No, the blog hasn’t been hacked. That really is the headline. It’s there because I’m going to have a bit of a moan. This did the rounds among fellow lefties on Twitter the other day.
Ho, ho, ho. What a hoot! Isn’t Sarah Palin utterly stupid? No wonder the Republican Party is fucked, etc.
Funny ha, ha, indeed. Except it’s bullshit. An exemplar of the moronic degeneration of the American right to be sure, but she didn’t say it. 30 seconds with your search engine of choice would have established that. Continue reading
Having just done a day’s campaigning on the knocker in the Oldham East by-election, I was struck by two things. One is that Labour is beginning to pull away (on today’s showing I would predict a Labour victory of some 2,000-3,000), partly because its opponents are tying themselves in knots. The LibDems are hoist on their own petard – with tuition fees, VAT rise, contempt for Clegg, and lowest ever poll ratings all in quick recent succession. The Tories can’t make up their mind whether they want seriously to contest the seat or to try to nudge it towards the LibDems now that Clegg is a casualty in the intensive care ward. Cameron’s visit was farce: it was designed to show the Tories weren’t just pulling their punches, but it was so short and disconnected with anything relevant in Oldham that it simply reinforced that view. But the second matter that emerged strongly is more worrying. It’s honesty and trust. 