Super Thursday – Labour’s springboard to calamity
Support from about one voter in four must be pretty close to bedrock. If, as Tony Blair claimed yesterday, these election results were “a springboard […]
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More Snooping
Drinkers in Wales are to be spied upon: Drinkers are being asked to go through hi-tech ID checks at a city bar battling under-age boozers. […]
Ten Years On…
Ten years ago today I was full of optimism. I had spent much of the day knocking people up to remind them to vote. Change […]
Muddled Thinking
Christian Aid believes the rich in Britain pay too little tax. A holy alliance of church groups and bishops is demanding that Gordon Brown closes […]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mars drama ‘could spark bullying’
TV shows such as BBC One’s Life on Mars risk sparking homophobic bullying, according to a teachers’ union. BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mars drama […]
BBC NEWS | England | A-grade pupil banned from dance
The row started last June when the school asked all year 11 parents to sign a form allowing their children to attend the sessions. Kayleigh’s […]
More on the Code of Conduct
Via Neil Harding, this comment from Jonathan Freedland in the Groan: So you’re at a public meeting on, say, the war in Iraq and the […]
Stupid People
I don’t often talk about work, but this little episode is worth recounting, if only to illustrate the stupidity inherent in mankind – and why […]
New Labour; Better than the Luftwaffe
New Labour is pressing ahead with demolishing inner city houses in favour of its goal of more modern housing despite feirce local opposition and an […]
All families to get “green pledge card”-News-UK-TimesOnline
Households across the country are to receive a “green pledge card” and leaflet from the government about how they can help to combat climate change […]