Wednesday, February 28, 2007
NEWSFLASH: Barack Obama is NOT black...
Stunning news stateside as it is revealed that 2008 presidential election contender Barack Obama is NOT, contrary to popular belief, a black man - as pundit Debra Dickerson explains to Stephen Colbert.Labels: Barak Obama, Is it cos I is not black?, US Presidential Election
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
BROWN AND OUT?
Gordon Brown’s lack of a serious challenger for the leadership, yet apparent widespread unpopularity with the electorate has left Labour MPs with a serious dilemma.
The facts of the Labour leadership race are stark; Gordon Brown is the overwhelming favourite to win the race, strong odds-on with any bookmaker you care to mention and spoken of in parliament and the press as the certain victor. It would be a shock of tumultuous proportions were he not to inherit the crown when Tony Blair finally steps down. However, as more and more polls pit Brown rather unflatteringly against David Cameron, and hint at strong antagonism from voters and large Tory leads, Labour MPs find themselves damned if they do, and damned if they do not. Seemingly, Brown cannot lose the Labour leadership race, but cannot win a General Election.
Last week’s ICM poll in the Guardian gave Cameron’s Conservative’s a 13 point lead over Brown’s Labour, and for months research has suggested he would be less popular among women and floating voters. Brown polarises the electorate, pushing Lib Dems and waverers into the lap of the more consensual and empathetic Cameron. Furthermore, personal attacks, of the like seen this morning when senior backbencher and sworn Brown enemy Frank Field described his accession to the leadership as “like letting Mrs Rochester out of the attic. He has no empathy with people.” have hardly helped.
Field and others have called from a heavyweight Blairite, such as John Reid or David Milliband, to challenge Brown. The former seems handicapped by what is becoming another annus horriblis for the Home Office, and the latter by his youth and inexperience. Labour MPs who privately feel the Brown juggernaut has far too much momentum, in terms of Union support and ‘careerists for Brown’ sewn up votes, appear to be correct.
Milliband would appear to have little to gain if he can’t win, and he is the only candidate likely to offer something genuinely different to the Brown’s brand of brooding moralising. It is almost certain there will be no heavyweight challenger, and almost certain no-one from the left has any chance of usurping the Chancellor. The juggernaut truly is unstoppable. Labour MPs problem is that it appears headed for an exit marked ‘Conservative majority’.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Interview with Michael Gove
A chat with Michael Gove - revealing why he supports Hilary Clinton and is extensive views on Britney Spears!Saturday, February 24, 2007
Web Obama
First there was Web Cameron, now behold Web Obama. More slick and professional, the 'bright young thing' tells us all about his plans for 2008....Labels: Barak Obama, US Presidential Election
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Keith Scott - Australian Impersenator
His Tony Blair is pretty good!
Labels: impressions, Tony Blair
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Failed London Bomber joins cast of Little Britain?
At 6'2" Yassin Omar the most unlikely model for burkas. But the would-be mass murderer and soldier of the global Islamic jihad has to try and explain away his behaviour as part of the trial of the failed London bombers.
Labels: burka, I'm a laydeee, London Bombing, Yassin Omar
Monday, February 19, 2007
Congestion Charging Zone Expands
As the London's Congestion Charging zone expands traffic in the zone has decreased by 15% in a single day. Sadly, this means that 15% of people who could be stuck on the roads are now stuck on increasingly overcrowded London public transport.
Thankfully those clever peo-ple in Japan have invented a way to magically increase the capacity of public transport - pay beefy guys to shove more commuters into the carriages.
Genius!
P.S - Any thoughts on the congestion charging zone expanding? Leave us a comment.
Labels: Japanese, Subway pushers
Ed Vaizey Interview
Ed Vaizey talks to Blue Shark about; the NHS, Big Brother, Cannabis and much more.....The second in our series of Monday interviews.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
USA 2008 - Republican US Presidential Candidate takes on heckler
STORY - Before former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney could tout his conservative credentials Friday in this tri-county hotbed of Republicanism, he first had to defend his religious background as he begins the long road toward the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.About 800 people packed Lake Miona Regional Recreation Center in this retirement community of 65,000. It was standing-room only.
But what got the crowd roaring wasn't a pitch for safe offshore oil drilling or health care. It was his religion. If he were to win the White House, Romney would become America's first Mormon president.
A man stood amid the crowd and called Romney "a pretender" who doesn't know "the Lord."The crowd booed the man from the room, and Romney responded: "First of all, I believe in God."
Based on his experience so far -- just three days after announcing his candidacy -- Romney said most people don't take issue with his religion and are focused more on faith.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Britney Goes Bald!
Friday, February 16, 2007
The Undeclared Candidate
Every man, woman and animal in America seems to be declaring their intention to run for President in 2008. However, there is one candidate who hasn't been mentioned....Labels: Oprah Winfrey, US Presidential Election
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Bush vs. Bush - The Iranian Question
Will the US invade or attack Iran? MSNBC compares Bush before the invasion of Iraq and now...
Labels: Keith Olbermann Iraq Iran
NBA Star Speaks Out - "I Hate Gay People"
Tim Hardaway, former Miami Heat superstar has caused a storm of controversy Stateside by his comments yesterday to a local radio station.
Hardaway's comments come on the heels of a groundbreaking revelation made by former player John Amaechi (one of the only British NBA players), who became the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay.
Labels: homophobic, NBA, Tim Hardaway
Downing Street Petition Site Update
Hat Tip: Beau Bo D'Or
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
House of Lords Reform
Once again the least important issue to the nation of Lords reform has come to the top of the Governments agenda. The Leader of the House of Commons, Jack Straw, has unveiled the Governments oh so original and courageous proposals this month. Gone is the old and out of date House of Lords that we have now and in its place we will have a shining new House that will be, wait for it, part elected.
How can this be any better then what we have now? The Government came to Lords reform with a pledge, and I quote from the 1997 Labour Manifesto, “to make the House of Lords more democratic and representative.” Now I ask you how does this plan go about doing that? What it really says is you can have elections to the upper house so long as we can still appoint our buddies who have paid us millions of pounds. If half an appointed Lords can still be democratic then what is wrong with the fully appointed chamber we have now? If large scale appointment, however, is undemocratic and unrepresentative then the only answer can be elections by some form not a half and half approach which this Government seems hell bent on.
If the Government really wanted to have a democratic second chamber it would push for a fully elected body with the power to delay and some times resist the lower house. This would remove the issue once and for all from the scandal of cash for honours that is surrounding the PM at the moment. But what Prime Minister, or back bench MP for that matter, wants to see a rival created in the western end of the building? The House of Commons has got too complacent in its position as the dominant chamber in Parliament and has no desire to see a young rival that can claim as good if not better democratic mandate created in the wake of the House of Lords. Senators would challenge the system in a way that has not been seen for almost a hundred years and no one in
This is a huge waste of time and looks set to be another Hunting Bill fiasco in which vast amounts of government time are spent on bringing in legislation that is not fit for purpose and makes Parliament a joke in the country. Those people you talk to in the street who care about Lords reform would place it low on their priorities. If the Government really want to reform something how about the NHS or the Police!
Reforming Devolution
By J. D. Jennings
Since no party is proposing to abolish these devolved bodies for democratic and political reasons, the devolution settlement must therefore be reformed. The most practical reform would be to introduce a system of what I would term ‘dual representation’ whereby Celtic MPs would also serve as AMs or MSPs. General Elections and Westminster By-elections would double-up as Scottish Parliamentary and Assembly Elections. It is ridiculous that thanks to devolution, there are now two elected positions for the same tasks, especially since some AMs and MSPs also sit in Westminster such as David T. C. Davies in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Such reforms would not only make the devolution settlement work more efficiently for the Celtic peoples and strengthen the legitimacy of the devolved bodies without undermining the political supremacy of the Commons (due to General Elections enjoying higher voter turnouts than the devolved equivalents), it would also help to solve the West Lothian Question.
Labels: devolution
Happy Valentine's Day
Labels: simpsons, valentine's day
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Doughty Street Campaign Ad
Take a looksy at the first in a series of what promises to be very exciting campaign ads from 18 Doughty Street
Labels: Doughty Street, Red Ken
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Professional Standards Gone Wrong - 'Is Anna Nicole Smith Still Dead?'
Blue Shark TV may be a low budget operation (HINT: the total budget is a round number -the roundest number in fact!), but it seems that even a multi-million pound news operation like CNN can get it wrong sometimes.For example this comment by CNN anchor Jack Cafferty -
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Labels: Anna Nicole Smith, CNN, Jack Cafferty, madness
Blue Shark - Only one of the shark's in the political ocean
Hat Tip: - The TimesLabels: Blue Shark, peerages, Tony Blair
Can Law Makers Be Law Breakers?
Further speculation this week regarding David Cameron’s past use of drugs has again opened the question, what is and is not an acceptable past indiscretion for a leading public figure?
Ever since entering the Conservative Party leadership race in late September 2005, David Cameron has assiduously defended his “right to a private life before politics”. Allegations of drug use, both at University and now at Eton, have thus far caused a media storm but appeared to have done little to damage him politically. Both friend and foe have supported his clarion call for the freedom to enjoy youthful indiscretion so long as moral probity is exercised once in public life.
But is this distinction reasonable, and if so how great an indiscretion is acceptable? Cameron has drawn a clear line between behaviour in office and before it, confirming he has not taken drugs since being an MP. This does appear an important distinction; the principle that a public figures current private peccadilloes reflect their ability to govern with firm judgement and moral probity is broadly reasonable. However, were a leading politician to have committed a far more serious offence than smoking soft drugs casually when at school it would raise media and public pressure to come clean to a far greater level.
Smoking Cannabis recreationally, especially the weak Cannabis of twenty five years ago, would seem unlikely to change many British voters opinion of a politician. Mr Cameron’s defence of not commenting on his life before politics would therefore appear sound and politically shrewd; part or total confessions would only escalate the story with more questions. The distinction between private and public personal lives also seems ultimately fair; a nice balance of allowing a private citizen liberty and not scaring off potential political leaders, while offering the electorate a window into the inner character of our elected representatives. It just remains to be seen whether this distinction would hold up in the face of a media frenzy which would follow far more serious allegations about the past of a leading public figure.
Interview with Iain Dale
Tune in to this short snappy flight through the issues with top blogger and Tory A-Lister Iain Dale. Hear his views on Iraq, on the Home Office, on blogs and on the BBC.The first in a weekly series!
Blue Shark TV Launches
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