Politics

So, we have the results through. Some things... Middlesbrough has once again returned Sir Stuart Bell as MP, for the seventh time. This is a guy that only comes to Middlesbrough when there's a photo op in it for him and hasn't held a surgery for 15 years. Just goes to prove that my friend…

AKA Who does your vote belong to? So, tomorrow is the general election. And there's been a lot that has pissed me off about the campaign. First of all was the Tories suggesting that if you vote Lib Dem, it's time to come home to the Conservative Party, as well as their suggestion that if…

So, last night Friends of the Earth held hustings for the candidates for Middlesbrough. Well, some of them anyway. There are six candidates running for election in Middlesbrough. However, it turns out that the candidate from UKIP (Robert Parker) wasn't invited because of his party's stance on cli...

On Thursday Britain saw a historic political moment, with the first ever televised debate between the leaders of the main political parties*. I don't own a TV, so was unable to actually watch the event live. I did, however, manage to download it from the BBC iPlayer (despite it being originally b...

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Another question time. This time, I'm looking for political questions. will try and have them answered next week. In the meantime, have an amusing pic: Will Widgets & Flash Toys

I've heard that one of the strikes against Obama and Biden is that they seem too interlectual. I've heard that one of the things that Bush Jr. had going for him and that Palin has in her favour if she runs for President is that they seem like people you can have a drink with.…

Tania Branigan, Beijing guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 3 June 2009 22.56 BST It is 20 years since Ding Zilin stood by her gate and waited for her son. "What came were students with tattered clothes and dishevelled hair, shouting 'they are killing people, they are shooting at people,'" she recalled. "T...

Operation carried out two months before 50th anniversary of failed uprising against Chinese rule Chinese authorities have launched a security operation in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, running checks on almost 6,000 people and detaining 81, including two with "reactionary music" on their mobile pho...

...Abortion Doughnuts By Kyle Munzenrieder in Politicks Thursday, Jan. 15 2009 @ 1:16PM Krispy Kreme, being the genial purveyor of glazed goodness that it is, decided to get in on the Obama inauguration craze and is offering one free doughnut to every costumer on January 20, Inauguration day, and...