As The Spectator guy said… The Prime Minister seems to be indestructible… for the present…. From the BBC: “ 1803 The Spectator’s political editor, Fraser Nelson, says that for Mr Brown to survive cabinet unrest, backbench plots, an economy in recession and abysmal election results, he must be a “Terminator prime minister. It seems like nothing can kill him.”
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The Prime Terminator is back!…
GuidoFawkes reports that there were cheers in dealing rooms throughout the City today at the rumour that Brown had resigned… the rumours were false and Downing Street had to put out a statement that the Prime Minister was ‘getting on with the job’. Cabinet shuffle coming… will anyone want to be in it?.. and how long can Brown last? Friday? Sunday night / Monday morning?
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Dealing room cheers at Brown going… but false rumour!…
4th June: News up on Insite Law
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4th June: News up on Insite Law
News up on Insite Law Jacqui Smith: The departure of one of the worst Home Secretaries in history Billed as the youngest Home Secretary in our history, tipped as a future Prime Minister, Jacqui Smith leaves the Home Office less fit for purpose than it was when she arrived. I am not talking of minutiae and administration but in terms of reputation. Leaving aside her own poor judgement in terms of expenses claims, and the questionable, if amusing, taste of her husband when it came to private amusement with a video, Jacqui Smith seemed to be in thrall to Number 10 and presided over a number of civil liberties disasters. Pushing through the re-classification of Cannabis, against the advice of her own team, pushing for an extension of detention without trial to 42 days (thankfully booted into touch by objections in the Lords, failing to come to grips with Policing, a relationship with the Police federation in terms of pay and Police appointments and, perhaps, most serious of all, her involvement in the Damien Green Affair. While denying she called in PC Plod it became clear that she was the source of concerns about National Security – later shown to be preposterous by the DPP Kyle Starmer QC – revealing her as a person unfit to hold one of the most important offices of State. She is unlikely to be missed by civil libertarians. The incoming Home Secretary could possibly go down in the record books as being one of the shortest holders of the office. *** BREAKING NEWS: “Sources say Smith is stepping down for the sake of her husband, who has been watching so much porn he is on the verge of being declared medically blind.” Newsarse
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3rd June: News up on Insite Law
So with the predictability of “Phew Wot a Scorcha” on the year’s hottest day being the headline in The Sun – today, as the sun shone, Britain’s men went down to B&Q, Homebase or their local garage forecourt, like stampeding Wildebeest, to purchase a device that would allow them to run their own private crematorium. Barbecue Man is BACK! Barbecue Man is not, necessarily, a stupid man – for this particular affliction crosses class and intelligence divides. For some men it even puts them in the same species as the rest of us. Doctors, writing in The Lancet , say that the patient presents with minor second degree burns, often red scorch marks on his forehead and nose and with respiratory problems from breathing in kerosene soaked wood smoke. In extreme cases the patient suffers from the delusion that he can cook. I can, and do, cook. I enjoy cooking. I even watch chefery programmes on TV. A lot of men I know cannot cook. In a world where restaurants are closed, they would die. Why these men who preside over their new toy, usually dressed in an absurd apron, think that kerosene soaked wood infusing a cremated steak or horrendous frozen burger burnt beyond napalm on the outside, raw inside, is going to appeal, I do not know. Charles Darwin is silent on the matter. I have attended barbecues where these men are cooking. I simply say to them as they call us out to dinner… “Just chuck mine into the fire… I’m into recycling.” I continue writing the world’s longest Blawg Review… it will be published on the stroke of midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning… if I am still sober.
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Barbecue man returns… argghhhhh….
Normally I steer clear of the heavier alcohol content wines but the other evening, doing my duty for my country and my new ‘career’ as a wine reviewer, I found myself working at my laptop and a bottle of Spier ‘Private Collection’ Stellenbosch Shiraz, 2005 from South Africa happened to be open on my right. I enjoy South African reds. They often have strong nose, a bit of leg and taste good. Unfortunately, I did not check the alcohol content (15.5% – I rarely do). This wine didn’t just have legs. This wine played for the Springboks in the second row, had legs of thunder and a kick to match. A delicious wine that made me ever more amused with life until I got up to answer nature’s call. I realised that I had been drinking when I staggered into the bathroom and saw an apparition before me, Vercingetorix mustache bristling, eyes wide and smiling. In fact, I will confess that I was singing the chorus from The Village People’s GO WEST at this stage. A fine wine indeed, but perhaps not a whole bottle on a modest meal of raw prawns and bean salad. Fortunately, ASDA sell it at £13.98 and I shall be buying some more very soon. For those of you who enjoy your wine being compared to christmas cakes – I can tell you that the wine is dark red in colour, heading towards plum, lightly spiced, perhaps a bit of cinnamon and had a smooth texture and after taste. I could not taste any leather rugby ball – but it was probably in there somewhere. Spier Private Collection Shiraz, 2005 ASDA £13.98 (15.5% vol) Stars: ****
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Your head may fall off…
On Monday 1st June I am hosting Blawg Review… it will be #214 in an unbroken record of Blawg Reviews going back over four years. I enjoy reading Blawg Reviews – my blawg review is an anaconda of a review… it is now just over 22ft long….. I write most of it when I am pissed…. there is a lot of coverage… and much talk about marketing, twitter and Geeklawyer’s woodwork skills… It’s not just a blog carnival; it’s the law! ~ a fool in the forest The Carnival of Law Bloggers Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law.
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Coming soon.. 1st June…Blawg Review #214
On Monday 1st June I am hosting Blawg Review… it will be #214 in an unbroken record of Blawg Reviews going back over four years. I enjoy reading Blawg Reviews – my blawg review is an anaconda of a review… it is now just over 22ft long….. I write most of it when I am pissed…. there is a lot of coverage… and much talk about marketing, twitter and Geeklawyer’s woodwork skills… It’s not just a blog carnival; it’s the law! ~ a fool in the forest The Carnival of Law Bloggers Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law.
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Coming soon.. 1st June…Blawg Review #214
