'Let there be love' - a case of mistaken identity


Official statement for the benefit of anyone who might have stumbled across the above on YouTube:
  1. I am not the artiste.
  2. I've never heard of him before.
  3. I can't sing either.
Gravity Calling:

However, I do admit, with some considerable pride, that one of my sons is a professional musician, who can be seen and heard here playing keyboards on Flipron's latest album:


... more of which can be enjoyed HERE.

Two more straight answers from Mandelson - about failed coups and the PM's rages

Following up on the recent post about Lord Mandelson's two straight answers to Paxman's questions in the Newsnight interview after the failed coup, I've noticed two more - the meanings of which are quite revealing:
  1. Yes, this was another attempted coup and I've saved him again (without having to do a great deal), and
  2. yes, the prime minister does go into rages, but not on this occasion.

Brown & Harman: cabinet makers!


Checking on claims in some of the media that Harriet Harman might have been involved in the latest failed coup against Gordon Brown's leadership, I typed "Brown Harman" into Google - and made the astonishing discovery that they are in fact cabinet makers!