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More Saturday Night Live

The Saturday Night Live spoof of the VP debate is online. Tina Fey does not have to do much spoofing, Palin spoofs herself. I had to grin at the ‘Due the historically low expectations….’ In the UK, ‘The News Quiz‘ has a nice take on Sarah Palin. Every time she is mentioned on the show we [...]
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Paxman and Humphries

Jeremy Paxman and John Humphries in the same room at the same time…. Humphries is interviewing Paxman about his recent lecture about the demise of TV. For the record, I’m in agreement with Paxman on much of what he says – I can’t remember the last time I saw a decent documentary which didn’t have a [...]
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The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act – discussed on Law in Action, Radio 4

On the 21st at 4pm, on Radio 4, ‘Law in Action’ discussed the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill which I have written a lot about in recent weeks. To clarify, this is a bill with a boring name, but it is worth knowing about – and writing to your MP about. The programme should be available [...]
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Lord Falconer’s ‘English Parliament’ Interview

This was the Interview from Friday 10th March 2006 on ‘The Today Programme‘. Apologies for any transcription errors – please comment if you find any! I’ve taken the time to transcribe it as I plan to quote from it when I write a letter or two in the future. I previously wrote to Harriet Harman (no reply [...]
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Stunts and Science

This morning I woke up, as usual, to the Today Programme on the radio. I heard a discussion about the proposal to play golf on a spacewalk (as a stunt for a commercial) whilst at the same time long promised research is being cut: Interviewee: This just shows that stunts are more important than science. Cut to Nasa [...]
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