Homer who?

There is a question which this article does not (dares not?) ask: how retarded must the 2 out of 5 Americans who don’t know who Homer Simpson’s son be? If people are that ignorant about popular culture, what hope is there for politics?

Is this a windup?

No, not this news report about snogging in New York, which is innocuous enough, but the name of the correspondent. Tory Blair? Surely someone is taking the piss?

Constitutions and the choke factor

My boss has written a nice post about the last episodes of the West Wing last night, linking it with the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report this week on Royal prerogative. For me, the “choke” moment of the two episodes was the bit when Bartlet gave Charlie his copy of the US Constitution. But… Continue reading Constitutions and the choke factor