Welcome to our daily web review. As always, share your own recommendations in the comments.
Highlights
The latest video (NSFW) from Lee Griffin and Gavin Whenman is available to view from here. Full transcript.
Cassilis - Fair or not, the government will pay for Northern Rock
There was little the government could have done, but the dilly-dallying has cost them more of the public’s trust.
Matt Wardman - Ad Agencies writing your Blog Slogan? Who would you trust?
As blogging becomes more commercial, and bloggers look to monetize their content, will they turn to professional ad agencies to raise their profile?
Westminster Wisdom - Business Reporting
BBC News is economically illiterate.
Clairwil - Whining Little Prick!
A mini-tempest erupted on the Guardian’s travelog last week, as a teen began blogging his gap-year. It all went “postal” when commentators noticed that he was the son of a freelance hack. Cue cries of nepotism and all-out class warfare. Hilarious stuff, best reported by Clairwil.
Love and Liberty - Alistair Darling: Shattered Credibility and An Incredible Interview
Alex Wilcox rips the government to pieces in a lengthy post, and one that conveys much more understanding of the situation than many high-profile bloggers who have exposed themselves terribly this morning. No names. Naturally.
Elsewhere
publicansdecoy - On China and the Olympics
Indigo Jo Blogs - The fallacy of multiculturalism helping terrorism
Remembering the Ability in Disability - I would just like to say that I am very much human
anticant’s arena - Islam in the West
Shiraz Socialist - SEIU Endorses Obama
Craig Murray - Kosovan Independence
Obsolete - Book review: Flat Earth News by Nick Davies.
Finally, this week’s Britblog roundup is hosted by the always readable Mr Eugenides.
If you would like your blog or site to be considered as source material for future reviews, drop me an email at aaronh [at] liberalconspiracy [dot] org.
“Alex Wilcox rips the government to pieces in a lengthy post, and one that conveys much more understanding of the situation than many high-profile bloggers who have exposed themselves terribly this morning. No names. Naturally.”
It’s a brilliant post. And for your final lines - you’re not casting any Staines on any particular characters are you?
Ah, no not particularly that blogger (but you’re very warm). Like myself, finance is actually Staines’ background (although I haven’t read his commentary this morning).
I have just read Guido’s piece.
He talks a lot of sense, but I would take issue when he says “there was no systemic risk to the financial system.”
There absolutely was a short-term risk to the system. If NR would have defaulted on committed transfers, the knock-on effect would have caused serious problems across the UK system, and would have rippled into other markets. Last year a German bank ran out of cash and it caused major problems.
From an ideological POV, I would have preferred to see the bank collapse. I don’t see a role for the government in a private industry. The move was entirely political - but I can understand it. The treasury, and Number 10, feared that it may have led to runs on other banks - the media images and psychological impact would have been terrible for the government.
I think Guido is overplaying his hand with the socialist nonsense. Everyone knows this is the solution the government least wanted (at least initially).
Is that Lee Griffin laddie not a writer on here? We should get to see his comments on the week as an item on their own, I think.
Excellent stuff. Thanks Aaron.
Aaron,
Why does Aaron@liberalconspiracy.org come up with a message saying you have barred me from talking to you?
Was it something I said?
Thanks for directing me to Clairwil - what a hoot!
Max Gogarty (brilliant name) might be a “whining little prick” - and I’ll take his “disillusion” with the world of the media with a large pinch of salt - but his is nothing compared to the whining mass of commenters I found on those threads.
Vitriolic is not the word.
Nothing but bitterness and envy is my conclusion.
Hi douglas,
No, as Sunny as pointed out, you have my email slightly wrong (you’d think these systems would know what you mean, eh?).
Cheers for the compliment Doug
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