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- Get Your Gender Out Of My Social Problems
Decline of the Logos (Today) - I’m a man. I’m in crisis. At least, this is the contention of Diane Abbott and Laurie Penny, who claim I’m currently being oppressed by outdated gender stereotypes about my role in society, and that... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- A journey in reconciliation: an exploration of the friendship of CS Lewis with JRR Tolkien (Monday 20 May at 7.30pm)
Alan in Belfast (Today) - As part of Community Relations Week, Contemporary Christianity are hosting a talk by Rev Mercia Malcolm - a Church of Ireland vicar in Carnmoney - exploring the friendship of two of the Inklings, CS Lewis... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Let's quit EU say 46 per cent of voters in poll
Patrick Hennessy (Today) - Nearly half of all voters want Britain to leave the European Union, acording to a new ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- 10 things IDS didn’t tell you about Universal Credit
Michael Meacher MP (Today) - Universal Credit was officially launched, on a very small scale, at the end of last month in Ashton-under-Lyne. It merges several benefits and tax credits into 1 monthly pay-out, not let it be noted weekly. IDS... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Friends: The One with the Referendum
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Dave decides to have a serious chat about his gym membership, in the latest episode of our political sitcom, by Iain Hollingshead ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Conservatives are becoming mired in arguments with themselves
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- Mardell admits Benghazi was ignored: too complicated, only Obama-is-a-Muslim websites interested
Biased BBC (Today) - Here’s the BBC’s North America editor Mark Mardell on today’s From Our Own Correspondent explaining why Benghazi hasn’t been a big deal for journalists such as himself: Conservatives have long suggested a cover-up, that the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Letter from the Leader: Notes from an island
Liberal Democrats (Today) - I'm writing this week's Letter to you from Kirkwall in Orkney. Alistair Carmichael and Jim Wallace have been trying to persuade me to make the trip for a while and I've finally made it in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Sounds Israeli: Ofra Haza
CiF Watch (Today) - May 8th was Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) in Israel, but since we didn’t post an edition of ‘Sounds Israeli‘ on the Saturday following the holiday, we’re now presenting Naomi Shemer’s classic musical tribute to the reunification... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Three questions that are key to solving the corporate tax mess
Tax Research (Today) - The world of tax is in a mess. Google, Amazon and, according to Ernst & Young before the Public Accounts Committee, many more companies are persistently abusing the international tax system to make sure they... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Stevenage MP raises Surgicentre concerns directly with Secretary of State for Health
Stephen McPartland MP (Today) - Stephen McPartland, Member of Parliament for Stevenage, met recently with the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, to raise his concerns about the unacceptable level of service available to local people at the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- VIDEO: No Estuary Airport campaign update 18th May 2013
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- Yet another pollster has LAB dropping to the mid-30s
Political Betting (Today) - And ComRes online has Ukip up to a record 19% for any firm ComRes leader ratings see Dave drop to new low & EdM to new high Amongst other questions If a party wants my... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The new Reading station
Liberal Burblings (Today) - Quite pleased with my photo of the new Reading station above… I had to take several frames (as they say in the trade!) and jiggle with the controls to get the train a bit blurred... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Quote of the day. - Liberator blog on disagreeing with Tories on the EU & equal marriage
Carl Minns - Thoughts from Hull (Today) - From Liberator Blog"So a lot of Tories oppose the EU and gay marriage? Of course they do. That’s why they’re Tories. It is a political position with which Liberal Democrats strongly disagree, but we live... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Andrew Feldman denies calling Tory activists ‘swivel-eyed loons’
Spectator Coffee House (Today) - What a strange day. Lord Feldman, the Tory co-chairman, appears to have identified himself as the unnamed Cameron ally reported by several newspapers as referring to party activists as ‘swivel-eyed… Continue readingThe post Andrew Feldman denies... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Downing Street insider Lord Feldman 'taking legal advice', as he denies calling anti-Europe anti-gay marriage Tory activists 'mad swivel-eyed loons'
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - Number 10 has denied that "anyone in Downing Street" made comments describing Tory party activists as "mad swivel-eyed loons". ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Letter from the Leader: Notes from an island
Andrew Stunell MP (Today) - I'm writing this week's Letter to you from Kirkwall in Orkney. Alistair Carmichael and Jim Wallace have been trying to persuade me to make the trip for a while and I've finally made it in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Rebecca Taylor MEP On E-Cigs
Dick Puddlecote (Today) - I'm going to do something very dirty now, that is to praise a Liberal Democrat for being - surprise, surprise - fairly liberal.MEP Rebecca Taylor agreed to be in this short three minute film about... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Saturday Night Viewing
Harry's Place (Today) - With both the Doctor Who finale (anyone in North America who may have received the DVDs early, no spoilers) and Eurovision on tonight, will any other tasks be done?... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Heart Start Scheme – Camberley Heart Town
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- The double oppression of Palestinian women
Socialist Unity (Today) - This article was originally published in January 2007. We repost it here as part of our Palestine Week posts, marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba. The March-April edition of the Israeli left magazine Challenge,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - loondom explored
Blood & Treasure (Today) - Chris Brooke has an informative history of the currently modish phrase swivel eyed loon. It seems that the phrase swivel eyed was current in the eighties and used against persons on the Left. It was... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Flashbacks to 2004
I Didn't Quite Catch That (Today) - It’s been a while since I did one of these, so I figured I should just follow the example of Nelly and get involved. You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained The left side... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›