russell brand - C or D?

I fully back the Ministry of Defence's decision to use Edenbridge, Kent, as a base for advanced nuclear weapons testing.

did russell brand shag sarah palin?

Ask her grandfather

Andrew Collins has been approached to take over from Ross's "Film 2008" gig. The true human cost of this tragedy.

How about getting a film critic to do it?

Well he's already done his best to kill one BBC flagship programme (EastEnders), let's see how far Wry Irreverent Self-Deprecating Andy can tear Film '72 down.

Just one last disturbing story to report...

This village do this every year, which means, polltime!

The Edenbridge Bonfire: Most deserving Guy

Andrew Collins edited Empire magazine, once.

Does that make him a film critic? More than Jonathan R***, I suppose

He's a yes man and he's cheap.

He took over the role full time, then found the next month that Q's Editor resigned, so jumped immediately there.

According to The Sun newspaper, Miss Mason allegedly told a Bristol taxi firm "not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter".

The Sun said Miss Mason, 40, told a cab operator: "A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out."

Worker 'outraged'

When her request was refused, she is alleged to have said: "You've managed it before."

The taxi worker was said to be outraged and recorded the conversation, passing a copy to The Sun.

Miss Mason is reported to have called the taxi firm off-air as she played a song on her afternoon show.

A transcript of the conversation, published in The Sun, records how she ordered a taxi to take her 14-year-old from her Clifton house to her grandparents' home.

A BBC spokesman said: "Although Sam Mason's remarks were not made on-air, her comments were completely unacceptable and, for that reason, she has been informed that she will no longer be working for the BBC with immediate effect."

BBCPhonegate continues...

wellity wellity:
Sachs to join 'Coronation Street'
Sachs to guest in 'Casualty' Christmas eps

What a sudden career boost for this "victim."

he's been in the Bill and Casualty in the past few years, so meh

He'll probably end up presenting the new TOTP.

(xpost) .. and Prince Charles' Comedy night.

Virtually got a standing ovation!

(sorry, i meant Holby City of course)

That PC Comedy night was terrible.

Michael McIntyre must die.

Bill Bailey was alright.

But, later on, it was all "audience respect" as opposed to "actually funny", wrt Atkinson,Cleese,Riversffxske!

Yes, I'd forgotten about BB; virtually the only decent act on there.

Unfortunately Robin Williams just inspires me to scream STFU rather than laugh.

Even though it's Miranda Sawyer I'd say this was pretty OTM.

Oh, I always find herself to be alright, in general...

I met her in a pub once, I was reading a copy of Viz and she said, "Oh I didn't know people still read that", she wa v. nice. It was a few years ago, mind.

The extra disc of "24 hour party people" to ref:

I guess we're only weeks, if not days, away from Derek Jameson and Gloria Hunniford returning to daytime R2 for all our Ray Conniff needs.

Miranda Sawyer once sent me a postcard from California.

True story.

http://www.freewebs.com/californiadreams/cd4bannerph2.jpg

Charlie Brooker otm (as usual) about this whole ridiculous saga.

if you order a steak in a resturant rare are u being racist because you want it pink not black????
h, bristol

Bravo

And congratulations again to the lily livered BBC for standing by their employees, not.

she said an english driver mayb that ment sum1 that can speak good english i kno myself many "foriegners" dnt speak great english and i struggle 2 understand them!! at no point did she say "i want a white driver" so how can people jump to the conclusion its racist!!! i thought that in order to be racist she`d have had to say i want a white english driver!!!! but she didnt she said an english driver would be great! when i get a taxi i look for a white english driver not because of his/her colour but because i struggle to understand some people and i dont want to offend them by saying sorry i dnt understand you!!! but mayb u think thats racist! if you do thats fine thats ur opinion which your entitled to!!!!

It's terrible how Jeff Mills and Underground Resistance keep getting pulled into these debates.

when i get a taxi i look for a white english driver not because of his/her colour but because i struggle to understand some people and i dont want to offend them by saying sorry i dnt understand you!!!

so considerate

Sherrie said: "She's not a racist.
"She has babysat for my children

Oh, well then..

(later)

"I'm sure all of us have been guilty of making sexist or racist comments at some time in our lives, and yes, in essence, what Sam said was racist, however one comment does not make you a racist person – let's not get carried away."

Riiiight.... (with friends like this, etc)

So you murdered one person, it's not like you're going around murdering people all the time, come on! One murder doesn't make you a murderer... oh hang on a minute...

She's not on the B*P membership list; give her a break.

Yeah, before that we have bigger fish to fry excrement to send to 12,000 racists.

I trust someone will be publishing the names and addresses of all members of the Scottish Nationalist Party and Plwyd Cymru, for balance.

...or even Plaid Cymru (why do I suddenly think of Steve Martin?)...

Scottish Nationalist Party

Or even Scottish National Party.

Yeah, well you know, it's been a long time since I was up there...

Actually: what exactly was that comment about, anyway? I trust it's not to be taken literally.

(I mean, I absolutely refuse to even credit that notion. It just seems a bit odd in this thread, that's all!)

If we're talking explicitly nationalist political parties...

Er. Nationalism is marginally more complex than that, as well you know.

The SNP in the seventies weren't exactly in a rush not to be compared with the NF down south, for example; local branch meetings at the time made much of the comparison...

But it's all pretty irrelevant in the end; the Tories will end up using the soft end of the B4P's policies out of desperation at the next election, as they always do, and any "threat" will be nullified.

I'll admit I know absolutely fuck all about the SNP in the 1970s and 1980s; from the little I have gleaned, they sound like a grim bunch of bastards. I think you'd have to accept, though, that the current party of government in Scotland, while fundamentally "nationalist" in nature, is a) a radically different proposition from the SNP as it used to be; b) a fundamentally different proposition to the BNP.

I have terrible problems with the N in SNP; however, these things become a semantic shorthand over time and the whole "SNP/BNP" argument is one even the most asinine Scottish Labourites don't bother with any more. There is also, of course, the whole notion that the perception (and indeed nature) of nationalism changes depending on status, which is one reason why overt displays of English national pride are often interpreted as being aggressive/dominant/triumphalist, while dudes in kilts with saltires are broadly indulged.

I'm not saying it isn't a valid argument: of course it is. But it's certainly not one that can be reduced to the two words "national" and "party".