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Paper talk

In Manchester when I was a lad, the term for hype was ‘paper talk’. This referred to articles […]

John Ward April 18, 2010 Brown relish, Bullshit comes in many forms, Gordon Brown substance abuse., Met Office ash, Nick Clegg's surge, Volcanic cloud

EXCLUSIVE: The genuine solution to rising sea levels and not enough drinking water.

The editor argues that even if James Lovelock is right, and climate changecan’t be stopped, we can evade […]

John Ward April 18, 2010 big idea, climate change, Global water shortage solved, halving population growth., rising sea levels solved

A MARRS A DAY HELPS YOU LIE, MISLEAD AND EVADE.

Gordon Brown got a relatively easy ride from Andrew Marr –and no challenge to his various assertions. But […]

John Ward April 18, 2010 Andrew Marr, Brown, dissembling, evasion, lies, smiley smiley.

HUMOUR: How Brussels poured friendly fire onto Eurozone financial meltdown.

There were fun and games on the Skype between Berlin, Paris, London and Brussels over the last 72 […]

John Ward April 18, 2010 Brown, Brussels supervisory budget plan, Clegg, French Germans and British up in arms, Mandelson, Merkel, Sarkozy, UKIP

CONUNDRUM VIII: Why deoes something freeze when you put it in a higher-temperature invironment?

Before you think this posting too esoteric, I should point out that it’s all about my empirical observation […]

John Ward April 17, 2010 goes solid when taken from freezer, spooky beer

EXLCUSIVE: MANDY & ALEXANDER GUIDING CLEGG INTO LABOUR’S WEB.

Labour bigwigs’ spin says it all Alan Johnson stoked up the LabLib plot speculation this morning by telling […]

John Ward April 17, 2010 Alan Johnson, Douglas Alexander, Lord Mandelson, make Clegg credible, muddy waters on proportional representation., on message for LabLib deal

GOLDMAN SACHS: LIFE IMITATING CONSPIRACY THEORY

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is going to have to workvery hard to prove its charges There […]

John Ward April 17, 2010 but life is getting more conspiratorial., Goldman Sachs charges, hard to prove, heavy onus on SEC

AN ERUPTION OF SMOKESCREEN

The good thing about volcanoes is their sense of proportion. All this week, the people of Britain have […]

John Ward April 17, 2010 blow for Cameron, Brown, Clegg, Eruptions, press part of cultural problem, smokescreens

FRENCH LIFE: The town starer est disparu

Every one-horse town and village in France has a Starer. You have to be about 80 to get […]

John Ward April 16, 2010 De Gaulle, French resistance heroes., French town Starer, Laval

INSTANT POLITICS – JUST ADD SUBSTANCE

A few hand gestures and flip comments about two other politiciansdo not a great leader make. It’s been […]

John Ward April 16, 2010 dictatorship., electorate easily swayed, Lord Adonis, media asleep, Nick Clegg victory, sleazy LibLab deal, undeserved

HUMOUR: Economist inflation – where is it going?

As the number of economists opposing Tory NI policy reached 77, the Economic Central Bank issued a stern […]

John Ward April 16, 2010 Economists, what do they know eh...

EURODEBT: PIMCO SHUNS GREEK BOND SALE

One of the planet’s biggest lenders, Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO) is steering clear of the latest Greek bonds […]

John Ward April 16, 2010 another nail in Athens coffin, Greek US bond sale disaster, PIMCO stays out

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