Wednesday, 3 August 2011




Polly stumbles upon a rare truth:

“Reason should rule, but none of us is as rational as we pretend, each inhabiting our imaginations more than we do the real world, with opinions driven by beliefs, passions, convictions, hopes, fears and a hundred contradictory thoughts and impulses.”


Morgan Musical Fun: A Charmless Man


The Sunday Mirror’s £300,050 Police Bribery Fiasco



Sinking Media Mogul’s Bumper Package

The Guardian Media Group’s annual results are always worth a read for a laugh, but leave a slightly bitter taste in the mouth. While The Guardian has riled against bankers, and sacked hundreds with the same corporate efficiency they decry elsewhere, life is good if you are at the top. While GMG lost over £54 million, Alan Rusbridger received £605,000.

Revenue is down from £221 million to £198.2 across the group, not least due to the slashing of government job recruitment through the paper. Losses are up, with The Guardian and The Observer’s coming in at £38.3 million in the red. That’s an unsustainable loss of over three-quarters of a million pounds a week…




Will Straw Gets His Deficit Sums Wrong AgainSpeccie
Guido On Why He Likes Piers Morgan - Ad Week
Police Authority Duo Back Hanging - Leicester Mecury
E-HangingCranmer
False Economy is False – Alistair Thompson’
Hague On Top – Paul Waugh
Send in the BankerGuardian
Hanging is Too Good for ‘Em – Jerry Hayes
Hilton is Not the Torch-Bearer – Harry Cole
Guardian Lost £54.5m Last YearPress Gazette
No Political Capital out of Norway Please - Robin Shepherd