Monday September 3rd: Gordon gave his strongest indication yet that he's drawing a line under Blair's term in office, with the declaration that we are entering the age of a "new type of politics". That's it Gordon! Allow the pussyfooting and do something. The Guardian reports that he has hired two Tories and a Liberal Democrat to consult as he looks to bridge party divides. Once again, Gordon's inner businessman is in charge. That's a hostile takeover, right there. If Dave wasn't already completely screwed, having his own bredrin working with The Man should just about finish off the process.
Also in the news, is the withdrawal of British troops from Basra Palace. Only as far as Basra Airfield. Crafty. They'll be on those planes and back in Blighty before George knows it. That's the army equivalent of creeping out at 5:30 in the morning, shoes in hand, before leaving a note on the hall table: 'It was fun - Will call you'. Here's hoping that the front door is not deadlocked.
It's good to see that he wasn't afraid to do something sensible, just because he was scared of looking like a wimp. Blair was too shook of George to actually stand up for himself, and us, by proxy. Withdrawing 5000 troops is a pretty effective way of saying "Later".
Gordon has also said that now is not the time for an election, which means that he will toy with Dave for a bit longer before finally smashing him into paste in the spring.
Prince's 14th concert was covered by Mick Brown, in the latest in the Telegraph's series of celebrity reviews. It appears he was particularly fond of The Twinz. He also called Prince "a tiny love god".
3121.com ordains KoRn's (I know, I didn't think they were still around either) latest effort 'Y'All Wanna Single' "hilarious and true". The fact that the video delivers a few home truths about the music biz, may or may not be the reason that the man who once wrote 'Slave' on his cheek after a fallout with his label bosses and gave away his last album away free in *shudder* The Daily Mail likes the clip...
