Thursday, February 3, 2011

How the Media Works

Last Friday Guido asked his readers what they thought of Channel Four’s 10 O’Clock Live from the previous night. The reviews hadn’t been too kind and over 3,000 of you voted:

This must have got their attention as tonight Guido will be on the show talking about the government liquidating state assets. Another poll tomorrow perhaps…

Goldsmith’s Private Forests

Zac Goldsmith voted against his government last night for the proposed selling off of the forests. The roll-up smoking billionaire hippy isn’t too impressed, which is a little odd given the fact that his family own thousands of acres of lush American forest. His sister Isabel even runs the commercial side of Las Alamandas, which has been privately cultivated by Ms. Goldsmith and is pitched as “a world famous hideaway situated within a private paradise of lush tropical gardens, exotic birds and seemingly endless white-sand beaches.” As a devout and committed environmentalist surely Zac can see the potential of privately owned developments that the government simply cannot afford.

UPDATE : The Virgin Coast castle in the jungle built by his late father, Sir James Goldsmith, organic farmer, anti-EU agitator and buccaneering corporate raider, is on a clifftop called La Loma, which lords it over the 2,000-acre estate hidden within the 32,473-acre Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve. ‘Cuixmala means ‘the soul’s resting place’. It is not open to the common people…

Totty Watch – Mrs Bercow Does Page 3

Page Three of the Standard wearing only a bed sheet:

Sally Bercow in a bedsheet

Now that’s media exposure…

Yes to AV, No to Islam

Another day and another Twitter based embarrassment for the Yes to AV campaign. After smearing the other team they have had to fire one of their staffers for tweeting:

“Says in the Holy Qu’ran Mohammad used to get his neighbours to vote by AV which of his 4 wives he’d shag each night.”

Twitter’s “similar too” algorithm throws up:

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Always judge a man by the company he keeps.

Progressive Labour

Rumour has it Ed Miliband is looking to stamp his mark on the Labour Party by renaming it “Progressive Labour”. Deck chairs spring to mind. With “New Labour” being ditched, Guido thought he would throw it open to the wisdom of the crowds. What would you rename the party?

The last few copies of the Big Red Book of New Labour Sleaze are up for grabs if there are any laugh out loud suggestions.

Quote of the Day

Talking about television Richard Nixon told Roger Ailes…

“It’s a shame a man has to use gimmicks like this to get elected”,
the young Ailes retorted “Television is not a gimmick, and if you think it is, you’ll lose again.”

Mr Oliver Snr.

Michael Crick said last night that Craig Oliver came with no baggage. This is almost true about the previously apolitical “workaholic”. In 1998 his father was forced out of his job as one of Scotland top coppers after a bungled investigation into a child’s murder by a paedophile. Dr Ian Oliver, the former Chief Constable of Grampian Police quit after he was busted shagging someone else’s wife in a rural car park. For three grand you can book the disgraced copper for an after dinner speech.



Osborne Gets His Soundbite | Nick Robinson
Moonbat V Chomsky | Charles Crawford
Beecroft is “S**t” | LibDem MP
News of the World Trailed Watson’s Mistaken Mistress | Indy
Shabana Mahmood MP Saves Brum Market | ITV News
Plan a Velvet Divorce for the €uro | Gideon Rachman
Truth About Romney’s Bain “Vampire Capitalism” | Wall Street Journal
Clegg’s Revenge | Nick Wood
Cleaning Out Stables | Biased BBC

Previously Seen


Peter Botting



Norman Tebbit has a humble brag:

“We Maastricht rebels were derided and abused for opposing the single currency by the wise, clever, Guardianista soft centre left establishment from whom we now hear so little on the matter.”



The last Quango in Paris says:

Mr Bryant and Mr Watson managing to make the whole hacking affair look like a farce – the more they moan the less I care about the whole subject! So partisan it beggars belief at all costs. They cannot rise above it ! If I was to call the PM a ‘liar’ I would want to be VERY sure.



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