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- Scotland Has No Desire To Be Independent
Subrosa (Today) - I was alerted to this post of Captain Ranty's by a regular reader. Sadly I agree with what he says.Like Ranty I too have supported independence for many a year and I was a keen supporter... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Campaigners attack Waterworld soft play bid
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - CAMPAIGNERS bidding to turn Leith Waterworld into a community hub said a council decision to look at a £1 million bid for the pool by a soft play company made them feel like a husband... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Calls for Eric Joyce MP to resign before election
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - FORMER Labour MP Dennis Canavan has said MP Eric Joyce should resign before the next general election after being arrested during a fracas at Edinburgh Airport.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Statistical data set: RHI and RHPP deployment data: April 2013
Department of Energy and Climate Change (Today) - Monthly statistics for the RHI programme present the number of applications and accredited installations on the scheme so far.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Jeremy Hunt under fire over GP reforms: Politics live blog
Politics Live with Andrew Sparrow (Today) - Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including Jeremy Hunt's speech on GP reformsAndrew Sparrow... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- AUDIO: AM fights hospital downgrade
BBC Wales - Politics (Today) - An AM campaigning against changes at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital says officials must be far more imaginative in locating services.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- ICELAND FREEZES OUT EU
A Tangled Web (Today) - Have to admire the independence of the Icelandic people; The leader of a centre-right party has been chosen as Iceland’s new prime minister and promptly announced a halt to talks about joining the EU. Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich attacks: Britain braced in case of far-right reprisals
Politics.co.uk (Today) - There were concerns about a possible wave of anti-Muslim violence today, following what appeared to be reprisal attacks over the terrorist killing in Woolwich.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- AUDIO: Talks to boost £150m farm business
BBC Wales - Politics (Today) - Farmers' leaders say they hope to have frank discussions with ministers later about "huge problems" facing the industry.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Comment: This is what happens when your shirt costs £4.99
Politics.co.uk (Today) - April's garment factory collapse is waking the world up to the injustices suffered by Bangladeshi workers.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- and then Nick said….
A Tangled Web (Today) - 1………..Wales MPs were due to be chopped from forty to thirty, but then Nick said no. 2……….Cameron attempts to veto EU Budget; Nick turns on his Cabinet boss and says ‘no’! 3………..Referendum on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Possibly the best tweet in response to yesterday’s events
Liberal Conspiracy (Today) - /images/frontpage/bnp1.jpg... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- DAR AL ISLAM IN THE UK
A Tangled Web (Today) - They came, they butchered, they posed for photographs and they declared “Allahu akhbar”. Welcome to Dar al Islam in the UK. Police eventually arrested the terrorists and I am sure there will be a show... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The theories that will occupy security forces after Woolwich – Media roundup: May 23rd, 2013
Labour List (Today) - Subscribers to our morning email get the best of LabourList – including the Media and blog round up – every weekday morning. If you were a subscriber you would have already received this in your... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Open consultation: ATOL: call for evidence
Department for Transport (Today) - Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) consultation seeking views on how consumer protection for holiday-makers could best be provided.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Correspondence: Severn Crossing and 'Crossing the border' responses letter
Department for Transport (Today) - Letter regarding the Severn Crossing and government response to 'Crossing the border: road and rail links between England and Wales'.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Guidance: TAL 2/13: bollards and pedestrian movement
Department for Transport (Today) - Leaflet providing advice on the planning and design of bollard schemes installed for the purpose of hostile vehicle mitigation.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - Google – another country
Tax Research (Today) - The Guardian seems to have noted the theme on this blog suggesting that multinational corporations wish to float free from the constraints of government. So has Google. As the Guardian have noted: A week or so ago,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Labour needs to talk straight on tax avoidance
Tax Research (Today) - The Guardian’s editorial today says: Labour – a party that pussyfooted around with avoidance for 13 years – needs to convince the country it will do better next time But as it then notes: That will have... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- I’ve struggled to think what to write about the IMF’s message to George Osborne
Tax Research (Today) - Having done so there is only one reasonable response, to the IMF’s demand for stimulus and Osborne’s refusal to do it. And that’s “I (and others) told you so”. Long ago. And we’re all paying... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Is the stock market crash happening?
Tax Research (Today) - From the Guardian this morning: and I have been saying that this was inevitable. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich murder
Stuart's Big Green Spot (Today) - The murder yesterday in Woolwich was horrific and my thoughts are with the deceased's family. Sadly the murder has sparked appalling racist comments on the internet and the knee jerk reactions from the media, police... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Butter not guns
Borthlas (Today) - There was a story recently about the problems being faced by General Dynamics UK, which will probably lead to a number of job losses in Wales. I, no more than anyone else, want to see... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Finance Curse – a podcast
Tax Research (Today) - A big finance sector is good for an economy – isn’t it? Actually, no. In this Tax Justice Network podcast the Finance Curse is discussed – how an oversized financial sector can weaken growth, slow... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Press release: Views sought on holiday protection scheme
Department for Transport (Today) - A call for evidence has opened as part of the government’s reform of the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) scheme.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


