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guardiancomment: What happened when our intrepid journalist...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:34:07 +0100

What happened when our intrepid journalist John Harris went to the Conservative Party Conference and talked to “normal” people in the streets of Birmingham? Find out…

Another great video with John Harris from the streets of Handsworth in Brum - “there’s nobody interested in Christmas”.

In his speech on Tuesday to the Conservative party conference,...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:05:08 +0100

In his speech on Tuesday to the Conservative party conference, the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, told delegates: ‘The prime minister and I danced Gangnam Style the other day’. So the Guardian decided to put together an animation of what Boris and Dave dancing to the hit song by South Korean rapper Psy might possibly look like

There isn’t usually a lot of booing at the Paralympics but...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:33:12 +0100

There isn’t usually a lot of booing at the Paralympics but they make an exception for George Osborne. A video of the chancellor smirking through a chorus of jeers at the Olympic Stadium on Monday, has already amassed well over 130,000 views, joining the ever-swelling ranks of the Moments Tory Ministers Wish Weren’t On YouTube.

It’s a playlist that no one has compiled yet, so here are a few suggestions to get the ball rolling …

The Camerons’ holiday style: 50% inspiration, 50%...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:55:15 +0100

The Camerons’ holiday style: 50% inspiration, 50% perspiration

Photograph: Wpa Pool/Getty Images

shortformblog: Alright, who replaced the mayor of London with...

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:10:17 +0100

shortformblog:

Alright, who replaced the mayor of London with Mr. Bean?

Mayor of London quips to onlookers: ‘This is great fun but it needs to go faster’

Mitt Romneyshambles

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:16:00 +0100

theeconomist:

“What a car crash. We are speechless.”

—

An anonymous British official comments on Mitt Romney’s gaffe-filled visit to London.

What is the official talking about? This video will tell you.

Comment is Free says the Blaze of Glory-esque corporate anthem...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:43:19 +0100

Comment is Free says the Blaze of Glory-esque corporate anthem of much-criticised Olympics security firm G4S will be sure to set them on track to win back public confidence. Read the review.

What happened when Boris Johnson visited the Olympic village?

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:26:15 +0100

What happened when Boris Johnson visited the Olympic village?

Must read: how much PFI will cost Britain's schools and hospitals

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:50:00 +0100

Must read: how much PFI will cost Britain's schools and hospitals

Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS Read from the...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:16:33 +0100

Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS

Read from the archive - 3 July 1924: Women’s Freedom League celebrates suffragette’s birthday

Kipper Williams on Bob Diamond

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:27:34 +0100

Kipper Williams on Bob Diamond

The weather was a bit gloomy but Boris was still happy: The...

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:05:00 +0100

The weather was a bit gloomy but Boris was still happy:

The London mayor gave the go-ahead to lower the giant Olympic rings into place on the city’s iconic Tower Bridge.

One month to go!

“Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered that you’re all so interested my...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:56:46 +0100

“Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered that you’re all so interested my vagina, but no means no,” said Rep. Lisa Brown. On Thursday, she was banned from speaking on the floor.

From the Daily Beast.

Fixed expression in place as David Cameron arrives to give...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:28:00 +0100

Fixed expression in place as David Cameron arrives to give evidence at the Leveson inquiry at the high court.

Jay turns to Cameron’s text messages to Brooks. He raises one text message sent in October 2009.

The Guardian’s Dan Sabbagh tweeted:

Brooks text implies clear common cause w Cameron; NewsInt and the Tories were allied. “Professionally we’re definitely in this together”

— Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) June 14, 2012

Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

reuters: Prime Minister David Cameron accidentally left his...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:31:57 +0100

reuters:

Prime Minister David Cameron accidentally left his daughter behind in a country pub after a Sunday lunch with friends following a mix-up over which car she was meant to be going home in, his Downing Street office said on Monday.

Cameron was swiftly reunited with 8-year-old Nancy, one of his three young children, but the incident will add fuel to critics who accuse him of being overly fond of relaxing, or “chillaxing” as he has called it, when not dealing with affairs of state.

Its disclosure in the Sun newspaper has the potential to embarrass Cameron, coming on the day the government launched a fresh drive to tackle “problem families” who lead chaotic lives and cost taxpayers millions of pounds in policing and welfare costs.

Cameron and his wife Samantha only discovered their eldest child was missing when they returned to their official country residence, Chequers in Buckinghamshire, 40 miles northwest of London.

READ MORE: British PM Cameron leaves daughter behind in pub

Michael White sums up the political fallout here

Boris Johnson’s bad hair days Chatshow host David...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:26:04 +0100

Boris Johnson’s bad hair days

Chatshow host David Letterman cheekily asked the mayor of London how long he had been cutting his own hair when he appeared on the Late Show this week. We consider some disastrous moments in the history of Boris’s barnet

Source: guardian.co.uk Our environment site is looking back over...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:58:56 +0100

Source: guardian.co.uk

Our environment site is looking back over six decades of environmentalists as part of our coverage of the Queen’s diamond jubilee. Next up is Caroline Lucas, Green Party leader and MP for Brighton Pavilion on the evolution of the environmental movement:

how Margaret Thatcher helped put the environment on the political map; the effect of the Rio Earth summit of 1992; and the rise of popular radical environmental movements in the UK.

Nick Clegg reveals his reading habits

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:07:27 +0100

Nick Clegg reveals his reading habits:

But what reading would you recommend for the deputy prime minister?

Tony Blair accused of war crimes by protester at Leveson inquiry

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:24:31 +0100

Tony Blair accused of war crimes by protester at Leveson inquiry:

Watch the video of David Lawley-Wakelin’s protest against former prime minister Tony Blair at Monday’s hearing of the Leveson inquiry.

"If parliamentary debate descends to mere insults, it dies. But Balls is an idiot, and Cameron, who..."

Sun, 27 May 2012 09:52:00 +0100

“If parliamentary debate descends to mere insults, it dies. But Balls is an idiot, and Cameron, who said plenty of detailed, serious things in the half-hour of Prime Minister’s Questions, cheered everyone up no end by spanking the shadow chancellor. You should have seen the grin on Labour frontbencher Liam Byrne. He loved it!”

- Quentin Letts speaks to Gaby Hinsliff about the PMQs ‘muttering idiot’ comment and what language is acceptable in the Commons