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| Gordon bashing - the new bloodsport? |
| Can't help thinking this current feeding frenzy on our beleaguered PM is getting out of control. Adopting the position of Bear-Baiter-in-Chief is that guardian of the nation's morals, The Sun, practically frothing at the mouth over the PM's latest 'gaffe' - his poor grammar and spelling as evinced in his handwritten letter of condolence (yes, that's the correct spelling) to Jackie Janes, mother to young Jamie Janes who was killed in action in Afghanistan.
Should he [>>>] |
| Posted by nsavage 18:20:44 10.11.2009; Comments: 103 Add Comment |
| Streets not paved with gold for londonpaper |
| So after three years it's farewell to thelondonpaper. Murdoch pulled the plug after baulking at the title's £13m losses, leaving the way clear for the weaker London Lite and struggling London Evening Standard to gain some ground. For the Standard this must be something of a reprieve. Having been bailed out to the tune of £25million by a wealthy Russian earlier this year, the paper still hasn't managed to turn a profit. Meanwhile the money is ebbing away like the sands in a an egg-t [>>>] |
| Posted by nsavage 14:00:33 19.09.2009; Comments: 141 Add Comment |
| BBC bottles it |
| And so to today's amusing revelation from the Grauniad that Aunty Beeb has been forking out the best part of half a million quid on bottled water for its thirsty employees (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 009/aug/11/bbc-bottled-water).
It doesn't come as a huge shock. A few months ago I was invited to appear in a debate on Richard Bacon's show on Radio 5 Live to argue the case for tap water versus bottled. Up against a smooth young chap from the Natural Hydration Counci [>>>] |
| Posted by nsavage 17:14:59 12.08.2009; Comments: 2 Add Comment |
| Watch out for the Westminster Roundabout |
| Had the good fortune to attend the glittering CIPR Awards this week and was seated near a Whitehall spin doctor. Being a former spinner myself, we exchanged pleasantries and shared gossip, and soon the conversation turned to our respective careers.
Said doctor surprised me by suggesting that a teacher training course might be on the cards, and I found myself casting my mind back to almost this time 12 years ago. Join me if you will, on this trip down memory lane, when Big Brother was [>>>] |
| Posted by nsavage 19:50:21 10.07.2009; Comments: 202 Add Comment |