Meedja on the Insanity Pills

10 reasons to start a riot...

The death rate after major surgery within NHS hospitals is three times as high as it should be. The Telegraph. David Davis won his by-election with a huge majority of 15,355 - maybe it would have been easier if he'd just moved office or something. BBC. Nick Clegg has been… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 11 Jul 2008 8:41 AM. Permalink

Ministry for Apathy

David Davis: 'more famous, less liked'

Despite his resignation and campaign against the controversial 42 Day detention plans, the good people over at Politics Home have cobbled together some stats that reveal David Davis's staunch rebellion has been less than successful in swaying the public mindset. Or, as they put it: 'a total failure.' Careful… read more…

Written by C J Davies on 9 Jul 2008 10:18 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Division

David and David make up...

Has David Cameron kissed and made up with ex-partner David Davis? The couple, who decided to go their separate ways last month after Davis revealed that he had fallen out of love with Cameron's 42 day detention policy, today hinted that their relationship could be back on. In a shock… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 2 Jul 2008 4:57 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Cheapshots

'Terrified' Brown probably not bothered...

Cheeky David Davis has stated that the Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) is 'terrified' of voters for refusing to put a candidate to run in the upcoming by-election. Speaking at the official launch of his campaign this morning, the detention hating ex-shadow Chancellor accused Mr. Brown of having 'lost his nerve'.… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 27 Jun 2008 3:31 PM. Permalink

Documentary

David Icke: Was he right?

If you were still reeling from the excitement of our earlier post on David Davis' new found by-election competition David Icke, here's something to really tickle your willy, a documentary about him and his lizard theories. We'll happily go on the record as labelling most of it to be… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 26 Jun 2008 3:26 PM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink

Ministry for Mindfucks

David Davis may actually be a lizard...

Lizard loathing David Icke has joined the cast of eccentrics to crawl out of the woodwork and run against David Davis in the July 10th by-election. According to his website, the former TV presenter who achieved notoriety for propagating the idea that masked lizards secretly rule the world, will run… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 26 Jun 2008 11:14 AM. There are 2 comments so far. Permalink

Roundup

Media roundup: Andy Burnham fiasco

Liberty leader Shami Chakribarti has excelled herself in terms of self-righteousness by accusing Culture Secretary Andy Burnham of launching a smear campaign against her. Burnham made a couple of vaguely-sarcastic, fairly ill-advised remarks concerning the relationship between Chakribatri and MP David Davis - previously political polar opposites who had… read more…

Written by C J Davies on 19 Jun 2008 11:38 PM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink

Ministry for Bets Being Off

Labour definitely not running against Davis...

Labour today confirmed that they won't be running against cheeky David Davis in the by-election forced by his resignation last week, despite his calling Gordon Brown 'gutless' for not even thinking about competing. The announcements were made after Davis formally resigned as the Conservative's shadow home secretary, in a move… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 18 Jun 2008 4:26 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Bets Being Off

Gotcha?

Ex Sun editor (1981 - 1993) and man of the people, Kelvin MacKenzie, looks like he might be in the running to challenge cheeky David Davis in the by-election triggered by yesterday's decision on 42 day detention. Speaking on Radio 4's today programme, Rubert Murdoch's old lapdog went on… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 13 Jun 2008 9:42 AM. Permalink

Roundup

Media roundup: David Davis

So Shadow Home Secretary David Davis has resigned over the 42-day detention debacle, striving to force a by-election which he intends to fight on the issue (an election as yet at unspecified cost to the public, we may add). Here's what certain meeja outlets are ranting: - The Guardian… read more…

Written by C J Davies on 13 Jun 2008 3:12 AM. Permalink

Ministry for Memories

Tories unveil plans to improve CCTV usage...

David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, has pledged to do something about the millions of CCTV cameras that haunt the cities and towns of England: Warning that the current system is useless, due to the poor quality and ineffective video that it produces, Davis stated that he'd like to take… read more…

Written by Oli Anderson on 21 May 2008 10:39 AM. Permalink

Bag carrying

More muppetry?

The Sadiq Khan bugging story is developing in interesting ways. For one thing, the report on the BBC last night tried to suggest that the bug may have been ordered by the Americans. Without quoting any evidence whatsoever for said assertion. Who said journalism was on the decline in this… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 4 Feb 2008 8:21 AM. Permalink

Points, In Order

Doom, gloom, shake the room

Uh-oh, tighten those belts. The Bank of England says it's going to be choppy in 2008 thanks to global mortgage-lending buffoons. Presumably the Tories are now well ensconced in the "any bad news is good news for us" zone, so Happy New Year, Davey! Cleggers is investing in social mobility,… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 3 Jan 2008 4:56 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Blaming Everything On Immigration

More babies: Bad for Britain?

SocietyGuardian reports today that fertility rates in Britain have rebounded, up in 2006 to 1.84 from an all-time low of 1.63 in 2001. On information included in the report that 21% of UK births in 2006 were to women born outside the UK (read: possible immigrants), shadow home secretary David… read more…

Written by Andrew Levy on 12 Dec 2007 11:21 AM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink

Department for Kite Flying

When shall we three meet again?

The Sundays are a bit of a mixed bag this morning. Obviously Diskgate continues to get commentary but seeing as everyone's getting a bit fed up with "Killer Disks Still At Large: No Change Here Folks" style headlines, perhaps it would be more interesting to look at the effect the… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 25 Nov 2007 11:04 AM. Permalink

Ministry for Paper Waving

LIVE!: PMQs, 21/11/07

Well, it wasn't the unmitigated disaster for the Gord that it could have been: Brown highlighted a review that Would Solve Everyone's Problems, Cameron (who was a little off-form) hammered his questions out all in one go and raised the viability of ID cards in the wake of the fiasco,… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 21 Nov 2007 11:04 AM. Permalink

That Was The Week That Was

In which bollocks were - comprehensively - dropped

Is being leader of the Opposition easy, we were asking last night in the pub? Yeah, we all know that being an MP is bloody hard work if you do it properly, and the higher you get, the more demands there are on you. So how has Davy Cameron made… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 17 Nov 2007 10:02 AM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink

While You Were Sleeping

Kings Dangling and Lords A-Leaping

The Spectator on how Lord Malloch-Brown is spending taxpayers' money on those chunky chocolate chip cookies that are about two quid for five, rather than the Tesco's own-brand rich tea. For shame! The Times reports a double-whammy perpetrated on Jacqui Smith yesterday: mauled by Basher Davis in the Justice… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 8 Nov 2007 8:45 AM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink

While You Were Sleeping

Unleash the dogs of war

The de Menezes verdict is the big story this morning. The Times examines the nineteen police failures that led to the shooting, the Telegraph looks at the "sickening" rumours the Met circulated, and Pickled Politics questions the logic of a fine as a punishment - a tab which will… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 2 Nov 2007 5:55 AM. Permalink

Department for the Tyburn Jig

Commons Chamber: it nearly got exciting

The Parliamentary week begins with Home Office questions. According to a highly representative poll carried out by Westmonster (sample size: one), Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is a laydee of many charms, not least of which is the ability to stand up in the Chamber and administer a strong performance without… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 15 Oct 2007 2:46 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Madness

Shut up, you crazy fool!

So Basher Davis has compared Justice Secretary Jack Straw to that esteemed criminologist, BA Baracus. Once more, people: politicians should never, ever attempt humour. The only one who could get away with it was Chucky K. And look what happened to him. Apart from anything else, BA is clearly not… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 2 Oct 2007 2:59 PM. Permalink

Westmonster: “David Davis”