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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

WATCH: Sun’s Footage of Terrorist Attack Aftermath

“In our land our women have to see the same. You people will never be safe.”

First Picture of Woolwich Terror Suspect

“We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you”, he is reported as saying.

Via ITV.

Woolwich Terror Attack: Cobra Meeting Convened

Local MP Nick Raynsford says a soldier from Woolwich Barracks died in the incident. Sky are reporting today’s murder in Woolwich as a politically-motivated Islamist terrorist attack…

UPDATE: BBC’s Nick Robinson reporting that the “People carrying out the attack were of Muslim appearance and cries of God is Great or Allahu Akbar were heard”.

UPDATE II: Met Police statement:

UPDATE III: The PM is expected to cancel his trip in Paris and fly back to London. Boris has cancelled a talk at the LSE to attend the Cobra meeting.

Another Downing Street Comms Success

4:43pm:

PM says he "raised very directly" the tax issue with Google boss Eric Schmidt at Downing St meeting on Monday—
norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 22, 2013

5:06pm:

Google source denies PM raised issue of company's tax affairs directly with Eric Schmidt.—
norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 22, 2013

Awkward.

Eric Joyce Explains Arrest

Eric Joyce has been in touch following his latest arrest:

“The account you have is pretty much it. Unpleasant and unhelpful Edinburgh airport baggage man (I gave him my flight and seat no, 18D, at least six times but he said he was busy and would be back shortly); a ludicrously over-reacting transport cop who’d already identified me and made it clear he’d be taking ‘no nonsense’, when I was simply asking for my ‘phone back (the Telegraph is saying i was trying to get back onto the ‘plane, for some reason). I said I’d simply leave and one cop said; ‘best thing’ and the other said ‘not ’til I let you’. I replied pointing out that he wasn’t letting me report my ‘phone missing nor letting me leave. At that point he arrested me with entirely un-necessary physical force.

I’ve now seen the press reports and I’m literally astonished at the police. I was not charged, not interviewed, did not even have statements taken, was not examined and when I was released the cops said they were taking no further action at that point. They said it was up to the Procurator Fiscal to decide if any further action was in the public interest. Now their press folk are telling media I’ll appear in court – you obviously only appear in court if you’ve been charged. Perhaps they’d like to clarify. Unlike me, ‘phone still in transit.”

Over to them…

Back to School For Christine Blower

Loony lefty NUT fat cat Christine Blower hasn’t done her argument that we don’t need to reform our broken education system much good today:

“It is extraordinary that at a time when the shortage of primary school places amounts to nothing short of a national crisis that the Government is persisting with the folly of its free school policy. Less than a third of the approved free schools are primary schools; and the overwhelming majority – 45 per cent of the new schools – will be located in London, which by common agreement already boasts the best schools in the country.”

Stay behind after class.

Meanwhile plans are afoot for a merger between Unite and Mark Serwotka’s militant PCS union.

Motion A30 has passed on a card vote. Therefore the NEC is able to talk to UNITE regarding a merger if approached. #pcsadc—
Alexander Davidson (@AlexDavidson82) May 22, 2013

If they get their maths right that could mean a several million strong super-union in the offing. Fun ahead for Ed…

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Greediest of Them All?

Labour haven’t yet been stupid enough to select expenses piggy Joan Ryan as their candidate in Enfield North, though the LibDems really do need to take a look at themselves. They have reselected shamed trougher Richard Younger-Ross, who was kicked out as MP for Teignbridge (now Newton Abbot) in 2010 after infamously claiming £1,235 for four mirrors to furnish his London flat. He also bought a £1,100 stereo system, a £1,475 chest of drawers and a £500 ‘Don Juan’ bookcase with taxpayers’ money. Sure that will reflect well on voters when he knocks on doors in 2015…

The Milibands

After Ed’s weird attack on job-creating producer and Simpsons character Mr Burns during today’s Google Big Tent speech, Guido brings you The Milibands. With thanks to Matt Groening.

Eric Joyce Arrested Again

He has been nicked yet again, this time over an argument about a mobile phone at Edinburgh airport. It is alleged Joyce got aggressive after staff did not allow him to immediately retrieve a mobile he left on a plane. He was then forced to the ground and handcuffed following a scuffle. The Edinburgh Evening News report:

“The handling agents called the police after a passenger became abusive towards them. When the police arrived the passenger was seen to push one of the officers. The officers attempted to calm him down but he became more and more aggressive and eventually went to grab one of the  officers. The officers then pushed him up against the desk and down on to the floor, where he was handcuffed. A policeman was on top of him, with his knee at the back of his neck.”

Feels like we’ve been here before…

UPDATE:

@missjillyteach @asairfecht A’ve goat te get (insert glottal stop) oan this ‘plane.As you plucky westerners like to say.

— Eric Joyce MP (@ericjoyce) May 19, 2013

UPDATE II: Sources close to Joyce tell Guido his side of the story:

“Left phone on plane, went to bloke at BA counter saying ‘any chance of getting my phone back before the plane turns around & goes back to London?’ Bloke said words to the effect of ‘No, I’m busy’. Eric said ‘But my phone’, bloke said ‘Stop going on or I’m calling the cops’. Eric said ‘please do’, cops arrived, Eric said ‘B******s to this, I’m off’, one cop said Ok, one cop said not so fast. No drink, no hitting, which is nice.”

All You Need is Gove

Paul McCartney is among those involved in Michael Gove’s 102 new free schools approved this morning. A new primary school run by Macca’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Art will presumably take a slightly more old school approach to drum and bass duo Chase & Status’ Will Kennard’s music school in Tower Hamlets. You say you want an education revolution…