Tag Archives: irfan ahmed

Liar, liar, pants on fire!

When will some people realise that the internet is for life, not just for Christmas? If you are a reader of Recess Monkey or the Internet and have realised comments from a Liberal Monkey and you are wondering who he is, let me point you towards him. Liberal Monkey is yours truly, yep, it’s a name [...]

Recess Monkey 2004 – 2010?

UPDATE 10:06 D’oh! It seems Devil’s Kitchen had this yesterday. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey? UPDATE 10:11 This tweet from Hilton confirms it. But, seriously, what an odd name for a children’s entertainment group. Like the reformation of a once-beloved band, Recess Monkey wasn’t quite the same after returning from a hiatus of several months. It seemed [...]

Woops! Scrapbook claims an accidental scalp

When Scrapbook and Pam Nash started poking a stick at the holy terror of Liberal Democrat blogging (not the first to do so) the last expectation was that the latest spat would culminate in local newsaper coverage in Mr. Ahmed’s native Pendle. Suffice it to say that his insensitive comments on troop deaths did not go down [...]

Lib Dem blogger Irfan Ahmed: families of dead soldiers profit from their demise

UPDATE: It seems this Scrapbook post finally did it for poor Irfan, who has been defenestrated by Cowley Street. See the full details here. A rambling post on lettergate: so far so Irfan Ahmed, who criticises the “petty attacks on Brown” over supposed spelling mistakes in his note to Jacqui Janes. Correct. But the Liberal [...]

Bill's comedy holiday snaps

A former president’s unofficial holiday to the Korean peninsula has generated some highly amusing snaps. Front row below (from left to right) William Jefferson Clinton (6 feet 1 inches) and Kim Jong-Il (5 feet 3 inches): The camera angle makes it difficult to see if the Dear Leader is wearing his platform shoes again. But [...]

Quote of the Day

You’ve got to hand it to this man’s way with words: “The Conservatives are still fresh cakes that have come out of the oven, they haven’t smelt the custard [sic]” — Irfan Ahmed

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