BBC Agenda Today
Ring, ring…
Guido Fawkes : Hello
Beeboid : Hello just wondered if you had seen the Lord Young comments?
GF : Yes, he’s right about interest rates being low, but that indicates economic weakness, not strength.
BBC : So you support his view?
GF : No, I think the previous generation had it better.
BBC : We’re really looking for a right-winger who backs his line.
GF : Sorry.
BBC : OK, thanks anyway.
GF : Bye.
Irish Sovereignty 1922 – 2010 RIP – Irish Times
End of an Éire
Thousands died in the transition from being England’s first colony, to an Irish Free State and finally an independent Republic. The ironies arising from the situation in Ireland are many. Joining the Euro, hugging the state tight to the whole European project and Dublin’s politicians slavishly obeying their new masters in Frankfurt has ended in disaster. Why fight the English for 400 years for sovereignty only to surrender it to Germany?
O’Connell, de Valera and Collins must be turning in their graves as the heir to the Baronetcy of Ballentaylor, in County Tipperary, and Ballylemon, in County Waterford, contemplates rescuing the Irish Republic with English pounds. The heir normally prefers to go by the name of George…
Keith Vaz Joins Twitter – “Keith Vaz”
A Red Storm Rising – Liberal Vision
The Prince Across the Water - Mail
Irish Sovereignty 1922 – 2010 RIP – Irish Times
Chris “D” Kelly Earning £4,000 Monthly from Dad – Labour Uncut
Bookies Lost £200k on Wills and Kate Leak – Mail
Boris Goes Off Message, as Vaizey Cheers – Standard
Dear Aaron Porter – Christopher Lovell
Hague Has Sold Out – ConHome
Parliamentarian of the Year Awards – Spectator
Save Our Parliament II? – Dizzy
Blue Blooded Harman’s Republican Sell Out – The Guardian
Full PPS List Finally Released – No. 10
Nick Robinson, Sneering not Reporting – Douglas Carswell