Blair opens his big mouth ... and a can of worms ...

longmanshort · 15 September, 2004, 08:53:04 PM

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3659120.stm" target="_blank">Here we go again ...

longmanshort · 15 September, 2004, 08:55:06 PM

He agreed to discuss with Home Secretary David Blunkett what action could be taken to combat the problem.

Cue Judge Blunkett's patented jerking knee ...

The Amstor Computer · 15 September, 2004, 08:56:52 PM

...and who's surprised that fucking Keith Vaz is in there? Oily little twat.

Art · 15 September, 2004, 09:03:17 PM

I like the exclusion of various little factoids like the game actually belonging to the victim, and the perpetrator being quite a nasty peice of work in his own right, etc... etc...

Quirkafleeg · 15 September, 2004, 09:06:46 PM

Saw the is on the news this lunchtime... so depressingly familiar... the police and the prosecutors agree the police had nothing to do with it but lets not stop us jumping on a band-wagon, anything to get hunting off the news agenda. And Vaz is a real nasty piece of work.

longmanshort · 15 September, 2004, 09:10:11 PM

Isn't he your MP, Gary?

Dunk! · 15 September, 2004, 09:14:20 PM

Wow, just when all that free publicity was falling away, Bam! The games back in the headlines. You couldn't pay a PR company to do a better job.

Yup, looks like all the facts are being overlooked for a good sound bite and another industry becomes the scapegoat for society's woes. The film and TV industry must be so pleased.

Art · 15 September, 2004, 09:15:17 PM

Rockstar probably threw him a bung to try and keep sales up...

longmanshort · 15 September, 2004, 09:17:37 PM

Rockstar probably threw him a bung to try and keep sales up...

Well, it worked ...

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3535268.stm" target="_blank">PR for beginners ...

Quirkafleeg · 15 September, 2004, 09:17:43 PM

Nah... I'm miles from Liecester. Mine's Quentin Davis who aint bad for a Tory.

Satanist · 15 September, 2004, 09:34:18 PM

Is it wrong that reading stuff like this makes me feel more violent than Manhunt ever did?

Max Kon · 15 September, 2004, 09:46:00 PM

Vas probably has shares in rock star games

the perp probably didn't get insperation for using a hammer from the game, he probably just realised what a great weapon a claw hammer is.

Art · 15 September, 2004, 09:47:19 PM

His timing sucks though: He should have waited till GTA: San Andreas was out. Maybe he's trying to boost presales?

Dunk! · 15 September, 2004, 09:52:06 PM

Nah GTA: San Andreas will be cited as a reason for a rise in house burglary and with it's rural sections Combine-Harvester rage - if you can get one of the buggers back to a city.

Art · 15 September, 2004, 09:53:17 PM

They should make a game where you get to burglarise tony martins house.