tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post4386912343770433516..comments2008-06-26T19:18:02.775ZBruschettaboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462814606739183471noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-64320237147439239442008-06-26T19:18:00.000Z2008-06-26T19:18:00.000Z

Socialist magazines usually pay buttons, because (a) socialist magazines aren't usually well off and (b) socialist magazines can usually rely on contributors' willingness to be hyper-exploited. Mind you, shafting the staff in any shape or form isn't exactly socialism in the workplace, so perhaps he has half a point.<BR/><BR/>But who thought the Statesman was a socialist magazine in any sense? I

Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-77120495507892114252008-06-26T16:33:00.000Z2008-06-26T16:33:00.000Z

Matt, he's missed two weeks - in summer, so could easily be a holiday. But then, the Facebook group seems pretty new. I'll have to check again - I considered suggesting that someone might join 'Bring Back Blair' and try to post the cover of 'Cruel Britannia' for a laugh.<BR/><BR/>I am a little surprised that after <A HREF="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-26006037579764224632008-06-26T08:14:00.000Z2008-06-26T08:14:00.000Z

Has our Nick been fired from the Observer? He's not been in it recently, has he? And yet he's still churning the standard column out. Yesterday he declared that if Nelson Mandela didn't speat out against Mugabe he would be a 'moral coward'.

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214026669109045616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-87073398215542246712008-06-25T23:19:00.000Z2008-06-25T23:19:00.000Z

"Cohen tells the Standard his pay has been cut by two thirds "<BR/><BR/>When was the last time he actually had anything in the magazine?<BR/><BR/>rioja kid

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-78975028732677857562008-06-25T16:21:00.000Z2008-06-25T16:21:00.000Z

The reliably poor Ratbiter column in private eye this week has all the marks of N Cohen, too...

organic cheeseboardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-82118403234072475172008-06-25T14:15:00.000Z2008-06-25T14:15:00.000Z

Again off topic, but delicious.<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/wire/3398<BR/><BR/>Nick Cohen to sue New Statesman over changes to pay and conditions<BR/><BR/>Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 24 June 2008 at 16:23<BR/>Tags: Journalism, Magazines<BR/><BR/>New Statesman contributors are reportedly outraged over changes to their terms and conditions which have led to their pay packets being “

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-67150040073509952262008-06-23T15:16:00.000Z2008-06-23T15:16:00.000Z

Also off topic, but can't resist it. Letter in this weeks Times Higher from Jonathan Bate, Warwick Uni academic and author of 'Standpoint' piece Nick C based his Obs column on a few weeks ago. Bate protests that Times Higher had 'cite[d] a grossly distorted paraphrase by The Observer columnist Nick Cohen.' This from a Standpoint contributor - ouch!

Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-74681244217264224782008-06-22T22:31:00.000Z2008-06-22T22:31:00.000Z

o/t, have you seen the Facebook group that Nick has set up called 'Bring Back Blair'? <BR/><BR/>Its description is 'he's tanned, he's rested, he's ready' (that's Tony, not Nick) and it has 81 members.

donpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-78774589512014043052008-06-22T21:30:00.000Z2008-06-22T21:30:00.000Z

Well Tolstoy never did. Har har har.

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-56140013268481039852008-06-22T17:54:00.000Z2008-06-22T17:54:00.000Z

Oh, quite possibly. I nearly mentioned Tolstoy, but thought that if I did, I'd never stop.

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-77055412649447380022008-06-22T17:34:00.000Z2008-06-22T17:34:00.000Z

<I>battles are understood with hindsight; during them no one knows what the hell is going on.</I><BR/><BR/>An observation he may owe to Tolstoy?

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com