https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/ A blog and forum. en Copyright 2013 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.33-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sunday's alternative Euro2008 Subbuteo clash between England and Austria (off BBC premises and outside work time - see Idle Scraw, passim) failed to scintillate. Despite Capello's best efforts the placing Owen up front in the 4-2-3-1 formation (we are still... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/06/england_0_austria_0_subbuteeuro2008.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/06/england_0_austria_0_subbuteeuro2008.html Paul Mason's Idle Scrawl Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:54:15 +0000 The anti-Vietnam war demonstration of March 1968 was a turning point in post-war politics: it turned violent right in front of the world's media; the police were shown throwing punches into the faces of already arrested students, and in general... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/1968_the_doors_mistaken_for_political_extremists.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/1968_the_doors_mistaken_for_political_extremists.html Newsnight Wed, 28 May 2008 08:39:23 +0000 Bank of England governor Mervyn King has warned that "for the time being at least the nice decade is behind us". He didn't accept recession was likely but admitted it was possible - even though the Bank's own "fan charts"... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/the_end_of_economic_niceness.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/the_end_of_economic_niceness.html Newsnight Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:40 +0000 Fabio Capello has been given the target of making the semi-finals in World Cup 2010 in exchange for his £6m contract. Dream on. Shorter term, however, England fans will have to endure a full month of silky-skilled humiliation as our... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/englands_dream_chance_as_croatia_drop_of_out_of_eu.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/englands_dream_chance_as_croatia_drop_of_out_of_eu.html Paul Mason's Idle Scrawl Wed, 07 May 2008 12:04:18 +0000 I am in the process of rebranding the blog for the newly expanded Chinese audience. There's some interesting stuff about the ongoing protests against BBC, CNN etc here and I repeat my offer to appear on CCTV to discuss... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/idle_scrawl_xian_ren_san_ji.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/idle_scrawl_xian_ren_san_ji.html Newsnight Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:08:16 +0000 UPDATE: 1516 GMT Protesters in nine cities have blockaded Carrefour stores in protest at France's diplomatic stance on Tibet. See it here on Youtube.... In the past seven days Chinese students have held a protest outside BBC Manchester condemning the... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/prochina_protests_sweep_the_web_lets_talk.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/prochina_protests_sweep_the_web_lets_talk.html Paul Mason's Idle Scrawl Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:34:55 +0000 As many of you who've used the BBC's blogs will know, it has for some months been a deeply frustrating experience, not just for you but for us too. The point of blogging about our programmes is to have a... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blogging_a_new_era.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blogging_a_new_era.html Newsnight Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:49:16 +0000 From 1800 this evening (UK time), we'll be doing some essential maintenance to the blog. As a result of this, you won't be able to leave any comments on our blog posts from that time until Thursday morning and the... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_fix_imminent.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_fix_imminent.html Newsnight Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:32:45 +0000 Anyone who regularly reads the Newsnight blog will know that we have suffered from a series of technical problems for some time now. Comments disappear, the dreaded 502 'not available' message appears, and multiple copies of comments get submitted in... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_problems_a_solution_is_nigh.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/blog_problems_a_solution_is_nigh.html Newsnight Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:40:29 +0000 "Before, you used to have to pay a one billion dollar bribe to get a personal audience with a major Chinese politician," one foreign businessperson in Beijing told me; "now you only have to invest a billion". That was five... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/the_trial_of_chen_liangyu.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/the_trial_of_chen_liangyu.html Newsnight Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:27:36 +0000 Twenty-five “torch relay offenders” were arrested, China’s official news agency Xinhua reported tersely just now. They showed a photo of Gordon Brown with the torch and interviewed a man called “Nick” who bemoaned the politicisation of the games. Nowhere did... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/chinese_media_to_planet_earth_you_are_wrong_on_tib.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/chinese_media_to_planet_earth_you_are_wrong_on_tib.html Newsnight Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:39:40 +0000 Last weekend the Chinese state mysteriously lifted its block on the BBC's English language website. I don't know how long it will last for, or why they did it. What we do know is a lot of Chinese readers were... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/right_thats_it_i_am_going_to_blog_about_china.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/04/right_thats_it_i_am_going_to_blog_about_china.html Paul Mason's Idle Scrawl Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:28:27 +0000 Two weeks ago I appeared on Newsnight to talk about the bids in for Northern Rock. I went as near as I could to suggesting that the pullout of Olivant, leaving Branson plus the in-house "bid", left the Rock very... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/wish_id_taken_a_punt_now_really_on_the_rock.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/wish_id_taken_a_punt_now_really_on_the_rock.html Newsnight Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:31:30 +0000 I don't think so. The Treasury said today that any private sector solution to Northern Rock has to offer the taxpayer a "demonstrably better" outcome than any nationalisation. Let's be clear, (as I always say to finance geeks "as if... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/are_the_two_remaining_northern_rock_bids_enough_to.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/are_the_two_remaining_northern_rock_bids_enough_to.html Big Fat Politics Blog Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:41:39 +0000 Lisa Klein Director of Party Funding The Electoral Commission Trevelyan House Great Peter Street London SW1P 2HW Tuesday, 15th January 2008 BBC Newsnight last night drew attention to three flights taken by David Cameron in October 2005 which were declared... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/01/text_of_conservative_letter_re_newsnight_revelatio.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/newsnight/2008/01/text_of_conservative_letter_re_newsnight_revelatio.html Big Fat Politics Blog Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:51:20 +0000