A tale of two Chindamos - by Richard... Sunday, November 28, 2010

A tale of two Chindamos - by Richard... Sunday, November 28, 2010

Two "takes" on the same problem - this one from Alasdair Palmer and this one from Christopher Booker. Which one would you go for? And Booker is back on the case with stolen kids as well – and no help from a Tory minister. Why am I not surprised? Did I tell him he was wasting his time seeing him? Do bears do things in woods?

Then there is the case of the black days for the Carbon [dioxide] industry. Not so much Cancun as Can'tcun. But that won't stop them trying. As the climate scare dies, the sound of whistling in the dark grows ever louder, Booker writes. Failing that, there is always this - which offers useful and imaginative things to do with a tickling stick. I'd sooner it was a telegraph pole, but the idea is right. You can't have everything in this world.

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Parish news (not) - by Richard... Saturday, November 27, 2010

You will get little of this from our terminally parochial media. An estimated 50,000 are expected to turn up, although that information may already be out of date.

There would be more, but the trouble is that the march is being organised by the Irish TUC, to an agenda that many would not support. Many of the marchers will be public sector employees, seeking to keep public spending up. Thus, they are as much part of the problem as are the politicians against whom they are demonstrating.

This notwithstanding, the British media is not going to waste time and effort reporting on protesting Paddies. It has far more important things to deal with.

UPDATE: It looks as if more than 100,000 showed - despite overnight snow storms and freezing temperatures. Huge crowds have gathered in O'Connell Street "to demonstrate against the cuts aimed at driving down Ireland's colossal national debt," says The Guardian.

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Entirely in character - by Richard...

In a sort of extended "let them eat cake" moment, the Daily Mail has slime Huhne ready to live it up at the taxpayers' expense, set to enjoy the facilities of the £240-a-night Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort in Cancun for the United Nations summit.

Further, it is not just his carcase we will be funding, but the whole delegation of 45 British officials who will have a choice of 14 buffet and a la carte restaurants and 12 bars. They can even strengthen the Coalition over a round of golf on a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, says The Mail.

This sort of story, of course, is typical Mail, calculated to invoke fury in the breast of Middle England – and that is precisely what it does. But that does not mean the story does not stand up on its own merits in pointing out the hypocrisy of our loathsome masters.

We had similar stories come out of Copenhagen, with its luxury limousines and private jets, so we should know to expect nothing different, but it pays to be reminded of the nature of the slime which is telling us how much we must sacrifice to save the planet.

The old joke about rising up and slaughtering them, therefore, is losing its appeal – except it is not a joke. For Huhne read Marie Antoinette – the roles are interchangeable. As we gaze through the window at the layer of global warming covering the landscape, it is our earnest wish that they should share the same fate.

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A real opposition - by Richard...

You know that the MSM have totally lost it when they are lauding that loser John Major – who is now arguing that the Cleggeron coalition should continue after the next election.

WfW is suitably disgusted, but perhaps Major has a point. The not-the-Tory-Party and the Lib-Dims should combine permanently, but they should go further and take in the Labour Party as well. There is nothing between them of any significance.

Then, possibly, we would have the political space to develop a real opposition party, with a manifesto that includes getting out of the EU. And I suspect it would not remain in opposition very long.

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