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We have ways of making you talk, Mr Blair

June 21, 2009 – 2:35 pm

It used to be difficult to shut Tony Blair up, especially on the subject of Iraq. Remember his epic war speech to Parliament, when the phrase ‘weapons of mass destruction’ was repeated more than 15 times? Now he only speaks for $400,000 a pop to neocons or lectures the Pope on theology. He might yet [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Global security, Insurgency, Iraq, Middle East, Policy, Political spin, Spin doctors, Totalitarian drift, UK politics, War on Terror, carpet bombing, citizens' rights, miscarriage of justice | Also tagged (Sir) John Chilcot, Add new tag, Basra, Blair, Blair's 1999 Chicago 'Humanitarian Intervention' speech, Butler enquiry, by John J Kelly, David Miliband, Dodgy Dossier, General Sir Richard Dannatt, Gordon Brown, in the interests of national security, International Criminal Court at the Hague, Iraq War, Iraq War enquiry, John Scarlett, M16, Mossad, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Thus Magazine, weapons of mass destruction, Yellow Cake Nigerian uranium | Comments Off

Hurrah! BBC licence fee increase preserves a bourgeois Pravda

May 22, 2009 – 3:06 pm

But for how long? On 19 May, the Tory motion to freeze any increase in the BBC licence fee was defeated by 334 to 150 votes in the House of Commons. The compulsory tax of £11.62 per month on every household with a TV or radio, enforced by highly democratic ‘we know where you live’ [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British identity, Culture, Media, Political spin, Politics, consumers | Also tagged Andrew Gilligan, Barack Obama, BBC, BBC Licence fee increase, British Broadcast Corpration, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, Dodgy dosier, Dr David Kelly, Gavyn davies, Graham Norton, Greg Dyke, Jeremy paxman, John birt, jonathan Ross, Mark Thompson, Neo-Stalinist Birtism, Pravda, public service broadcating, Radio 4, state-subsidised media, Tory motion to freeze BBC licence fee increase defeated, Weapons of Mass Destruction Dossier | Comments (3)

Britain's corrupt politicians deserve a break – send them to prison

May 15, 2009 – 6:52 pm

Thus has steered clear of the Tsunami of revelations about abuse of UK MPs’ expenses and allowances, mainly because we predicted it several weeks ago: “It beggars belief that the Secretary for Employment and Welfare Reform should be found to be either incompetent in his interpretation of Parliamentary allowances rules, or disingenous in their interpretation. [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Policy, Political spin, Politics, Totalitarian drift, UK politics | Also tagged Aiding and abetting Misconduct in Public Office, Damian Green MP, David Cameron, Dodgy Dossier, Elliot Morley, Gordon Brown, Harriet Harman, hazel Blears capital gains tax avoidance, Jacqui Smith, Lord Truscott cash for influence, Michael Martin, Peter Mandelson, Shaheed Malik Justice Minister, Speaker of the House of Commons, Tony McNulty, UK MP expenses and allowances scandal | Comments Off