Saturday Seven Up

Toynbee Zone: I Could, But I Can’t, So I Shan’t | Hopi Sen
Europe Pulls Plug On Green Future | Benny Peiser
We Need 5* for Security | Charity Commission
Lunch Works | Alex Singleton
Sack Crap Women | Isabel Hardman
When the Tory MP Invaded Spain, by Mistake | Speccie
Nixon on August | WaPo
Mandatory Tweets of the Left | Dan Hodges
How BBC Silences Critics | Telegraph
Smashing Fracking Myths | Times
Diane Abbott Charges Students Thousands | Trending Central

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

Saturday Seven Up

This week 108,444 visitors visited 312,727 times viewing 494,906 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:

• LIVE: EGG MILIBAND
• Leaked Guardian Editorial Salaries
• Cruel Indy Lampoon Bryant’s Day With Spoof Diary
• Friday Caption Contest (Going Down Under Edition)
• The Line of Duty
• Rivers of Blunder: Chris Bryant’s Today Implosion
• UKIP Rebrand in Wales to “The Black Independence Party”

You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Afriyie Writes to All Tory Association Chairman

Guido hears that next month’s Conservative Renewal conference is stepping it up a notch. Last year Afriyie denied the conference was a Tory rebel conference. Intriguingly, despite being on best behaviour of late, Adam Afriyie has personally sent a letter to all constituency chairman urging them to attend for a special session on improving democracy in the party and garnering support amongst the grass roots. Whatever could that be about?

If anyone fancies leaking the letter, you know what to do.

Labour Charging Members for Laughter

What’s the only thing worse than an email from the Labour Party? Well one that opens with “Your invitation to join Eddie Izzard and Jo Brand” must be pretty high up the list.  Labour are organising “Stand Up For Labour” – an evening of comedy with scant disregard for the feelings wheelchair bound members. The name reminded Guido of the last time he heard a politician utter those words, and given it’s a very slow Friday in the middle of August:
Apparently the event will “you rolling in the aisles with a great night of laughs for Labour.” A feeling many of us do not need to pay £30 for the daily pleasure.