Monthly archive for February 2010

Gordon Brown learnt to bully from Charlie Whelan

February 22, 2010 | Filed Under Business, General, Media, UK Politics | 1 Comment


So Gordon Brown got his humour from Mandelson, his smile from Campbell and his bullying from Charlie Whelan:

Britain’s biggest union was in turmoil last night after it emerged that three key officials in its political department have been off work for much of the past few months on full pay. They claim that they were bullied by Gordon Brown’s combative former spin doctor, Charlie Whelan.

Ah, it seems there may be a ‘culture of bullying’ inside number 10. After all, Brown did bully Blair for years into stepping down as PM. Then when he took over, Rome fell and as he’s no longer in charge of the country, he has to be in charge of someone, then bullying follows.

I wish both Whelan and Brown would disappear into obscurity.

Update: It seems that Mandelson and Ed Balls have both been helping the ‘bullying culture’ throng inside Downing Street.

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Gordon Brown learnt to bully from Charlie Whelan
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Come meet me @ Cardiff Bloggers Meet-up!

February 22, 2010 | Filed Under General, Me, Media, UK Politics, Welsh Politics | Leave a Comment

Map of where it is held

Another ego-driven blog for me, one that may attract nutters, but who cared! I don’t normally come to political meetings – no conferences, tweet-ups, drinks etc but I thought I’d break with tradition and go to a special Cardiff bloggers meet-up next month.

When? Thursday 11th March
Where? Pica Pica, Cardiff
Time? 7pm
Cost? FREE
What? A short presentation on blogging and a chance to meet other bloggers in the area.  If you pre-register at the site using the link below, you get a free drink! There will be free wi-fi and Tweet using the hashtag #cdfblogs.

The event is hosted by YourCardiff, the Cardiff site I write a weekly blog for. I’ll be there just after work as I don’t finish until 8pm so I hope to see some of my readers and other bloggers!

Click here to read more information on the event and let me know in the comments on this post if you’re planning on going.

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Come meet me @ Cardiff Bloggers Meet-up!
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Support Cardiff Blogger

February 22, 2010 | Filed Under General, Me, Media | Leave a Comment

Time for a bit of a plug/ego-trip. If you want to follow CB away from this webpage, you can do on:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/cardiff_blogger

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cardiff/Cardiff-Blogger/110645296574?ref=ts

NetworkBlogs: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/cardiff_blogger/

Enjoy!

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Support Cardiff Blogger
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Gordon Brown: You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry

February 21, 2010 | Filed Under General, Media, UK Politics | 2 Comments

Of course, many of the claims won’t be correct, but there’s no smoke without fire. This is getting a bit like the Ashley Cole/Tiger Woods media stories: You hear about one incident and several other people pop up with their own experiences.

Whatever is said, being an unpopular Prime Minister in a government past its sell by date during a recession and suffering blow-after-blow from people of other parties as well as his own, we can excuse his anger bursts. However, if the claims that he hit or manhandled his staff in these rages are true, then he needs to get some help.

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Gordon Brown: You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry
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Barnsley are officially the best football team in the league

February 21, 2010 | Filed Under Entertainment, General, Humour/Odd | 2 Comments


You can’t argue with that folks. Thanks to @CllrTim for the hat-tip.

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Barnsley are officially the best football team in the league
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Peter Kay calls Liam Gallagher a knobhead

February 19, 2010 | Filed Under Entertainment, General, Humour/Odd, Media, Music, Television | 1 Comment

Apologies for the second video in a row but I think Peter Kay sums up rather well what we all thought.

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Peter Kay calls Liam Gallagher a knobhead
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Labour may have Vera Duckworth but we have Ken Barlow!

February 19, 2010 | Filed Under Entertainment, General, Media, Television, UK Politics | Leave a Comment

Did you realise he was nearly 80? No, me neither!

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Labour may have Vera Duckworth but we have Ken Barlow!
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Daily Mail back up my tip-off (or are they using my blog as a ‘news source’?)

February 19, 2010 | Filed Under General, Media, UK Politics | Leave a Comment

I posted this blog at the beginning of the month when I was told by a reliabe source that the General Election will be held on the 8th of April. Today the Daily Mail has this as their top story:

Quite a coup if right, if you don’t mind me saying.

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Daily Mail back up my tip-off (or are they using my blog as a ‘news source’?)
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Daily Mail dislikes religious intolerance – LOL!

Daily Mail:

Sky News presenter Kay Burley was forced to make an on-air apology yesterday after joking that a Roman Catholic symbol on American vice-president Joe Biden’s forehead looked like a large bruise.

During a discussion with U.S. correspondent, Greg Milam about a fiscal stimulus package being unveiled by Mr Biden, Miss Burley, 49, was more interested in the ‘nasty’ brown mark.

Suggesting that the ‘large bruise’ might be caused by an accident at the Winter Olympics in Canada, she encouraged Mr Milam to find out.

During an advert break she was made aware of her ignorance.

Lol! The Daily “comin’ over ‘ere “Mail preaching about a Sky News presenter’s religious ignorance!? How did this get past the editors? The hypocrisy astounds me.

I must admit that I’ve never heard of placing ash on your forehead, but I guess I’m ignorant. The rest of the Daily Mail article goes on about how Kay Burley is a terrible news presenter who makes lots of mistakes.

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Daily Mail dislikes religious intolerance – LOL!
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I’ve never voted Lib Dem before…

February 18, 2010 | Filed Under General, Humour/Odd, UK Politics | Leave a Comment

;-)

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I’ve never voted Lib Dem before…
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