APOLOGY

Apologies if you find the 'Chav Bomb' post to be in poor taste (and I'm not talking about the pattern... etc)

There's no date stamp on these posts but it did go up here a few weeks ago - ie before the London bombings. I guess it's a rather timely reminder of how blasé we'd all got, mind..

BombBalls 2

Page 15 of the same paper:

A pictured of a stunned and bandaged commuter in the aftermath of the bombings.
Caption: 'Bloodied: STILL CLUTCHING HIS NEWSPAPER [my emphasis], one of the walking wounded emerges from the station'.
The newspaper they so keenly pointed out? Why, it's sister publication the Evening Standard, of course...

BombBalls

The Daily Mail, Friday July 8:

Page 6: A piece (rightfully) condemning Respect Party MP George Galloway for trying to make political gain out of the tragedy of the London bombings.
Odd then, that while the Editorial Leader (p 18) and a separate comment by Deputy Political Editor Paul Eastham both single out Shadow Home Secretary David Davis for his 'thoughtful eloquence' that 'captured the defiance of the nation' (translation - rather predictable, politico-speak praising 'the men and women of the emergency services... we thank them from the bottom of our hearts' and claiming 'This morning's explosions were acts of almost unspeakable depravity') - they failed to mention a single word of the speech made from Singapore by Ken Livingstone - one which even his most hardened of enemies, including the Mail Group's own Evening Standard - singled out as perhaps the most defining and heartfelt of the words uttered that day. Especially since, as mayor of the bombed City, there is a certain journalistic duty to record his reaction.
Even the Prime Minister's speech - admittedly presented above those of David Davis' on p 16 - were umbrella-ed into a round-up of responses from the world leaders present at the G8 summit.

A case of making politcal gain out of tragedy? Surely not.

Thankfully, the sports dept chose to lead with a defiant, Churchillian statement from Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the successful London 2012 Olympic bid: 'You won't destroy us'.
But what's this? A few pages later on p93, Jeff Powell attacks London's Olympic bid for not coming clean about the true cost of security for the games, in the wake of the previous day's bombings. Well, actually, that's not true. Teflon Seb doesn't get a mention. What Jeff says is 'Blair and Livingstone must come clean about the price of terror'.
Seb Coe, lest we forget, was previously Private Secretary to Conservative Leader William Hague...

public service announcement

My last three posts were meant to take advantge of Blogger's new-fangled image posting service. Only they've all buggered up.
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A twist in the tale

Good old Jeffrey, always turning up like a bad penny:

"A fresh investigation into the conviction of Barry George for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando has been opened by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The CCRC is looking into extraordinary accusations that Ms Dando's killing was linked to former Conservative party chairman Jeffrey Archer.

The Daily Mirror today printed allegations made by George's supporters that Ms Dando died after her killer mistook her for Angela Peppiatt, Lord Archer's former secretary and the woman whose evidence sent the Tory peer to jail for perjury four years ago.

Lawyers and friends of George, serving life for the 1999 murder of the Crimewatch presenter, have always argued his innocence.

Today the CCRC, the body that investigates miscarriages of justice in the UK, confirmed that a member of the George legal team had claimed Ms Dando had died after being mistaken for Ms Peppiatt."

Strange points

Since when did shop dummies grow nipples?

RIP Paul Cannell

V Sad news that Paul Cannell, the man respnsible for, among other things, artwork for Primal Scream, Flowered Up and the Heavenly Records logo, has taken his own life.

A Streetcar-aimed desire

This could be the best idea ever:

Beep beep, beep beep yeah!