Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Blogging
Worth a read: [Guido Fawkes: His Role in Damian McBrideās Downfall](http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3540431/a-bloggers-notebook.thtml) The whole McBride saga has been a fascinating study of the dance between bloggers, mainstream media and the centralising urge of government. I really must blog more about
kilroy
Another blast from the VHS past: hereās a clip from a 1992 episode of Kilroy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kilroy-Silk#Kilroy], featuring me in my student unionĀ activistĀ days, opining about graduate unemployment:
Journalism
The other side of the NUJ debate is, of course, the fact that there are dramatic levels of job cuts happening in the industry. And, in some places, those are being fought. NUJ members in York are conducting lunchtime stoppages to [protest four job cuts at Newsquest York](http://www.
Blogging
[![LONDON - JULY 26: Presumptive U.S. Democratic...]()](http://www.daylife.com/image/072t6EReSJ59Y?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=072t6EReSJ59Y&utm_campaign=z1)Image by [Getty Images](http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images) via [Daylife](http://www.daylife.com/)I must confess that
christine lagarde
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/3097352271/ "photo sharing")Christine Lagarde on stage at Le Web 08 [http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/3097352271/], originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth [http://www.flickr.
elections
Graham [http://www.noodlepie.com/] was kind enough to invite me to the Frontline Club [http://frontlineclub.com/index.php]ās election night bash last night. Hereās some video I grabbed during the event: [US Election Night at The Frontline Club](http://vimeo.com/2160719) from [Adam Tinworth](http:
elections
I havenāt written anything about the election here because (a) Iām British and (b) Iām not politics expert. But I couldnāt resist sharing this little video:
media
This is interesting:
defra
A video knocked up by the Farmers Weekly [http://www.fwi.co.uk/] team with my Flip Minoā¦ UPDATE: And hereās the story [http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/10/13/112622/video-defra-loses-20979-cows-and-a-toaster.html] that explains it.
Blogging
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2008/08/N755NA.html] One of our bloggers [broke the Obama running mate story](http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/08/vice-presidential-picks-and-pl.html). Hereās how:He knew that the candidateās planes go into shop for re-painting around the time of the
fuel prices
Spotted while filling up Mumās car earlier: [](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/06/DSCF0234.jpg)
elections
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/04/Sky-4-london.jpg] I do like [Sky Newsās London Election policy quiz](http://news.sky.com/skynews/fixed_article/0,,91211-1312644,00.html). Itās a nice idea ā you pick which of three policies on 11 topics interests you
