Of Phone Tapping, Journalism And The Laziness Of The British Press
July 23, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: Big news story in Britain: the Culture Select Committee of the House of Commons has quizzed former editor of the News-of-the-World, Andy Coulson, two days ago whether it was a good idea for hacks to ask others to tap illegally into private mobile phones to gather information about famous people. The whole occasion got huge coverage on the BBC, that seems to be run not from the offices of its top directors nowadays but mostly from some other places that have nothing to do with broadcasting. Like Whitehall, for example. Anyway, three years ago Coulson had stepped down from his post of editor when it became known that a couple of his hacks asked some private investigators to record conversations of celebs and non-essential politicians in the hope of getting some juicy stories...
A Nation Gets The Parliament It Deserves. But Enough Is Enough
May 30, 2009
Thomas Mathew writes: Were British politicians to have morals, integrity and dignity, then they and the whole country would not be in such an appalling state. Many politicians are, in fact, failed lawyers and some have never had a proper job in their whole lives. And there is not one member of the cabinet who has served in the armed forces. The fact of the matter is that people no longer go into politics in order to give their time to the nation to try and make a positive contribution with a view to improving the quality of life of people. Sadly, politicians now see it as a means to try and have a similar lifestyle as members of the aristocracy used to have many years ago, without having to do an honest days work for an honest days pay. Our politicians seem to have learnt nothing about human...
Silvio Berlusconi Has Decided To Launch A Revolution. Or Is It A One Man Coup?
May 23, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes from Rome: Say what you will about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi but he is a man who enjoys the trappings of power and is not afraid to show it. He is probably one of the few leaders in Europe who manages to combine his busy official schedule with a colourful private life. One of the young women that he has been linked with, 18-year old Noemi Letizia who calls him ‘Papi’, has landed him in trouble after his wife, Veronica Lario, announced that she was tired of his womanising and was getting a divorce. Although it is quite understandable that young women must be attracted to Mr Berlusconi, what with his rugged good looks, shiny new hair that has settled in perfectly and, most importantly, with all that power that he oozes and the billions that he posses....
The Expenses Scandal: So How Will The Guilty Parties Be Punished?
May 12, 2009
Thomas Mathew writes: The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, and some of his deputies appear to be so wrapped up in their own individual self importance that they have totally missed the point. The Speaker recently went out of his way to interrupt and lecture two members of the house, ridiculing them for questioning his decision to call in the police to investigate who had released the details of MP’s parliamentary expenses to the press. Mr Martin broke centuries old tradition by actually critisising MPs publicly. He also did not realise that his actions looked very strange indeed, considering that this information should have been available to the public in the first place. Not to mention that he, the Speaker, spent more than £100,000 on legal advice trying to prevent...
The Parliamentary Expenses Scandal. Putting Things Into Context
May 12, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: As Britain is rocked, or rock-n-rolled if you prefer a funkier description, by the daily revelations about the way the servants of the people abuse their parliamentary expenses I think it is time to put this whole story into some sort of context. (Our readers from America and Asia and Africa and Australia may adjust this article for their local realities by imagining that we are discussing their respective parliaments and banks and governments.) So, the current scandal has erupted when it became known that some members of British parliament were abusing the system of claiming their expenses and allowances to the tune of something like several undred thousand pounds a year. OK, a couple of million a year. I hasten to add here that we are talking about monies that have been...
Gordon Brown&Co Are Taking Us For Idiots. Of Course They Knew They Were Bending The Rules
May 9, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: Are you going to tell me that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his chums in the cabinet did not know that they were bending the rules when they were claiming too much money in the form of parliamentary expenses and allowances? And are you actually serious when you say that it was the system that was rotten and not the people who abused and manipulated it? If you are, then you should be sent to live on the happy island with Tony Blair who has a very strange perception of what honesty and integrity in elected office are all about. Blair had dragged his country into an illegal war, while lying to parliament and to his people, and on leaving office turned his treachery into a money making operation for himself, earning a fortune in one place in the world that he should have...
Rebellions In Politics Are All About Acting. The Audiences Are Simply Taken For A Ride
January 18, 2009
Let me tell you a secret about politicians: they are all in it together. They love each other to bits and unite when it comes to protecting themselves from public scrutiny. Politicians enter politics for money, or fame or both, and they are always playacting when they supposedly ‘clash’ with each other, or ‘rebel’ against their own party leaders. It is never about standing up for one’s beliefs or for the interests of the voters. It is always about self-preservation and clinging to power – whatever it takes. We have already reminded our readers about that wonderful comparison, made by St John the Eloquent 17 centuries ago, between the world we live in and the theatre where different people take on different roles, just like actors do in plays. And politics, like...
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