A little light relief from Gaza etc …..
Newsnight editor Paul Mason up for Bad Sex book award
BBC Newsnight’s economics editor Paul Mason has been shortlisted for the Literary Review’s Bad Sex Awards 2012 for his debut novel.
Reading the passages rich in masochistic sex, you easily imagine Mason joyfully kicking free of BBC fact-checkers.
but….
The BBC are a bit shy about blowing Mason’s trumpet:
‘The full shortlist is: The Yips by Nicola Barker, The Adventuress by Nicholas Coleridge, Infrared by Nancy Huston, Rare Earth by Paul Mason, Noughties by Ben Masters, The Quiddity of Will Self by Sam Mills, The Divine Comedy by Craig Raine and Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe.‘
Bet he’s hoping they don’t start looking at what he writes for the main job…wouldn’t be enough room on the mantlepiece for the prizes.
Apparently the result is on the 4th of December.. the day before the budget. Hope he doesn’t win…will be in a bad mood if he does, might colour his opinion of Osborne’s budget…
Speaking of which, Mason hasn’t given up on the ‘Austerity = Nazis’ theme:
Love or nothing: The real Greek parallel with Weimar
Stop with the crazy font sizes already!
OT, more beeboid pain. Posters on Guido pointing out that beeboid non-exec director looks to be involved in some very heavy mis-stating of accounts re sale of Autonomy to US company and SEC and UK regulators called in.
Whatever people may think.
We are living in interesting times.
According to the Guardian review of Paul Mason’s book that Alan linked to –
he has also threatened to make public “the academic source literature for Mongolian horseback sex. It exists.”
As Mason is a Newsnight editor, I trust that the riders were at least 16 this time.
‘I trust that the riders were at least 16 this time.”
Maybe a quick tweet via Laurie Penny may elicit clarification? I bet she’s going to be feeling a bit let down anyway, either on performance ratings or if her variable women-representation side kicks in…
‘Reading the passages rich in masochistic sex..
‘Abuse me and make me feel worthless’
‘Ok, I think you are actually qualified to be yet another Newsnight Editor. But your pension plan will still be invested in renewables’
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/50-shades-of-grey?before=1337118917
It’s a real mystery why he couldn’t write a better sex scene considering that his day job already consists of making stuff up and screwing the license payer.
Please stop making posts about that knob mason linked to sexual stuff. I’m beginning to wonder just who is fixated with who?
STOP!
enough…just saying.
‘The cartel, sells, to the global market,’ he panted… He switched to some ancient steppe language as he ejaculated, blubbering and incoherent.”
Sounds like a description of Mason reporting. Feel all dirty now. Need a wash.