Entries from August 2006

August 29, 2006

Is Al running, after all?

My friend Kenny Young, who is our candidate for North East Fife in May as well as being the chair of Scottish Labour Students, was lucky enough to hear Al Gore speak at the Edinburgh Literary Festival last night.
Gore is busy promoting his new book and film, An Inconvenient Truth, which highlights several prescient concerns about climate change [...]

August 17, 2006

Back to his best?

I finally saw Munich this week. It’s the latest film by Stephen Spielberg that all my friends told me I had to see – and it left me asking plenty of questions, even before the credits rolled.
From a movie perspective, it was enthralling. Brilliantly shot – without the fidgety cameraman who seem to work on [...]

August 17, 2006

He’s making me suicidal

The horribly compelling Tory blogger Iain Dale brings us some disturbing news regarding former Labour Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley.
Apparently, if Reid becomes the next leader of Labour Party – which, despite some bluster from his supporters and a shift at the bookies, remains a long shot – dear old Roy will kill himself.
I still can’t [...]