Find out why I think PMQs is a stain on our democracy and should be abolished over at Common Endeavour’s apostasy slot. xD.

At twenty to nine this morning, BBC Breakfast were interviewing someone from Heat magazine about the breakup of the marriage of Peter Andre and Katie ‘Jordan’ Price. Even within the vapid world of ‘sleb news’, the divorce of two C-listers, sad as it may be, is hardly news. The fact that they have courted, lived, [...]

Hilariously, the BNP are auctioning off “a beautifully hand drawn, sign and framed picture of British National Party Chairman, Nick Griffin”. Even more hilarious is the picture – a beatific-looking Griffin in front of the Union Flag. Can anybody else find a picture of someone looking like a beatific, would-be father of the nation in [...]

Further to my post on the Spanish regional elections, the leader of the Socialists in the Basque Country (PSE-EE, the local chapter of PSOE) has been elected lehendakari, or First Minster of the Basque Country, following a deal with the Popular Party. Quite what this will mean I don’t know; it breaks the hold of [...]

They should make the new tube trains like the DLR so you can sit up front and pretend to be the driver. # RT @johnb78: Can’t walk down Stonecutter St ec4 without thinking “who controls the british crown,who keeps the metric system down?we do!” # Live from New York…. it’s Tuesday evening, actually, and I’m [...]

Congratulations to Governor John Baldacci (D) who today signed a bill legalising same-sex marriage in Maine after LD1020 passed the state senate by 21 to 13, having passed the state house yesterday by 89 to 57. Congratulations also to Sen Dennis Damon who sponsored the bill. The law does not compel religious organisations to perform [...]

From the Facebook group: Simon Singh, the highly respected science writer (Fermat’s Last Theorem, etc), is being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. Chiropractic is an alternative/complementary therapy which purports to treat various ailments by manipulation of the spine.) The BCA are promoting Chiropractic as treatment for children with (potentially serious) ailments such [...]

Hope Not Hate have set up a page at action.hopenothate.org.uk/eventsnearme so you can find events near you campaigning against the BNP in advance of the Euro and council elections. There seems to be a real chance that the BNP will gain their first MEP at the forthcoming Euro elections because of the proportional system. It’s [...]

Now that’s cool – @Mario Menti, founder of TwitterFeed.com, likes my use of his tech. http://twitter.com/mario/status/1623267542 # I’m listening to an expert on fairy tales at Johns Hopkins talking about silence on the World Service. Yes, the #BBC is fantastic. # RT @chickyog: RT @flashboy: @qwghlm The best rejected Number 10 petition ever is, of [...]