In which we worry that the PM is a potential Doctor Who villain
Published at 6:46 am on May 17th, 2010
Filed under: Geekery, Political.
Since the election, I’ve felt a bit sorry for Gordon Brown, what with all the people who have rushed to gloat and put the boot in since his progressive downfall started. Last week’s Have I Got News For You featured a montage of his strained-looking toothy smile, his clunky body-language, as if the ability to smile and shake hands smoothly was indeed what really mattered in a leader. I can sympathise partly because my own smiles are often as bad as his, especially if I’m trying to pose. When I’m smiling for the camera, everyone else shuffles their feet and small children run away crying; so when people make fun of Gordon Brown for suffering the same problem, he definitely gets my sympathies.
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Keyword noise: Auton, David Cameron, Doctor Who, elections, General Election, Gordon Brown, horror, Nick Clegg, plastic.
In which I am right, but not in a helpful way
Published at 6:44 pm on May 12th, 2010
Filed under: Political, Unbelievable.
Well, part of last Wednesday’s post quickly came true: my “almost certainly wrong” prediction of the future did, indeed, turn out to be wrong. I was sorely tempted to claim I’d been right all along, or that I’ve got enough right that I can be considered reasonably infallible; but, nah, I got it wrong. As I did say I would. Hence, I was right. Hurrah! I should go into business as a futurologist; I’m good at it. And I’ve known people make bigger futurology U-turns.
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Keyword noise: clairvoyance, elections, General Election, prediction, prophecy.
In which there is some serious election stuff to talk about
Published at 8:22 am on May 8th, 2010
Filed under: Political.
Despite yesterday’s post, I do still indeed live in a safe Labour seat which is still a safe Labour seat. As predicted, shifting my vote in any direction would have made zero difference to the electoral outcome. And, as I implied yesterday, we live in a country where the majority of voters don’t seem to support the agenda of the largest party, partly because, I suspect, this election has been driven by negative pressure: people voting to try to stop Outcome A, rather than to cause Outcome B.
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Keyword noise: elections, General Election, parliament, voting.
In which we cover an election result that the reality-based media seems to have missed.
Published at 6:14 pm on May 7th, 2010
Filed under: Political.
In which we predict the future, badly
Published at 8:29 pm on May 5th, 2010
Filed under: Political.
Back in 2006, there were some local elections, and I wrote what I thought at the time. It was written in what you might call a prescient situation: about a local council who had run up a huge deficit under Labour, before being taken by a Tory-Liberal alliance who co-operated to the extent of not competing for council seats. Possibly, then, like the general election after next; although things are unlikely to be that extreme.
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Keyword noise: elections, General Election, parliament, voting.
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