Aug/10
15:26 3
A chemistry lesson for Julian Huppert
So freshman Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert has rankled Tom Harris with his patronising suggestion that MPs should undergo a science training course so that they are “able to understand the information they were being presented with”.
With a PhD in biological chemistry, brainbox Huppert churned out papers on such accessible topics as the “Prevalence of quadruplexes in the human genome”. He will presumably, therefore, understand the following notation:
ClCH2CH2Cl + 3 Cl2 → Cl2C=CCl2 + 4 HCl
According to Wikipedia (so it must be true), this is the chemical reaction to produce tetrachloroethylene, the chemical used in, erm, dry cleaning.
Oct/09
16:15 2
Tom Harris’ Twitter links to dodgy Chinese porn
“I’m not really lovin’ it, no…”. This tweet from @TomHarrisMP sounded like the standard cryptic link to his latest post on the And another thing blog:
But apparently not! Scrapbook can’t read Japanese Chinese, but it’s safe to say the site below does not feature an in depth analysis of the Yen’s decline to a two-week low against the Euro:
Let’s hope he didn’t charge the taxpayer £10 for that!*
*Of course, the account has been hacked. But it is more fun to suppose otherwise.
Sep/09
22:21 1
Stripping bloggers to star at Labour Conference
Conclusive proof that the conference fringe is always more interesting than the main event:
UPDATE: As Hopi Sen isn’t going to conference this year it has been announced that John Prescott will replace him in the ‘Labour Bloggers Revue’. Tickets are limited. One at a time please, ladies!
Hat tip: Tom Harris
Aug/09
09:03 0
Tom Harris memoirs dramatised by BBC Radio 7
Tom Harris wouldn’t want us to miss Auntie’s serialisation of his diaries, and has helpfully pointed his readers in the direction of the BBC radio listings:
Removed to protective custody?
Good to see the Labour whips haven’t lost any of their zeal.
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