Benjamin Gray

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Aug 31st

RT @theotherelliott My bid to get on Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/DDCPj All help greatly appreciated!

Aug 30th

Doing blogwork. Feedback on design and room for improvement would be seriously appreciated.

Aug 30th

Who’s up for drinks next week?

Aug 30th

Councils act to save the apostrophe http://is.gd/2H3Q9 (via @TimMontgomerie) it’s good news.

Aug 30th

Four days is a long time in Scottish Nationalist politics, apparently. Well done, @Unionist....

Aug 30th

Follow Me on Facebook: I’ve set up a facebook group for you, the dear reader. Please join, as I hope...

Aug 30th

According to the adverts, it now appears that Strongbow is the means by which the proletariat will...

Aug 30th

Top 100

Aug 30th

Health Warning: Exercise Makes You Fat http://bit.ly/hBPwq (via @bengoldacre)

Aug 29th

Dave Cat - His Majesty - deigning to hold court with Mr Keith in back garden...

Aug 29th

Top 100: I made it into Total Politics‘ Top 100 Conservative Blogs. Thanks to everyone who voted for...

Aug 29th

I’m not watching the X-Factor this year, for the same reasons as @tomharrismp...

Aug 29th

Thanks to all who voted

Aug 29th

RT @Cardiff_Blogger: Welsh Labour Councillor Marc Scaife bullies 19 year old | Cardiff Blogger...

Aug 29th

Number 72 is not a bad start, especially when your blog’s on hiatus http://bit.ly/dYPJW

Aug 29th

Believe me, not a single soldier was pleased to see Gordon Brown earlier today, or to hear yet more...

Aug 29th

“We need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our...

Aug 28th

Sad when a British politician has to defend disagreement, but Dan Hannan does it very well...

Aug 28th

Well done to @louisehector: Upset a woman on train by asking her to move one of her 3 handbags off a...

Aug 28th

RT @JewishChron Is Stacey Solomon from the X factor Jewish? Please RT! #xfactor (via @jessicaelgot)

Aug 27th

Black Hawk Down because we Refused to Buy its Software #labourfilmclub

Aug 27th

I am Legend: The Story of Michael Foot #labourfilmclub

Aug 27th

Pay for music sometimes, or live in a world of buskers | John Harris http://bit.ly/DLRfe (via...

Aug 27th

Thank You for Not Smoking #labourfilmclub

Aug 27th

Musicians struggle for years to get a deal, and some want to legitimise taking their work for free....

Aug 27th

The Cider House Health and Safety Regulations #labourfilmclub

Aug 27th

Was it really that wise to name a Facebook group “NHS Till I Die”; Surely that’s...

Aug 27th

How on earth did anyone ever consider John Bolton a suitable candidate for a diplomatic posting?

Aug 25th

It’s about time we got a #pedantsrevolt tag. Start correcting people’s spelling,...

Aug 25th

.@KerryMP That could be an extremely long list if left unqualified #pedantsrevolt

Aug 25th

So Gordon Brown has plenty to say about the cricket but nothing to say about the release of...

Aug 25th

Blogging will be light

Aug 24th

Blogging will be light: For the next two weeks or longer as I’ve got Jury Service....

Aug 24th

Salmond = Pétain

Aug 24th

Freedom ofvspeech includes the right to offend http://bit.ly/XJOzY

Aug 24th

Has anyone suggested Nudesnight? #bbcporn

Aug 24th

In defence of Sweden http://bit.ly/11fRsn

Aug 23rd

Hundreds of Israelis petition to boycott IKEA over IDF organ harvest article http://bit.ly/xbYe5...

Aug 23rd

If we can’t afford to fail in Afghanistan, why can’t we be arsed to equip our troops...

Aug 23rd

Silly Advert of the Day

Aug 21st

Politics Hits a New Low

Aug 21st

Grade Inflation

Aug 21st

Grade inflation only benefits the privileged http://bit.ly/ZPiPM

Aug 21st

When over a quarter of pupils get the top grade, it is no longer useful. Grade inflation is...

Aug 21st

Grade Inflation: The annual ritual occurs again. Photogenic young girls are photographed in staged...

Aug 21st

Silly Advert of the Day: No, you’re too young. http://bit.ly/14nTKU

Aug 21st

Ice @HouseOfTwitsCon

Aug 21st

Politics Hits a New Low: With this non-debate between John Prescott and David Cameron on the NHS....

Aug 21st

Force them to go off-script?

Aug 21st

On the Lighter Side

Aug 20th

If it were true that the NHS had no waiting lists, the firm Ld. McColl consults wouldn’t exist...

Aug 19th

#wecantdiscussthenhs http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3446846.html

Aug 19th

25 years of Powerpoint today. 25 years of people contracting out basic presentational skills to a...

Aug 19th

RT @paulwaugh: Barney Frank hits back at “Hitler=Obama” woman. If you believe in grownup...

Aug 19th

On the Lighter Side: A bit of light relief from the phoney war over who can say the word “NHS” the...

Aug 19th

The real McColl http://tinyurl.com/l4rtnr

Aug 19th

.@JohnPrescott “Politician Promotes Himself”. In other news bear fouls woods.

Aug 19th

Can’t Someone Else Do It?

Aug 18th

High Pay Commissions are a Symptom of...

Aug 18th

Find it telling that any comments on the NHS have resulted in ill-informed swipes from the Inverse...

Aug 18th

Margaret Moran has no right to lecture the rest of us about greed.

Aug 18th

High Pay Commissions are a Symptom of Intellectual Bankruptcy: A ludicrous idea is emerging from...

Aug 18th

Will be redesigning blog a bit in the next few days, any input/feedback would be much appreciated:...

Aug 18th

Bans and Neo-Paternalism: Two very good blog posts on why we should ban the phrase “it ought to be...

Aug 18th

Can’t Someone Else Do It?: What is particularly interesting about Compass’s campaign over high pay...

Aug 18th

Bans and Neo-Paternalism

Aug 17th

RT @TimMontgomerie: Brown’s use of private dental care http://is.gd/2l5f8 #LabourNotUsingNHS

Aug 17th

RT @TimMontgomerie Having crushed internal debate within their own party, Labour now want the Tories...

Aug 17th

For Balance

Aug 16th

Manichaean Medical Madness

Aug 16th

Labour’s Best Week?

Aug 16th

Watching “The Funny Side of Politics”. As if there were any other :p

Aug 16th

#welovetheNHS #ObamarejectsNHS (via @guidofawkes)

Aug 16th

For Balance: The NHS is vastly preferable to the present American situation. http://bit.ly/t3nl0

Aug 16th

Manichaean Medical Madness: Dizzy explains my previous post rather better: Some of the...

Aug 16th

My nuanced hashtag:...

Aug 16th

Labour’s Best Week?: This has supposedly been “Labour’s best week in a long time”. Is that pos.....

Aug 16th

Labour is least progressive party, voters find http://bit.ly/xHRaj (via @politicshomeuk)

Aug 16th

“Love” the NHS?

Aug 15th

Can’t be bothered with this tribal non-debate over healthcare.

Aug 15th

On a Lighter Note

Aug 14th

Irresponsible Non-Journalism

Aug 14th

Irresponsible Non-Journalism: Following up from the last post, the chap from Don’t Panic appears to...

Aug 13th

On a Lighter Note: A married couple decided to sneak into a squirrel’s holiday photos:...

Aug 13th

Politicians Have a Right to Privacy Too

Aug 13th

The phrase “for too long” should be banned from political discourse.

Aug 12th

Politicians Have a Right to Privacy Too: Paul Goodman MP decries the increased intrusion of the...

Aug 12th

Upstanding Patriotic Englishmen

Aug 10th

Upstanding Patriotic Englishmen: From Haaretz: A Gallup poll examining Muslim integration in major...

Aug 10th

“You certainly do remind me of Adolf Hitler…”

Aug 9th

Once in a Millennium: 12:34:56 07/08/09 UPDATE: It’s actually once in a century. Whoops....

Aug 8th

: Matthew Parris tears into Lord Sugar’s absurd writ against Quentin Letts: Over the years I’ve...

Aug 8th

All on the #DitchKaminsky line should read this and apologise for crying wolf...

Aug 8th

http://twitpic.com/d5vxn - The Thames at high tide

Aug 8th

“You certainly do remind me of Adolf Hitler…”: Republicans have taken a leaf out of How to Argue...

Aug 8th

Once in a Millennium

Aug 8th

Link

Aug 7th

Linkin Park’s “Minutes to Midnight” album is quite reminiscent of U2’s...

Aug 5th

Harriet Harman: Thatcherite?: Just a thought, but if Harriet Harman really thought all-male...

Aug 3rd

Parliament’s Waning Productivity

Aug 3rd

Harriet Harman: Thatcherite?

Aug 3rd

Parliament’s Waning Productivity: In the middle of defending a sizeable recess for MPs, John Redwood...

Aug 2nd

Back in Business: Have checked the ins and outs of not getting dooced, and jury service doesn’t...

Aug 2nd

Tune into the Proms. Now.

Aug 2nd

Back in Business

Aug 1st