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A history lesson for moaning electoral reformers
Did supporters of democracy in the 1830s refuse ...
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Premier League review: Buoyant Baggies and morose McCarthy
The good “Top notch,” noted one ebullient B...
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Privilege and Inequality
This is the first sentence of Ed Miliband’...
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Where do I begin?
It’s an in-joke that composer Howard Goodall could hardly pass by – quoting that song in his and Stephen Clark’s musical adaptation of the much-loved novel and film LOVE STORY. But it’s the moment he chooses that raises wry smiles from us all. It’s Jenny Cavilleri’s much-anticipated Bach recital and there it is, the schmaltziest [...]
By Edward Seckerson | Arts | Tuesday, 7 December 2010 at 10:50 am
iBet: Manchester United will field a strong team
Champions League: Manchester Utd v Valencia
Lay Valencia at 4.8 to one
Manchester United have been outstanding in the Champions League this season. They are unbeaten in the competition and beat Valencia at the Mastalla on Matchday Two with a very professional 1-0 performance.
The Red Devils are rested after their Premiership fixture against Blackpool on Saturday was [...]
By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Tuesday, 7 December 2010 at 2:00 am
Crime, punishment and car crashes
Crime and punishment has looked like one of the Coalition’s weak spots since the start, and Kenneth Clarke would have been specially vulnerable if Ed Miliband had not decided to try to out-liberal the Government on the issue.
Now Clarke is telling the BBC that he is ditching Tory election promise that anyone found carrying a [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 6 December 2010 at 6:38 pm
Could scientists be on the verge of inventing a Dr Who-style sonic screwdriver?
Number 459 in the world-famous series is asked by the Daily Mail today.
Thanks to Torybear, aka Harry Cole.
As a bonus pedantry point, I think that Doctor Who does not take the contraction Dr. This is something that I discovered years ago in the steam age of Google, when searching for the short form.
Meanwhile, the great [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 6 December 2010 at 3:06 pm
A history lesson for moaning electoral reformers
Did supporters of democracy in the 1830s refuse to push wholeheartedly for the Great Reform Act because it only extended the vote to four men in every 100?
Premier League review: Buoyant Baggies and morose McCarthy
The good
“Top notch,” noted one ebullient Baggies fan following his side’s 3-1 win over Newcastle at the Hawthorns. The supporter was doubtless excited about a surreal stat and their star that continues to rise and shine.
It was West Brom’s first league victory over the Magpies since 1984, the year in which they won 2-1 in [...]
By Giles Lucas | Sport | Monday, 6 December 2010 at 1:10 pm
iBet: Aston Villa have little chance against Liverpool
Liverpool v Aston Villa (Tonight, 8pm)
Lay Villa at 6 to one
After a ropey start to the season, Liverpool’s form has picked up, and their last five matches at Anfield have seen them score twelve and only concede two. Even though they lost at Spurs, they played really well. Villa have had a lot of injuries [...]
By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Monday, 6 December 2010 at 1:02 pm
When is a magazine not a magazine?
When it’s a head, is the obvious answer. This new issue of American literary journal McSweeney’s comes in the form of some sixteen pamphlets and booklets contained in a square cube, which is decorated with the features an offensively florid human face the like of which we haven’t seen since the cover of In The Court of the Crimson King.
By Jonathan Gibbs | Arts | Monday, 6 December 2010 at 11:29 am
Privilege and Inequality
This is the first sentence of Ed Miliband’s article in The Observer:
A defining test of this government will be whether their plans to cut the deficit and roll back the state will entrench privilege and inequality still further.
What does he mean “still further”? Is he saying that privilege and inequality were further entrenched during the [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 5 December 2010 at 9:27 pm
Is Mike Hancock MP a threat to national security?
We’re up to number 458 now in my Questions to Which the Answer is No. This one is asked by Max Wind-Cowie at Muscular Liberal, apparently seriously, about today’s spy scandal concerning Katia Zatuliveter, a Russian research assistant to a Liberal Democrat MP.
File under Reds Under the Beds (Comedy).
Thanks to farneygirl1.
Photograph via the BBC.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 5 December 2010 at 7:31 pm
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