Saturday September 15th: A cursory glance over the Google news page when you type in the word 'Gordon Brown' tells a different story today than it did a month ago.
Where there were statements before, now there are questions. No more kissing babies and posing for the benefit of those using flash photography. The Times reports that he's facing the very real possibility of defeat at his first Labour Party Conference, before he's even set foot on the stage, over plans to curb the power that unions wield.
He no doubt remains full of 'conviction' over his decision. Ah, Gordon. If this continues you will be master and commander of many a sinking ship, in the future.
Today's Observer reports on the fall out from what I, in the office have dubbed Tetleygate - Thatcher's visit to Downing Street.
It appears to have caused quite a 'brew'-haha.
Give me a break, it's late.
Anyway - Malcolm Rifkind is not a happy man. One of the nicer quotes goes something like this:
'My former boss has been described by one of my colleagues as "frail and lonely" and, therefore susceptible to Brown's Machiavellian schemes. Well, maybe she is. But she also still has her political marbles and enjoys using them.'
What he really means is:
'SHIT! We wish she was still on our side!!!'
I'm sure Thatcher lies awake at night thinking of how she would be running the country. Never mind the fact that the democratic process was used to get her out of office and she lost the support of her party. Only She knows what is good for us. Gawd bless, ma'am! Good to see you back where you belong! Tuck in that shirt, Great Britain! The cod liver oil and gruel days are back!
Prince is making a stand for the artists of the world today as he looks to "reclaim his art on the internet". He is looking to get unauthorised clips of his work removed from youtube. After all, there's no quality control. I've seen some crimes against nature put up against his name on there...Mr. Nelson's next collaboration will be with Web Sherriff, a British based firm that seeks out instances of copyright infringement on the internet.
If the Web Sherriff comes round here - you ain't seen me. Right?
Tomorrow, we shall get into the saga behind the Jena 6 story. It's not often judicial institutions admit they're wrong. America, it appears, came perilously close to a return to the 1950's when The Civil Rights Movement had to (non-violently) fight tooth and nail for Black Americans to have the right to not be regarded as second class citizens. A 'fair and impartial' jury may have been hours away from setting any sort of race relations back by half a decade. Have a think about it...
And just like that...he's gone.
No comments:
Post a Comment