Archive for the ‘Online’ Category

Fact totem

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

Channel 4’s FactCheck promises to deliver the most reliable factual analysis available of each political party’s claims. The site is certain to be invaluable in the coming weeks.

Still at channel4.com, a Snowmail subscription is a must. John Snow and the Channel 4 News team bring analysis of the day’s events to your inbox every evening.

Liam Fox is a lying bastard - official

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

How can we not link to a story with that headline? Top notch politics blog Honourable Fiend does the decent thing and gives the other Dr Fox both barrels.

Michael Howard, meanwhile, is a closet Morrissey fan. Possibly.

Do the French cheat the Conservatives?

Monday, March 28th, 2005

Daily Mail front page

Of course they do. The Daily Mail-O-Matic creates random headlines straight from the pages of Britain’s favourite loony right wing paper. We recommend Mail Watch for a day-to-day rebuttal of nonsense such as…

“Married women in their mid-50s with two children living in Leeds are the happiest people in Britain, a new study claims.”

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“Rachel Hunter? She’s spotty, fat and finished”

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“Blackpool ‘good for your health’”

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Quotes are from today’s dailymail.co.uk. Spotted any other gems in the Mail or Express? Let us know with a link to the offending article.

Feeling queasy? Try the Adult Children of Daily Mail Readers rehab group.

What’s the story boring Tory?

Monday, March 28th, 2005

Want news from Conservative Party HQ delivered to your desktop? Funny, us neither.

The Conservatives.com Internet Explorer toolbar displays headlines as they happen.

As well as Google searches, pop-up blocking and speedy access to Conservative Party sites (phew), it has a patented auto-repatriation feature for illegal asylum seekers.

We made that last bit up - but who knows in version two?

As there’s no privacy policy to say what happens to personal data, we assume that lists of sites and searches are sent pronto to Michael Howard’s inbox.

Want to keep on message on the move? If you’re feeling flush - lest we forget, money will grow on trees under a Conservative government - you can also sign up for Tory text alerts.

Subscribers get 160 fun-packed characters for just £1.50 + VAT. Cheap at twice the price, we’re sure you’ll agree.

UPDATE: Conservatives.com web accessibity claims are a sham too.