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Spotted this comment over on Tom Harris's drivel of a blog We could go to the pub for a Christmas drink and a cigar. We could drink wine without warning labels on the bottle. We could walk to the post office in the snow to post our parcels, but sadly its now closed. We always shopped in Woolworths on Christmas Eve as our fathers and our fathers fathers before them had. Sadly this will be the last year....
Hopi Sen argues persuasively (citing Lib Dem Mike Smithson and Lab MP Tom Harris in agreement) that there isn't really much profit in the Damian Green swoop for the Labour Party. At least from what we know at this stage of proceedings, but almost (almost) whatever else may emerge from the light-Green-fingered one. Hopi and his expert witnesses finds the lack of any good politics for Labour in this...
Tom Harris MP rather likes our "democracy" - I suppose he would say that, wouldn't he. I can't think of a good working definition of democracy, because it's a bit of a nebulous concept. It isn't purely about elections. It is about every voice being heard, everyone having some level of input into the decisions which are made on their behalf, about feeling in control of our own destiny. Mr Harris says...
Thanks to Iain's Daley Dozen for a link to Tom Harris MP's circular to Transport staff . To be fair I must say I think Liam Byrne easily surpassed Tom in the satire and dark humour stakes . Although he too is a bit of an amateur compared to our beloved entertainers. But nonetheless that effort may be why Byrne Baby Byrne is not only still a minister but also big on the after dinner comedy circuit....
This post from Tom Harris MP is introduced by Iain Dale as the erstwhile Transport Minister, some say the historic first red box redundancy over a blog, doesn't think George Osborne is all bad . Which is true enough. It becomes a question of "how bad is he?" Tom thinks GOO is lacking "luck" and "judgement" to go with "ability" and "skill". Which is we meld the latter pair of likes into one factor...
What is the world coming to when a public vote on a Saturday night entertainment show ends up being discussed in the House of Commons? Tom Harris is even having a strop about it too. Early favourite Laura White was voted out by the judges after a sing off against Ruth Lorenzo. I've watched it now - both were fabulous and, to be honest, I'd have picked Ruth to stay after her passionate rendition of...
Should you Deutsche spracken or indeed verstehen you may find that turning down the sound is helpful to your enjoyment of the latest take on the jolly Downfall meme. Tom Harris MP pointed me there, but probably wouldn't want anyone to know. It being rude and all. Ooops. LoL site feed
Another MP Ignores the ‘1984′ Question. You may recall reading on The Daily Dust of Labour MP Tom Harris and his reaction to receiving a copy of George Orwell’s 1984 in the post. Now, a second Labour MP has opened up the parcel containing the novel, and fails to address the pertinent issues raised by the [...]
Dear old Kerry has received her copy of 1984 and is just as dismissive as Tom Harris was (incidentally, the latter has added a comment of mine to his endorsements ). I think I know what, if he was writing ' Down and Out in St Pauls and Easton ', George Orwell would have made of businessmen in BMWs paying drug-addicted teenagers £20 a time for sex on their way home from work. Freedom? For who? [sic]...
Kerry McCarthy Have been catching up with other people's blogs from while I was away. Tom Harris has been sent a copy of 1984 in the post. So have I, but with a slightly different covering note. (No contact name, no signature, very brave of them). Whereas Tom got a slip saying "Young man, This is a reminder that this book, contrary to what your leader might think, is NOT an instruction manual, but...
Yesterday was a good day, this morning I have not been able to attend to my real job, as the 1984 book campaign has lead to an upswing in membership enquiries and a modicum of press interest. Only two MP's to our knowledge had acknowledged receiving a copy- one being the estimable Tom Harris MP - who despite his lack of understanding of why it was sent to him did endure the avalanche of comment that...
The Conservative leader David Cameron was backing McCain in this election race but made out to the media he was backing Obama. The Conservative leader according to a blog post by Tom Harris MP was backing McCain all along and from the very start yet he still met up with Obama on his visit to the UK. Cameron was showing his true Conservative colours and backing another conservative across the pond....
Tom Harris MP, who read 1984 thirty years ago, obviously was not paying attention then, does not understand it now. Backed into a corner, unable to come up with any cogent arguement against why his party have turned this country into a surveillance society, and his carefully crafted 'final word' on the subject was 'We will have to agree to disagree about this', then cracked under pressure calling the...
