TV viewers can't stand Toni Collette's ad for the Commonwealth Bank - heraldsun.com.au
27 May 2012, 9:31 pm
"How wanky is the Toni Collette ad for Commonwealth Bank? Who would think an old leftie like her would sell out like that?," Peter Ford ‏said. "I assume the Commonwealth Bank's new slogan "Can" is a toilet reference, as in "Your savings are going down the can"?,"

RTE skewered with trident of truth wielded by Whelan - Independent
26 May 2012, 10:22 pm
Maybe he will get around to it on his next outing. Which will be soon, as Titley is easily the most effective left-wing contributor in the long list of leftie lecturers who clog up the Pat Kenny and Vincent Browne shows. Here I must declare an interest.

DJ Taylor: How to spot a leftie – an idiot's guide - The Independent
26 May 2012, 6:19 pm
How in these fraught and politically incoherent times do you identify a genuine left-winger? Thirty years ago there was a ready-made socialist's catechism to hand. Does the candidate believe in the virtues of nationalisation? Does he (or she) concede the ...

Should racist abuse in football be a sackable offence? - Daily Mail
25 May 2012, 6:53 am
donbak wrote...Racism is a leftie word, used as a weapon to beat up those who challenges their dogma. No, it's a word in common usage to describe a certain kind of hateful behaviour. EVERYONE should be free to speak their mind. I remember as a child the ...

What's the point of social mobility? It still leaves some in the gutter - The Guardian
23 May 2012, 12:39 pm
It's not what you'd call socialism either. It's not liberal egalitarianism, or any of those more fine-tuned theories that make it possible to be a leftie and still own a house. It's not left wing and, fundamentally, it doesn't make anything any better.

The World Today Editorial - cknw.com
22 May 2012, 4:58 pm
Silence. The union’s reaction was quick and predictable – people will die. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, a leftie who is beholden to the unions for his political power, reacted quickly and predictably, with outrage. The phone lines lit up ...

Lefty view applied far too liberally - Boston Herald
17 May 2012, 4:32 am
ABC’s Bob Woodruff (Boston College), Vicki Kennedy (Boston College Law), Ted Koppel (UMass-Amherst), Obama rainmaker Alan Solomont (Suffolk), David Gregory (Emerson), foreign affairs leftie genius Fareed Zakaria (Harvard) and our own Barney Frank.

ON YER BIKE: Forward-thinking Tory will help all on the road (From Oxford Mail) - Oxford Mail
15 May 2012, 5:25 am
In my twenties I was a hot-under-the-collar leftie and would never in a million years have imagined celebrating a Conservative politician’s success. My generation’s first experiences of Tories was terribly negative – in the heady punk era of the ...

The 'leftwing bias' charge is distracting the BBC - The Guardian
14 May 2012, 6:55 pm
I adore my old boss David Dimbleby, but a pinko leftie he is not. I have the utmost respect for the impeccable professionalism of Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, and his deputy James Landale, and I would never question their ...

Red Sox Hall of Famer visits Lees - East Bay
14 May 2012, 11:38 am
from 12 to 4 p.m. Mr. Lee was a left-handed pitcher for the Red Sox from 1969 to 1978 and was inducted into the team’s hall of fame in 2008 for most games pitched by a leftie. Lees Market began selling Spaceman Wine’s one and only wine ...