Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
World famous contemporary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s fortune is worth £750 million, or $1.3 billion USD, and while you can’t take it with you, he feels you don’t have to let your kids have it, either. With the idea that his children should make their own way in the world, Lord Lloyd Webber won’t be leaving any [...]
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Lord Sebastian Coe still refuses both to deny claims by reporters that he told the Welsh and Scots to fuck off, and to apologise for having done so. Adam Price told the Western Mail last week: “I shall be writing to Lord Coe asking him categorically to deny making the remark. If he had made the remark – and it wouldn’t matter whether it was on or off the record – it would be a resigning matter
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The joys of the mobile age......ambitious MPs and peers no longer have to wait by their phones for a call from Number 10 at reshuffle time. The leader of the Lords, Lady Ashton, was having lunch with her Tory opposite number when the call came. Lord Strathclyde said: "It is a post that I think surprised her almost as much as me, since on Friday I was having lunch with her when the Prime Minister rang...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Still no explanation or apology from Lord Coe. And it seems the mainstream British media thinks it's perfectly acceptable for the 'Olympic Ambassador' to insult Wales and Scotland. Luckily we have this internetty thing going on really. Here's what you'll find on Wikipedia: n September 2008 Coe controversially told reporters "F**** 'Em" when asked about the opposition to the creation of a
The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The millions Lord Ashcroft has lavished on his marginal seat campaign looks like money well spent this evening if you're of a Tory persuasion. Not even Mandy can save Brown , says the News of the World. 'An exclusive News of the World/ICM poll of Britain's 192 most marginal parliamentary seats shows they still plan to hand the Tories a 78-seat majority. The poll shows Labour will lose 164 seats in...
The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
St Giles' in Cheadle, Staffordshire is an exceptional Catholic church. Built between 1841-46 and financed by John Talbot, the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, A. W. N. Pugin endeavoured to create "a perfect revival of an English parish church of the time of Edward I". Often, Pugin's ambitions had to be scaled down because of the lack of funds, but here at Cheadle, Pugin's patron had seemingly ample resources...
Amlwch to Magor (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Senedd Whip seems to believe we all got a bit hot under the collar with Lord Coe's "Fuck 'Em" moment (or "alleged" moment!) because that he's a Tory. Sorry Mr Whippy, it has a bit more to do with the fact that we're told he told us to Fuck off! As I said on the previous post, the story disappeared quite quickly. Here's a copy of the printed version (courtesy of Dougthedug ) Coe hasn't commented on...
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
A Member of the Welsh Assembly has written to Lord Coe, the Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games asking him to confirm or deny alleged "disparaging comments" he made at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham about the reluctance of the Football Associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to play in a combined Team GB side at London 2012. Lesley Griffiths, the Labour...
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE organising committee of the London Olympics last night denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a GB Olympic football team.
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE organising committee of the London Olympics last night denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a GB Olympic football team.
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE organising committee of the London Olympics last night denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a GB Olympic football team.
icWales (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE organising committee of the London Olympics last night denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a GB Olympic football team.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
John Denham, secretary of state for universities, describes Lord Patten's views as 'outmoded' and 'profoundly wrong'
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Home (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
CLIMATE change remains the most pressing problem the world faces – that was the stark message from politician Chris Patten at a major business conference in Liverpool yesterday.
Linguanaut.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
There's been an uproar in the Welsh blogosphere about Lord Coe's approach to a UK Olympic football team. Up until now, the constituent parts of the United Kingdom take part in international footballing events individually, namely Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Seb Coe wants to threaten and overturn the historic agreements with FIFA, and potentially destroy any future chance of there...
