ACCORDING to Guido, “Robert Philpot, director of Progress and editor of their magazine has just been appointed as the new SpAd [special advisor] to Peter Hain, replacing the departed cheating Phil Taylor“. Meanwhile, Guido has been recovering from his Newsnight appearance and run-in with the BBC’s Nick Robinson.
Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have seen [...] read our review »
This is article was first published in Fortnight magazine back in February 2003. Chris Farrington is now a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Although the circumstances it describes has changed radically and [...] read our review »
Paxman’s temper tantrum was very funny. The arrogance of media people in London is beaten only by that of politicians. And maybe that **** John Terry
‘[special advisor] to Peter Hain’ ??
Hmmm..
‘Peetahh, don’t go out like tha-at. There’s a drip line from last night’s tan-spray on your cheek’.
I remember a quote, it may have been PJ O’Rourke…”Jounalists should approach politicians in the same way that dogs approach lamp-posts”
Hain has been asked to resign in a joint letter by Paisley and MCGuiness. Next thing we’ll hear is DUP agree to UI… fantastic news .
beezer said: I remember a quote, it may have been PJ O’Rourke…”Jounalists should approach politicians in the same way that dogs approach lamp-postsâ€
It wasn’t O’Rourke. Nor was it Jeremy Paxman – although that’s who Noel Thompson attributed it to on Hearts & Minds earlier this week.
It was, in fact, HL Mencken.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken