on September 2, 2008
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Sometimes a character walks into public life who could make a collection of cartoonists stand up and cheer. Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska in the United States is one of those.
How long her spell in the political spotlight will last is hard to tell, especially in view of the stories now freely circulating about her short, but, apparently, colourful life. But, she has made for some happy caricaturists across the globe. Life just sort of bursts out of her.
Palin reminded me of a picture a friend of mine sent recently of one of Britain’s very own characters, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He makes a very fine companion to a Cotswold Lion sheep. Hat-tip going to Steven Mathieson for the photograph.
on September 1, 2008
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There is a nice summation of the Alastair Darling ‘row’ here. If you’ve been reading the financial pages for the past two years you’ll see all Darling was doing was repeating the words of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. So, kudos to Larry Elliott of The Guardian for reminding us all of that. The caricature of a startled looking Mr Darling was drawn when things all started to really go bad in the early part of this year. I thought he looked much more relaxed* in the pictures taken of him at his Western Isles get-away-from-it-all and published in this weekend’s Saturday Guardian. Lucky man.
(*resigned?)
UPDATED: Interview with Alastair Darling – Gary Gibbon Channel 4 News
on August 31, 2008
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Via Jonathan Calder and The Times.
on August 31, 2008
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Sarah Palin’s biographical wikipedia entry was edited very heavily shortly before the announcement she was to be John McCain’s running mate was made. This is unsurprising in itself, but does lend some authority to the idea she was a late choice because other more fancied front-runners either turned down the chance to run alongside John McCain, or because the Republican campaign is highly fixated on tactically outwitting the Democrats (after Hillary, we’ll pick a woman). Palin’s personal future depends very much on just how well she adapts to the demands of the high-pressure game she is now in. It looks very much as if the McCain campaign are going to try play the man (Obama) and not the ball (what he is saying). The Arizona senator’s campaign speech this week at the Republican national convention will be revealing.
This audio link from NPR in the US.
My colleague Andy Davey has a lovely cartoon in The Independent newspaper today about the state of things in the US at present
on August 29, 2008
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And the choice is Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. This is an eye-catching and bold choice for she has less top-level political experience than Obama and this negates one of the Republican party’s strongest potential lines of attack on the Democrats. It looks a little like a decision made from a position of weakness (we have to be radical to match Obama) but, it should be applauded too; after all, she’ll only be a heartbeat away from the presidency if McCain wins in November.
on August 29, 2008
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on August 28, 2008
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Having spent a good slice of this week drawing US politicians and the ongoing hoopla at the Democrats convention in Denver, I wondered at the sheer logistical size of the operation. I was, then, happy to find Kevin Anderson’s round-up of reporting about the 15,000 journalists on site in Colorado. He (and his linkage reporters) put a finger right on one of the media’s big problems now, how to make a proportionate dispersion of resources in hard, economic times. You might paraphrase it as, is that vox pop really justifying its place? Happily, while musing on the nature of news priorities, Alex Hilton at Recess Monkey provided this little gem of light relief, an email leak from The Sunday Express newspaper in the UK. The resulting rant is what happens when your products production staff is thinned out to maintain the shareholders 10%+ year-on-year dividend. Quality suffers, and as Sadie says, it could really make you go online to register your disgust…
on August 28, 2008
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Obama and Hillary make Unilateral Declarations of Independence in Denver. Published now at Channel 4 News
on August 28, 2008
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Drawn from coverage of his speech to the Democratic National Party Convention in Denver. Jon Snow has some words from the ground here.
on August 27, 2008
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Priceless. The last line in the BBC story is just wonderful. Whatever happened to the poor bastard? Shot perhaps?
