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- Take courage from this performance as fight on same-sex marriage rages on
John Smeaton (Today) - Make no mistake: the fight over same-sex marriage is not over simply because one house of the British parliament has voted for a bill. It will rage on, into the House of Lords on 3... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO ETON? ARE YOU TOO POOR TO PAY THE FEES?
Munguin’s Republic (Today) - HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIPThanks to an article in The Independent we know the questions for an Eton scholarship. We pass them to you in utter secrecy...Please note that you need only do this... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Epileptic, Autistic Boy Evicted By Hackney Homes Fighting For Life In Hospital
Same Difference (Today) - Readers, I wonder if we can help in any way by sharing this everywhere possible? Why hasn’t it had mainstream coverage? Just two weeks after Hackney Homes forced a sick epileptic boy out of his... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- “Boycott Apartheid Israel”: the Euro football edition
Harry's Place (Today) - To mark the occasion of Israel hosting the UEFA Under 21 Football Tournament next month, the folks at Philosophy Football are marketing a “Boycott Apartheid Israel” t-shirt with the dates of the tournament.As far as... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Harrogate Agenda: new blog section
EU Referendum (Today) - Courtesy of North Jnr, The Harrogate Agenda now has its own dedicated blog section. I have copied all the main THA posts from this blog (about 30 so far) and placed them there all under one... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Do we care? Really care?
Witterings From Witney (Today) - In his customary Sunday Telegraph column Christopher Booker writes about a subject on which I commented, following a H/T from Ian Parker-Joseph, just three days previously. The reason for the heading to this post is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Woolwich attack: coalition failing to tackle extremism, says Hazel Blears
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Former Labour minister Hazel Blears says funding cuts are undermining government strategy against Islamist extremismThe coalition's strategy to counter Islamist extremism is failing, according to an outspoken intervention by the former cabinet minister who ran... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Sally Bercow at the High Court
Left Futures (Today) - Was I alone not surprised by yesterday’s verdict at the high court? No. Britain’s libel laws are notoriously wide and all-encompassing. You could be forgiven for thinking that elasticity is not entirely accidental, seeing as our... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich attack: How far is Britain willing to go to prevent modern jihadis?
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - The choice is not only how hard we fight to protect ourselves, but what we are prepared to sanction in order to pre?empt attack, says Matthew d'Ancona ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Stoke Bruerne
Liberal England (Today) - Today I went to a village which, by my best calculations, I first visited 48 years ago and last visited 42 years ago: Stoke Bruerne near Towcester in Northamptonshire.When I was a little boy my... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Islam is the problem
The Potter Blogger (Today) - Islam's the problem. That's what we're meant to say, right? After Woolwich and the soldier who was horrifically and despicably murdered in the street by two men the BBC described as being "of Muslim appearance"?... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Word and picture association
Wings Over Scotland (Today) - This, in case you didn’t see it on our Twitter feed, was on the front page of the Independent website this morning (and indeed still is). It wasn’t a mistake. The piece featured the Scottish... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Sounds Israeli: Idan Amedi
CiF Watch (Today) - Idan Amedi was discovered in the eighth season of the Israeli show “A Star is Born” (Kokhav Nolad) and, in a short period of time, managed to conquer the Israeli charts with songs such as “Soldier’s... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Ordinary residence, extraordinary mess
Guerilla Policy (Today) - “Disabled people in residential care who want to live more independently are being prevented from doing so by funding wrangles between local authorities” – that’s taken from a piece I wrote three years ago, but... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Closing the enquiry centres: the final response
- Lamont: QE is blowing another bubble. It will soon meet a pin.
Spectator Coffee House (Today) - Now that Mervyn King has given his last press conference and spotted some green shoots of his own, attention is turning to his successor, Mark Carney. He is being portrayed… Continue readingThe post Lamont: QE is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Rupert Murdoch: Cameron’s in trouble – I read it in The Spectator.
- UK to oppose EU renewable energy target
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Britain wants the EU to agree at least a 40 per cent cut in greenhouse emissions but leave members free to decide how to achieve the reduction... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Hours of Happy Fun
John Ward (Today) - There is now a (mostly only Japanese language) on-line tool to enable anyone to produce simple Miku animations. It comes with a selection of Miku phonemes in different 'tones' I suppose one could call them,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Is The BBC Really Al-Jazeera?
Old Rightie (Today) - Seems Very Islamic, To Me.It Often Seems That Way.As discussed here.Since this is not reported by The BBC, At least not widely and the coverage of the horrific murder of Drummer Lee Rigby is more interested... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Protest swnllyd y tu allan i'r GPO
Blog Menai (Today) - Dwi ddim yn meddwl i mi erioed fod yn Nulyn ar b'nawn Sadwrn heb weld gwrthdystiad o rhyw fath y tu allan i'r GPO. Roedd 'na un mawr swnllyd a lled hysteraidd heddiw efo dwsinau... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Homework fail - Josh 222
Bishop Hill (Today) - John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli whose tweets and recent survey have been much discussed on the blogs, especially by Brandon and Lucia at The Blackboard, here, here, here, here, here and here. H/t and thanks to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- UK City of Culture rocks for Radio 1 Big Weekend
Slugger O'Toole (Today) - I’ve just been watching the video stream of Day Two of the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Derry for a few hours, on and off. (I fess up. My daughter is an executive producer... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Permissive Britain is a fertile recruiting ground for Choudary
Heresy Corner (Today) - This is a guest post by Julian MannThe cub scout mistress who confronted one of Drummer Lee Rigby's killers was a brave lady but in the long term her observation is probably wrong.Writing in Friday's... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›