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  • My thoughts on the Obama election win

    I’m sure I have nothing to say here that will prove especially interesting or insightful, but I thought I should stick my two pennorth in nonetheless. I wasn’t entirely overwhelmed by Obamamania in 2008, but I’ll admit I was excited and stayed up to watch the results. This time, not so much. I am pleased…

  • You are all individuals! (Obamamania)

    I didn’t watch Obama’s inauguration this evening. Instead, I sat on the bus reading the coverage on Twitter. For some reason, reading all these excited 140-character messages about Obama bigging up the atheists and getting down with the gays (or possibly not) – interspersed with irrelevancies – reminded me quite a lot of this:

  • Where’s Lemby’s Answers? Day 4

    “Adrian Pennock” (is this some obscure football/Ipswich angle I haven’t come across?) has a new angle on the conspiracy theory: Lembit’s conspiracy angle sits well with the refusal to organise official hustings and let members see for themselves that the Baroness ought not to be party president for very obvious reasons which would be exposed…

  • Where’s Lemby’s Answers?* Day 3

    Another day, another opportunity for Lembit to exercise his right to reply. Not much to add today, so I thought I’d just provide a little light entertainment: The questions in question, of course, are: a) Since Lembit claims to have such great campaigning and communications skills, why have the Liberal Democrats in Wales stagnated in…

  • Where’s Lemby’s Answers? Day 2

    Alex Folkes has taken exception to me calling Lembit out on this: First – the questions aren’t exactly neutrally phrased. And Lembit could probably expect that the answers would be brutally fisked. Solution – don’t offer up ammunition. Second – you have shown you’re not entirely pro Lembit. You don’t have to be, of course,…