Right, who knows a way of making 鈥淐onservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition, out out out!鈥 scan properly?
Events haven鈥檛 been made easier by the news coverage, which involved reporters telling us: 鈥淥h my God, it鈥檚 historic, and the two of them look so lovely together, and they鈥檙e in the garden, ooohhh, I haven't cried so much since I last saw Breakfast at Tiffany鈥檚."
Mark Steel
BRITAIN: Hypocrisy of anti-union brigade
Over March 22-24, British Airways cabin crew staged a three-day strike over the refusal of BA management to negotiate a reasonable long-term pay offer. A second round of strikes was scheduled to begin on March 27. British socialist and comedian Mark Steel responded to the media and government hysteria against the strike in a March 17 column posted at .
Politicians and newspapers love to revere a war hero from Afghanistan. It鈥檚 strange, then, that they haven鈥檛 got round to Lance-Corporal Joe Glenton, the British soldier who has been arrested for addressing an anti-war protest in October.
There鈥檚 something touchingly innocent about the argument that the far-right British National Party (BNP), which won two European parliament seats in June, should be allowed space in the mainstream media as this will 鈥渆xpose their ignorant ideas鈥.
Over the last few years it鈥檚 become one of our quaint English traditions that on any day following the announcement of immigration figures, certain newspapers display headlines such as 鈥淭EN MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT POLES TO SWARM INTO BRITAIN LIKE PLUMBING LOCUSTS!!! And they plan to BUGGER OUR KITTENS!!!鈥
Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad.
Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad.
One of the many upsetting aspects to being in your 40s is hearing people your own age grumbling about 鈥測oung people鈥 the way we were grumbled about ourselves.
The worrying part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the international community can stop the flow of arms to the terrorists.
When you read the statements from Israeli and US politicians, and try to match them with the pictures of devastation in Gaza, there seems to be only one explanation. They must have one of those conditions, called something like 鈥淰isual-Carnage-Responsibility-Back-To-Front-Upside-Down-Massacre-Disorder鈥.
They聮re not happy, these bankers who聮ve been forced to resign, are they?
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