]

Boris Johnson pens on occasion for the Daily Telegraph; a £250,000pa part-time job the Mayor of London famously described as “chicken feed“. Today he produces a column slating the infamous public sector “non job” industry and and calling for them to be slashed. So far, so sensible. However he’s come […]

Or in one picture, to be precise. TheEye spotted this in the Daily Telegraph today whilst propped up against a bar and laughed. And laughed. And laughed. And then made a mental note to blog with a copy. Really, if you are a spin-doctor this isn’t just a resignation photograph. […]

“There are dodgy employers out there who are trying to undercut their competitors and drive down British wages by employing people illegally, so we’ve come up with this new way of taking much faster on-the-spot action.  It’s quite clear that this new regime, which is part of a big shake-up […]

Do you remember McDoom promising a million new Green jobs? Or was it a billion? One forgets when the bullshit filter engages automatically. Anyway, the reality, as usual, turned out to be about 4 Regional Window-Box Equality Co-ordinators in Lambeth. The Germans, ever efficient though, have actually got a thriving line in […]

They are all in on the writing act. The prize for Best Ironic Title has to be shared by the Prime Mentalists’ efforts “Courage” and “Britain’s Everyday Heroes”, although his next effort “An A-Z Of Medicine Cabinets” is believed to be semi-autobiographical. In the Taking The Piss award category, the […]