The Myth of ‘Political’ Voting at Eurovision

Pretty much ever European blog commenting on the Eurovision Song Contest this morning is bringing up the political voting (you know, where Greece and Cyprus exchange 12 points if they can, the Scandinavian countries vote for each other, and so on). Lets get this right. The voting in each country is now a 15 minute […]

Eurovision Pick 3 2008: The Results of the Twitterverse Competition

Not only is the result of Eurovision 2008 in (1st, Russia; 2nd, Ukraine; 3rd Greece), but the results of the Twitter ‘Pick Three’ Eurovision is in as well. The twitterverse each chose three songs, and their scores are added up to give your score. Just for fun you understand… the results (of those I saw […]

Grab Your Eurovision Score Sheets Here!

Only an hour to go - part of me so wishes I was in Belgrade in the stadium ight now… maybe next year, eh. Anyway, till then, if you haven;t got one sorted out yet, the Eurovision Official Site has a single page PDF score sheet for you to print out and use throughout the […]

Ewan’s Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Tonight’s the night! While the semi-finals are both an acquired taste and require true dedication to watch (or perhaps wondering just what the frak Ewan is twittering about…) the final (tonight, Saturday 24th May) pulls in absolutely stonking viewing figures (last year topped eleven million in the UK). For all the media sniping, it is […]

What if Gordon Brown is Telling The Truth?

This article is a cross-post from Scottish Sketch, my political commentary blog on Scottish and UK politics… http://scottishsketch.wordpress.com/ And this is the RSS Feed…
Listening to John Humphrys interviewing Gordon Brown on Radio’s 4 Today programme this morning, I was reminded why I don’t like Brown’s style of Government and management.
Let’s start with one simple […]

You Won’t Get Me, I’m Part of New Labour

‘You Won’t Get Me, I’m Part of New Labour,’ sung by Gordon Brown,
To the tune of ‘Part of the Union, by The Strawbs’ (Listen to the original via Muxtape)

And here’s the lyrics if you want to sing along…
Now I’m a New Labour man
Amazed at what I am
I say what I think, that the Tories stink
Yes […]

BBC Election Coverage, Now With Political Bloggers

Sitting up catching the start of the Results Coverage of the Local Council and London Mayoral elections on the BBC, and I have to say congratulations to whoever decided that inviting three of the UK Political Bloggers into the ’secondary’ studio would be a good idea, because it is. Those representing ‘us’ are…

Iain Dale, Conservative […]

Happy (Belated) Birthday War

Mitch Benn sums it up far better than anyone else…
Happy Birthday War by Mitch Benn

O’Reilly For Republicans (and Democrats)

Courtesy of The O’Reilly Maker…

When Memes Collide - Hillary Clinton and Tom Cruise

I’m not sure if this is as much fun if you haven’t been following the fun on the internet in the last few days, but it sure points out to anyone watching just how devastating the cult of the amateur can be.

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