Glass Houses

Interesting to note another couple of visits to the site from Associated Newspapers today. What's it like to be despised Mr Doughty?

As pointed out by Claude @ Hagley Road to Ladywood, the Mail's hypocrisy knows no bounds.

The Mail is outraged that there may be a concerted, organised attempt to cause mayhem in London tomorrow at the G20 summit.

• Protesters plan to use Google Streetview and the micro-blogging site Twitter to cause mayhem at next week's G20 summit in London.

Ah, the disgusting internet.

Then there was the attack on Fred Goodwin's home:

• Ian Bone, (of Class War) wrote on his blog: 'Top f****** work comrades!'

• The concern is that anti-capitalist groups will copy the tactics of animal rights militants by directly targeting individuals they hold responsible for the credit crunch.

So, it comes as a bit of surprise (quel) to read this in the same paper a few days earlier:

• This is why we must stand outside their homes throwing rocks through the windows until they do.

Max Hastings meet Ian Bone, fellow anarchist. Those without sin..........

More Harman Good

There is a bit in 'The Reader' where questions are raised by Bruno Ganz's lecturer character about the validity of retrospective laws and morality. The same dilemma arises over Harriet Harman's 'on the hoof' policy of using 'the court of public opinion' to justify grabbing back Fred Goodwin's RBS pension.

As Michael White points out in The Guardian, her intervention was clearly an exam howler but equally, the Tories should be in the dock for supporting similar populist programmes.