Amongst today’s headlines including the continuing BP oil spill fiasco, the changes to the Bank of England by Chancellor Osborne, further Bloody Sunday Inquiry reaction and the vindication of the Shannon Matthews social workers I discovered this interesting piece in the Telegraph. The title caught my eye: “Expenses: MPs being ‘thrown to the dogs’”. For [...]
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Bloody Sunday Inquiry: the report and conclusions
Today saw the landmark publication of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry report as discussed on here last week. In the end, the report officially denounced the killings as “unjustified and unjustifiable” and vindicated all victims from any questions of attacks on soldiers. The soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians with no provocation. They were under the [...]
New immigration requirement
I have struggled to find anything to write about today. I don’t know enough about economics to comment on the adjusted predicted growth forecast or whether cutting public spending will, potentially, lead to a ‘double-dip’ recession. I haven’t made up my mind about Obama’s allegedly ‘anti-British’ rhetoric. There are plenty of news stories about on [...]
Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Big news today out of Northern Ireland. I would think that most people would have heard of the Bloody Sunday massacre by now but, let me summarise briefly. Protestors convened for a civil rights march on 30 January 1972 and were diverted away from their intended route by army barricades. Thirteen unarmed protestors were shot [...]
University Fees
Welcome to the new blog. I am hoping to write every day about something in the news. I may not always succeed but it is my aim for the next year. I may also write about running from time to time. Today’s topic: university fees. David Willetts, the government Universities Minister, has hinted at raising [...]
Say what you will about him…
Whatever your opinion of Obama is, George Bush sure as hell never did this. He wouldn’t even allow coffins to be photographed by the media. Out of sight, out of mind is not the way to deal with dead soldiers.
Can’t see the forest for the trees
The BBC is reporting this morning that the person who leaked the receipts and information about the extravagant expenses of various MPs this past summer did so because he thought that in light of soldiers in Afghanistan having poor equipment it was unfair for MPs to be spending so frivolously. The BBC has also reported [...]
I wish more were like him
I wish more elected representatives had the, frankly, balls to stand up to wingnut constituents like this. It is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and absolutely fantastic. Well done Barney Frank, well done!
Well if it isn’t, it should be
Maybe Arizona should – and I’m just throwing this out there – consider regulating assault rifles? If a man shows up at a Presidential rally – hell, any rally for that matter – with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, perhaps, just perhaps, it’s not a simple carrying of arms but a statement about [...]
Don’t believe the hype
Please, PLEASE my American friends do not believe the hype on healthcare and the British NHS that the right-wing nutjobs are launching at you from every angle. The NHS does not put a price on life. It does not allow people to just die. It does not consider old people not worth saving. It has [...]