Monday, January 23, 2006

Huhne Erects New Campaign Website

The old website was described as crap, the new one is a little better, but his new logo is questionable. Has Guido got a one track mind or is his logo subliminally saying something?

LibDems Shocked at Oaten News

The Quiet Man

Ming calls on LibDems to show unity and purpose and Huhne says the party is much bigger than one individual in comments on the Oaten Affair. Simon Hughes however remains silent. Wise.

Ming is now odds on favourite, Huhne second and Hughes last from previously being the bookie’s favourite. William Hill say that since Mr Oaten’s resignation not one bet had been placed on Hughes or Huhne. Looks like Ming is King.

Oaten and Hypocrisy

Crown Court Recorder Roger Davies was pensioned off with a tidy £1m in an obvious case of the judiciary looking after their own. He had been consorting with male prostitutes that he had met over the internet. What did Mark Oaten, the LibDem Home Affairs spokesman have to say about it? He said that Roger Davies should be subject to the same laws as the rest of us.

Mark Oaten has been consorting with male prostitutes that he has met over the internet. What does he say now?

Murdoch Lays Down The Law

1. Cut Taxes.
2. Shrink the State.

Then The Sun will shine on Cameron.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

One for the Boys

The LibDem shop is selling a selection of leadership related t-shirts. When Basher Davis supporters had “It’s DD for Me” emblazoned across the bosom of t-shirts, they were obviously made for girls only. The innuendo would hardly work on Tory boys would it?

But the LibDem shop is selling “I want a Hughes One” t-shirts in girls and boys designs. A strangely ambiguous play on words…

Rare Bottle of Whisky on Ebay

This is a very, very rare thing, a full bottle of whisky that has been in Charlie Kennedy’s hands. Its up for auction on Ebay, bidding closes Thursday.

Dogged by Rumour, Punters Discount Hughes

Despite giving the Torygraph a straight answer to a gay question, the issue continues to Doggett him;
Is he gay? “The answer is no, as it happens, but if it was the case, which it isn’t, I hope that it would not be an issue.”

The 54 year-old bachelor has, he says, asked women to marry him and been turned down. That should obviously be the end of it. But the smart money has gone from Hughes onto Huhne, who is now neck-and-neck at the bookies with the former favourite. After Oaten many see raver Hughes as a risk.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Its The Pod What Did It

Wednesday night, a few drinks, a digital recorder, Guido and a drunken Monkey. A beta podcast for a select few emailed on Thursday. Those of you who heard the podcast will know why Guido is smirking. Did it hint enough?

We posted the feedback responses over at GuidoandtheMonkey.Com Thursday and Friday. Popbitch (the home of webmongs, gayers and unemployed freelance journos) referred to the libellous nature of the podcast. Anyway it was in the public domain Thursday, “bloggers are making jokes about it”, and coincidentally the News of the Screws swoops…

Our feedback was very useful and posted on the new blog, here is a selection of some of the prescient feedback.

almost certainly libellous

i assume you have a lawyer who checks it?

The concept is great, it should be a huge success, and Mark Oaten’ll sue you to hell and back.

I look forward to the next cast with a savaging of Oaten for burying his departure on the day of the sex offenders statement

I don’t mind the odd swear word, think you might have gone a bit too far with Mark Oaten

I can’t believe what a hard time you were giving oaten!

Oaten stuff is funny.

Maybe Oaten should not have broken the hypocrisy rule.

Friday, January 20, 2006

Prepare Your Ipods

Over at GuidoandtheMonkey.com you can read what people thought of our experimental beta podcast. You didn’t know? You are just so out of the loop, you must work for the Guardian.

Seen Elsewhere

Labour Members Don’t Believe Ed Can Be PM | Rafael Behr
How China Bought Britain | London Loves Business
Why Dave Shouldn’t Check His Twitter | Buzzfeed
Young People Getting More Libertarian | ConHome
How to Write a Dan Hodges Column | Left Foot Forward
Politicians Made This Mess | Douglas Carswell
Magna Carta – Walking in King John’s Footsteps | Anna Raccoon
How to Stop Reckless Bankers | Guido Fawkes
Tories Double Younger Support | Guardian
Public Prefers Boris to Dave | Times
Osborne Slammed For Bank Interference | FT


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Andrew Pierce on Ed Balls…

“Porky Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls sweet-talked guests at a fund-raising dinner by saying if he wasn’t a politician, he would be a chef. That’s not surprising, since he was accused of cooking the Treasury books when he was Gordon Brown’s boot boy.”



UKIP Official Policy Dept says:

Bloody foreigners, coming over here taking all our twitter followers


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