Power of The Commentariat: How much do commentators influence politics and public opinion?: How Much Do Commentators Influence Politics and Public Life?
aangirfan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tanks in Glasgow, in 1919, ready to shoot the people. How vicious are the ruling elite? "In 1919 Glasgow's engineering unions called for a general strike starting on 27 January in support of the demand for a 40-hour working week... "The Government sent English troops to Glasgow... "Six tanks and 100 motor lorries accompanied the troops, and they were sent to strategic points across the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
BBC was criticised for ageism after dropping veteran newsreader Moira Stuart after four decades More than two years after the BBC dropped her – sparking accusations of ageism – veteran newsreader Moira Stuart is being lined up for a return to the airwaves on Chris Evans's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show . Stuart, a familiar voice on BBC television for four decades, is understood to be Evans's...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Which cultural guests do you want on the Andrew Marr show?
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
For the second year running, Total Politics has conducted it's Top 100 Journalists poll , asking its readers, MPs and journalists themselves to vote. 1. (+3) Nick Robinson 2. (-1) Evan Davis 3. (-1) Jeremy Paxman 4. (+9) Adam Boulton 5. (+18) Eddie Mair 6. (+1) Andrew Marr 7. (+22) Jon Snow 8. (+3) Quentin Letts 9. (+22) James Naughtie 10. (-4) Martha Kearney 11. (-1) Peter Riddell 12. (-9) Matthew...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Bloggers annual bid to stir up feelings of envy and insecurity in Westminster press corps works its magic again Iain Dale has done it again. In his annual bid to stir up feelings of envy and insecurity in the Westminster press corps, his Total Politics magazine has published its list of the top 100 political journalists . They base their results on a survey of their readers, who include MPs, peers,...
As I See It (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I s there a sillier man in British politics than speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow? Please don’t write in on a postcard because the question was a rhetorical one to which the answer is no there isn’t. Last weekend Mr Bercow popped up on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme to tell us all that in his esteemed opinion MP’s should expect to receive ‘rough justice’...
Prodicus (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I read Prospect magazine so as to understand and keep an eye on the Gramscians. I deserve a fucking medal. I don’t know how much longer I can keep it up. It is an infinitely depressing task. I consider it a sort of duty, to be undertaken only with a glass of Caledonian medication in hand to stiffen the resolve. The stiffener is a sine qua non lest after an hour in the company of bitter and self-pitying...
Number 3 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Am considering doing my PhD - thinking about the role of universities in society, a timely topic in the UK, where higher education is currently being compromised by financial matters. Research must have 'impact', business should have input to curriculum, students as consumers, etc. Like my personal political ideology, my professional ideals are currently in a state of confusion and transition. Perhaps...
Laci the Dog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Yet another distraction for when I am watching Andrew Marr , I can think of him looking like this guy: Bibo ! It's hard to watch The Making of Modern Britain and think of the guy as some sort of cartoon character . Then, this Nazi from the Telegraph writes this nasty review of The Making of Modern Britain . I mean it's pretty obvious that Charles Moore is some form of reactionary from his reaction...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Gillian Ayres RA OBE , one of Britain’s most respected painters, will unveil new paintings in an exhibition that marks her 80th birthday at Alan Cristea Gallery. Entitled New paintings and works on paper , it will be on display from February 3 to March 13, 2010. Broadcaster Andrew Marr described Gillian Ayres as ‘probably the finest abstract painter alive in Britain’. He continued:...
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Goodness gracious, coincidentally I had just been discussing , not so much the Khazar hypothesis itself, but if it has any genuine or valid ramifications for, well anything at all really. Then I get this email linking to a Jerusalem Post article headed TAU historian accused of anti-Semitism about how the Board of Deputies and its provisional wing, the Community Security Trust, are saying that the book...
Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
I've been enjoying Andrew Marr's BBC documentary series about the history of 20th century Britain. First The History of Modern Britain (2007), about the second half of the century, and now the ongoing The Making of Modern Britain , about the first half. Marr focuses on social history. He looks at how people saw the world and their place in it, and how this changed over time. He portrays the rise of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
• World champion should not link up with Lewis Hamilton • Stewart and Lauda advise against McLaren move Sir Jackie Stewartsaid today that Jenson Button should stay with the Brawn-Mercedes team for 2010 rather than accept an invitation to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton at McLaren as part of an all-British super-team. Stewart, a three times world champion, voiced his opinions forcefully on...
Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Watching the Andrew Marr show this morning a rare occurrence happened: I found myself agreeing with John Bercow. I still regard him as an arrogant little shit; my opinion of him has not changed, but what he was correct on was the subject of spouses, partners and other family members working for MPs. I feel sorry for those family members who have worked in the Commons for years, doing a great job and...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
You could forgive Andrew Marr and Ian Hislop buckling under the weight of their poppies come Armistice Day. How does a popular historian tackle a subject as relentlessly researched as the First World War without staggering into the No Man's Land between rehashed old facts and obscure military arcana? Hislop, on Channel 4, was at least able to beaver away in Marr's shadow. Poor Andy is a brand these...
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