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- Serial Offender G4S Wins Another Government Contract – To Run Rape Victim Support Centres
Scriptonite Daily (Today) - Private security giant G4S makes more than £1bn a year from contracts with the UK government, despite a litany of catastrophic performance that has resulted in millions of pounds in overcharging, and death. The military... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Social workers key to making personalisation work – and optimistic about it too!
Adult Care Blog (Today) - Personalisation in adult social care was one of the hot topics at this year’s Community Care Live – our annual free event for social workers. In particular, the conference saw the launch of the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The interests really driving NHS reforms
False Economy (Today) - Whose interests are really driving NHS reforms? As Caroline Molloy says in this article from OpenDemocracy - Our NHS, the latest move by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn provides a clue.As the government ploughs on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Clacton offers the future of politics
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - The leading British political parties must engage with voters online if they are to arrest their decline in support and rebuild their memberships... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Risk of creating another housing bubble
- Local WGC resident scoops Shop Competition voucher!
Grant Shapps MP (Today) - Stacey Kent from Welwyn Garden City has been named as the winner of the £100 voucher as part of the recent Welwyn Hatfield Independent Shop of the Year competition. The competition run by Grant Shapps... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eton Scholarship Papers
Conservative Party Reptile (Today) - I sat a whole bunch of these when I was 11 and 12 in preparation for my own scholarship exams somewhere else (which I failed with flying colours). They were generally speaking bloody hard (the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Don't glamourise these losers by treating them as international terrorists
Daniel Hannan MEP (Today) - When we call a man a terrorist, we bestow a certain status on him. He ceases to be a common criminal, a violent narcissist, a drop-out. He becomes, instead, a man with a cause. Bellicose... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- As Muslim mobs burn Stockholm, only nationalist answers can restore peace.
British National Party (Today) - Europe is "sliding towards civil war, and only nationalist policies can put things right" says Nick Griffin MEP, commenting on the Alliance of European National Movement's website, not just about the brutal murder of Drummer... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Andrew Grice: It was the right speech for David Cameron. It came from Nick Clegg
Andrew Grice (Today) - After two weeks of chaotic government, the politician said: “It's time to get back to governing; providing the leadership and focus the people of Britain deserve in these difficult times… Our priorities must be people's... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Lord Oakeshott calls for an end to 'standby' job contracts as it is revealed Parliament uses them too
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- Trust De Gaulle
David Lindsay (Today) - Scott McConnell writes: Arrived in Paris Tuesday with few intentions beyond watching some tennis (French Open qualifying, the inexpensive and crowd-free formula for spectating a high level of the sport), eating well, and hanging out with... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Welcome to #digitalcommunications
Department for International Development Bloggers (Today) - Hello and welcome again to the new Digital for Development blogging group. I am the head of the digital team here in DFID’s communications division in London. I work with a team of talented editors... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- End big business tax avoidance
Ian Swales MP (Today) - Join my campaign to end big business tax avoidance. I am calling on the Government to step up the pressure on companies like Amazon, Google, Starbucks, M and S and Boots to pay their fair... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Young: Aberdeen needs someone who will stand up for the City
Labour Hame (Today) - Responding to the SNP’s launch in Aberdeen today, Willie Young, Scottish Labour’s candidate in Aberdeen Donside, said: “The only thing Alex Salmond is interested in protecting is the majority he needs to keep the Scottish... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Islam a religion of peace and love – Clegg
Witterings From Witney (Today) - Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, reports that Clegg said: “An unspeakable act has been conducted in their name. Yet while this has provoked feelings of frustration and anger – it flies... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Tim Curry
Not a Sheep Maybe a Goat (Today) - I hear today that Tim Curry has had a major stroke. I wish him a full recovery.Here's Tim at his finest...'Sweet Transvestite' from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Root causes
Harry's Place (Today) - Much of the blogo- and twitter-sphere seems to be split between those who absolutely refuse to see any link between the murder of Lee Rigby and Islam, and those who are equally adamant that UK... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- “Do you thank the Lord?”
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- Lord Reid exploits Woolwich attack to promote surveillance state
Our Kingdom (Today) - Former Home Secretary John Reid, the security industry's salesman in the House of Lords, uses a brutal murder to revive the 'Snoopers' Charter'. AnthonyBarnett is right to recoil at Lord Reid's response to yesterday's murder... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Gathering at the river 5
Normblog (Today) - In top slot for this series should be the episode from The Wild Bunch. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a good embeddable clip for it. The one below is dubbed. Still, you get the hymn itself... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Bank of Japan must crush all resistance, and will do so
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (Today) - Kudos to Kyle Bass at Hayman Advisers for warning that the Bank of Japan would lose control of its ¥70 trillion bond buying blitz. The spike in the 10-year yield to 1pc on Thursday was... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Boris Johnson wrote 'Jubilee rap'
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Boris Johnson today admitted he had written a rap on the Queen's silver jubilee. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- When will the BBC stop wasting our money?
