AGAINST THE CURRENT

HE’S A MATE
Mmm, I saw ‘lad’ Martin Devlin defending the violent Tony Veitch on TV1’s Breakfast the other day.
Hold on – is this is the same Martin Devlin who is a big supporter of Sensible Sentencing? This organisation, among other things, wants stiffer prison sentences for violent offenders.
The picture also gets murkier when we also consider that Devlin’s partner is, apparently, the media officer for Sensible Sentencing.
Another case of a mate looking after a mate…

LABOUR PARTY ‘CLAYTON’S’ BLOGS
A friend rang me this week and told me that the Labour Party are busying setting up seemingly ‘independent’ blogs. On the surface they are the work of individuals sympathetic to Labour but, are in fact, orchestrated from Labour Head Office.
We’ll be keeping an eye open for these blogs and, if we find any, we’ll even give them some publicity!

MY COMPLAINT TO THE BROADCASTING STANDARDS AUTHORITY
I still haven’t received a ruling from Broadcasting Standards regarding my complaint about Canterbury Television’s coverage of the Tibetan uprising. It is now nearly four months.