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- Harris Academy - decant transport arrangements - an update
Fraser Macpherson (Today) - Last night, I attended the latest meeting of Harris Academy Parent Council. Further to the information given to the Harris Academy Project Board on 24th April, there was an update on school transport arrangements... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- We must not let irresponsible deniers delay urgent action on climate change
Left Foot Forward (Today) - The motivating factor for many climate sceptical bloggers and columnists is often an ideological dislike of government intervention - but the route to lower energy bills requires exactly that.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eye Spy Guido Fawkes
Political Scrapbook (Today) - Guido Fawkes accidentally outs himself as behind the @EyeSpyMP crowd-sourced MP-watching service with his own dialling wand moment earlier: All those lefty SW1A bag carriers (and MPs) that didn’t realise they were feeding Guido …... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Heresy of the week: The real reason why we didn’t win in 2010
Conservative Home - The Deep End (Today) - For a journalist supposed to be close to the Cameroons, Janan Ganesh daringly broaches the touchiest of subjects – the failure of the Conservative Party to win a majority at the last general election. To... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- More than 2 kids? You're anti-social!
Dioclese (Today) - A GP got himself into deep shit this week by talking. A bit of a rarity for most doctors these days, but there you have it...Mother of two Charlotte Comer (no pun intended) went to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- EU economic and monetary disunion
Open Economy (Today) - Backtracking on the EU's monetary union will be politically very costly, but in the absence of a genuine economic and political union this stands out as the most likely scenario. What are the alternatives? Are... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- By ignoring the IMF George Osborne puts political pride before the national interest – my Guardian article
Ed Balls MP (Today) - The International Monetary Fund is not usually known for racy language and dramatic press releases. When IMF chiefs come to national capitals, diplomacy is normally the order of the day. So no one should be... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mythbusters: “There’s nothing we can do about tax havens”
Tax Research (Today) - The full version of this mythbuster, which I have co-written with Dan Hind on tax havens and what we can do about them is now available on line, here.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Expressing Identity — Addressing Division: CRC Annual Policy Conference 2013
Slugger O'Toole (Today) - Expressing Identity: Addressing Division Apologies for tardy posting; thanks for Mick for posting snippet by Eamonn McCann: http://sluggerotoole.com/2013/05/22/eamonn-mccann-people-sometimes-say-these-traditions-have-gone-on-forever-no-they-have-not/ This year’s annual policy conference of the Community Relations Council (CRC) was held in Derry-Londonderry, a fresh change... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - What do we bicker about, when bickering about ‘terrorism’?
Liberal Conspiracy (Today) - What do we bicker about, when we bicker about terrorism? More or less everything except terrorism, is my suspicion. Here are a few of my observations about the responses I've seen to the bloodcurdling horror in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- UK may be three quarters of the way through debt purge - Fisher Reuters UK News (Today) - CARDIFF (Reuters) - Britain may be as much as three quarters of the way through the process of working off the high debt levels which have weighed on the economy since the financial crisis, a... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- What’s happened to the gender pay gap?
Flip Chart Fairy Tales (Today) - Last week’s post on the strange disappearance of Italy’s gender pay gap reminded me to do an update on what’s happening with ours. The ONS published its latest figures a couple of months ago so... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Little learnt
Man in a Shed (Today) - Like everyone else I'm deeply saddened by events in Woolwich, though I'd have to say not surprised.I'm reassured by the bravery of those who went to help.But I'm afraid officialdom's response is the most depressing.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- NationBuilder signs up yet another UK political party
Mark Pack (Today) - NationBuilder is fast becoming one of the most important technology suppliers to the UK political campaigning market. Already used by the SNP and Liberal Democrats, Labour too are now becoming users of it as this... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eric Pickles: Law 'couldn't have stopped murder of soldier in Woolwich'
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - The Government will examine what powers it requires following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby on the streets of London, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eric Pickles: Law 'couldn't have stopped murder of Woolwich soldier'
- Jesse Norman interview: Edmund Burke, our chief of men
Spectator Coffee House (Today) - The philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke is often lauded as the founder of modern conservatism. Burke was born in Dublin in 1729, and was educated at Trinity College. In 1750… Continue readingThe post Jesse Norman interview:... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Women and the language of peace protest
Open Democracy (Today) - In January 1968, young feministantiwar activists in the U.S temporarily broke with a long tradition of protesting war asmothers. At an all-women’s protest against the Vietnam War, they symbolicallyburied “Traditional Womanhood” and claimed the right... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Daft Draft Hammond Plan
Guido Fawkes (Today) - Two days after Woolwich and the Tories are already back at it. Probably not the most opportune moment for Philip Hammond to have the suggestion he might resign as Defence Secretary and challenge Dave floated... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Gridlock: the growing breakdown of global cooperation
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- Murder in Woolwich
Left Futures (Today) - It was a shocking, abominable murder. But the fear remains that this may not be the action of hatred-obsessed psychopaths, but the beginnings of a long-drawn-out saga of Muslim revenge. The words that the murderer... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Euro bank chief sees UK improvements
BBC News - Politics (Today) - European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, visiting London's City district, says he sees "signs of tangible improvements" in the UK economy.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Cleared diplomat criticises FCO
- EDL to BNP – our members are bigger and thicker than yours
Pride's Purge (Today) - (satire?) A war of words has broken out between the far-right wing English Defence League (EDL) and the neo-nazi British …Continue reading »... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Sex education ‘must counter porn’
Population Matters (Today) - Population Matters comment Porn is hugely popular. But it isn’t real life. Kids need sex education to develop a balanced understanding of sex, relationships and sexual health, including how to avoid unplanned pregnancies, which is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›