The Wardman Wire

This week’s Britblog is in a summary style due to the fact that time is short.

Diving straight in …

History

• Jonathon Calder reminds is about the 1948 Children Act.
• The Camden Kiwi talks about Traffic Island Archaeology.

In a more General Theme

• The Pandemian writes a Haiku about nakedness and neighbours.
• English Buildings studies a .. er .. shed or two. In Dungeness - also known as “Jarman Country”.
• On an Overgrown Path looks at the BBC reporting of Guyana.
• Stumbling and Mumbling looks at cricket.
• Ornamental Passions introduces us to some fascinating London Ornament.
• The Cruella Blog explains How NOT To Write An Article About Women’s Lifestyles.
• Natalie Bennett reviews a performance of Cosi at the White Bear, Kennington.
• Little Frigging in the Wold is speculating about .. er .. boobs on film.
• Andrew Ian Dodge has a go at Jenny McCartney.

Politics

• Ambassador Charles Crawford has started what looks like a long-term mud-wrestle with Craig Murray over “Murder in Samarkand”. These are slightly out of the normal date range, but are one to watch.
• The Stroppybird reminds us of the Decline of New Labour.
• Penny Red writes of a smackdown for feminism in the courts.
• Andrew Gunstock is after the leadership of the Green Party (Daily Maybe).
• Blood and Treasure ponders on possible uses for David Milliband. Does anyone have a Milliband-shaped hole in their wall, for example?
• And Amused Cynicism ponders on the possibility of a State Funeral for Mrs T (”Yes, as soon as possible, please” is one suggestion).
• Mark Pack kicks the Sun for kicking Facebook.
• Heresy Corner suggests that Sir Ian Blair is on the skids.
• The Daily Mail is at it again (misrepresenting statistics about single mums).
• The Eastern/European blog asks whether Euroscepticism is failing. Or not.

Potemkin(?) Olympics

• Journalists are not allowed to do the job, the whole job, and nothing but the job.
• But the Olympics are not to be politicised.
• While Keirin Racing has possibly been smuggled in by the side door.

And finally

On restrictions on people on the Internet, Miss Wagstaff has been chucked out of Facebook for allegedly impersonating someone, without being asked first whether she was herself or not:

Why not raise the question with me of the possibility of ‘real and fake names’ in the first instance - before deactivation.

Hilariously and unforgiveably, Facebook last December did the same thing to Steve Webb MP (Lib Dem). This is serious so I won’t make any quips about impersonating Shadow Ministers. As Steve put it:

I had no idea what I might have done, so I messaged them to query and have been told that my site is a fake and that it is a breach of their rules not to give a genuine first name and last name. They say that their decision is final and that my account will not be re-activated! Given that I’ve been one of the main evangelists for Facebook at Westminster, this is, to say the least, frustrating. Also, the thought of starting again and re-contacting my 2,500+ friends doesn’t thrill me…

Oooops. It reminds me of H L Mencken

The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.

That’s one for the next PMQs, Steve.

Wrapping it up, and we had a big rainstorm at the weekend - so, with apologies to A A Milne:

Matt had great big waterproof boots on

Matt had a great big waterproof hat

Matt had a great big waterproof Macintosh

“And that” - said Matt - “is that”.

For this week, anyway.

Wrapping Up

Next week the Britblog Roundup is at Mr Eugenides’ place, and entries can be sent to britblog at gmail dot com.

The roundup is a compendium of last week’s outstanding posts in the British Blogosphere.

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