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…the traditional media (outside of the UK anyway) was making hay while the sun shone. This provokes an even bigger facepalm as most of the UK blogosphere is obsessed with “OMFG William Hague is GAY?!” right now. And I’m sorry Guido but if you’ve got enough time to make 4Chan-esque jokes about William Hague’s sexuality and go on holiday then you’ve got enough time to cover the following. Read on if you’d like to see what SHOULD be the big story today.
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The Westminster Village (which is what passes for the beltway in the UK) was rocked over the past week by the rather startling denial from Foreign Secretary William Hague over his relationship with a special advisor Christopher Myers.
The allegation specifically was a rather spurious piece by political blogger Guido Fawkes which noted that as Hague and Myers had been photographed in “casual clothing” and had even shared a hotel room together on the election trail that must mean one should question their *gasp* sexuality. It should be noted that Hague is married and happily so but the suggestions kept mounting which led to a rather shocking rebuttal by Hague coinciding with Myer’s resignation.
I can sense a change in the air and it is favoring the cool temperatures of the north. This morning wasn’t Baltic or freezing by any means but it could be charitably be described as bracing!
No matter, summer is still in full flow and as any certified Anglophile will tell you no English summer can be complete without cricket and festivals and despite both being disrupted to some degree by rain both have turned out to be absolute corkers although England’s supremacy at the Test Match against Pakistan has been overshadowed by yet more allegations of match fixing this morning by the Pakistani bowlers.
We all love a bit of cider me especially. Its something which to some who have experience of Northern Europe with its exposure to Atlantic fury and tempestuous weather cycles would prove to be a bit of an oxymoron: a region that loves a nice apple based booze to refresh oneself in the middle of Summer.
Brewing cider is very popular in the UK. Many home brew beer but if you can get the apples you can brew more cider before you start to get taxed for it. So it was with delight that my Dad decided to make some cider today.
I think we’ve all heard as much as we want to hear about the Cordoba center, where it will be sited (near the twin towers site in New York) and the forciferous opposition from figures on the American left and right. We’ve probably read as much as we want to read about the horribly inaccurate version of history which seems to inhabit Newt Gingrich’s mind and the flawed and hypocritical late outcoming against the project by Democrat Harry Reid.
But amongst the wreakage we can find signs of life for the cause of common sense and hope for a future of a more balanced debate on other issues.
..I thought I’d mention that I’m now writing for the blog War is Boring run by freelance journalist David Axe. Axe is what I would consider America’s answer to Max Hastings and so far has been on just as many journeys into war zones as poor Max had. It is probable that some of Axe’s material (written word, photographic or otherwise) you have seen when reading about conflict in Afghanistan, East Timor, Iraq and on the high seas off of Somalia.
I’m starting at a much more humble level as a reviewer of books. I have already reviewed two with a third well on the way and so far it has been a very rewarding experience!
So check out the blog and add it to your list of RSS feeds to read!
New pages coming on Monday!
As you chaps may have noticed when reading my blog in the past few months I am a patriot. British first, English second and all that jazz. Feel that immigration is a case of a broken system screwing over the legit people coming to earn an honest wage and pay their taxes and favour the scum who traffic women and kids into a life of sex slavery and indentured servitude. In essence a classic one nation tory.
Hey chaps!
Very quick note but don’t forget to vote for Hard Graft in the TGT Tournament. This pits each of their episodes that they’ve recorded against each other in a popular vote. My competition is the rather splendid The Zombie Hunters.
My view is that getting votes at all is a win and while my interview was humourous it was a tad shambolic because I came into it after lots a few beers and running across Clapham to get home in time.
Anyway, I’m episode 66 so why not scroll down and vote for me! Aw g’wan!
Another day, another delay. More my fault as I had a busy weekend and forgot to do a few things. There should be a bit of filler coming in the next 24 – 36 hours and the comic in the next few days.
In the meantime, lets go over a few the events for the past few days!
Actually I’ll get something off of my chest which has been seriously bugging me but because I’m still pretty much a newbie to this whole thing I felt it wasn’t my place to point it out but a nice bottle of Welsh porter and some good ol’ Aussie bashing (2005 Ashes DVD on the go) stiffens the resolve like no other.
I’m talking about the use (or overuse) of accents in webcomics. There are few but glaring examples where English accents really do get abused like some poor child extra from Oliver being sent to a Catholic orphanage.
