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I promised one more Hofmeister commercial. Here we go.

And this is the final reminder.

For online campaigning, follow the case of the Bear.

As shown by these outtakes (start at 7:49) there will all sorts of thrills and spills, so you need to explore lots of different avenues of actions - and a few may work.David Cameron Questions Gordon Brown on 42 day detention 11/06/08.

I came across Chris Applegate’s rather wonderful algorithm for a David Aaronovitch simulator, based on this column:

• Step 1: Go ad hominem from the very start and label your opponents as being part of some mythical self-styled intellectual commentariat (while ignoring just how eminently qualified you are yourself to belong to that same cadre):
• Step 2: Posit a false dichotomy and put your opponent at one extreme end of it.
• Step 3: RePush the boat out even more - emphasise how the bad men will get you if you don’t do what they say. Go for the heart-tugging “as a father” line if need be:
• Step 4: When all else fails, wring your hands and play the race card.
• Step 5: Ask a sub-editor to top it off by giving it the headline “Ignore the paranoid fantasists” and voila! Instant column!

That invites a question:

Could we re-engineer Eliza to be an Aaronovitch simulator and thereby prove that belief in the real one is logically unnecessary?

What next?
The cat is out the bag. Glasgow East was the tipping for Labour and no longer can they pretend nothing is wrong. Gordon Brown is under fire from all quarters, including his cabinet behind the scenes. But what should they be plotting to actually do? After all, while it might be the majority of [...]

This will be a daily update about the Dave Walker case. This first one is longer than is normally planned, because a lot has happened over the weekend.

The Dave Walker case is beginning to get some more attention among British Political Blogs - for whom attempts to restrict comment by threats using our Libel Laws are a very hot potato indeed.

There are also several new cartoons out, and a Dave Walker case specific RSS feed.

A very quick update. There will be more detail later this evening.

• I have added some more supporting sites to the list.
• I have separated the articles into sites expressly “supporting” Dave and sites “reporting” the story. I have only included sites “supporting” are in the downloaded list, to discourage attempts to insert spam links here, and also so that any media sites that start covering the story will be easier to find.]
• Current status:
  • Supporting sites: 47.
  • Reporting sites: 6
  • Facebook group: 250 members

If you need to refer to the list article concisely, you can do it using this link:

tinyurl.com/davewalker

Psssst.