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- Defamation Act 2013: A boost for free speech, Part 2: Public Interest and Privilege - Timothy Pinto
David Hencke (Today) - Reblogged from Inforrm's Blog: In this second part of four posts by Timothy Pinto of Taylor Wessing, he considers the changes to common law and statutory privilege which will result from the Defamation Act 2013.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- By asking British Asian Anjem Choudary why he “stays in Britain”, Newsnight have sided with the racists
The Third Estate (Today) - There are many good reasons to dislike Anjem Choudary. If he were ever to come to power, Britain would quickly become a hell-hole for Jews, gays, and indeed the vast majority of the population. Nonetheless... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Sex, Lords, and Church Weddings: The Legal Labyrinth of Gay Marriage
Thomas More Institute (Today) - From a Guest Blogger: In the midst of the ongoing gay marriage debate, the Government has faced calls to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples. After all, isn’t banning heterosexual couples from civil partnerships just... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Don't Blame GPs For A&E Crisis, Says Burnham
Huffington Post UK Politics News (Today) - Shadow health minister Andy Burnham has admitted there were "problems" with the GP out-of-hours service reforms introduced by the Labour government, but has insisted the...... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Friends: The One Where Dave Seeks Out His Grassroots
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - In the latest episode of our political sitcom, the PM takes Sam on a roadtrip to reconnect with the swivel-eyed loons. By Robert Colvile ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Woolwich murder: key questions
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - The murder of Drummer Lee Rigby raises several pressing issues, says Iain Martin ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Doctors took the easy option, and lost our respect
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - GPs have changed, but the government is partly to blame, says Anthony Daniels ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- It's time we knew the real gay marriage story
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Gay marriage dominates the agenda for political, rather than ethical, reasons, says Christopher Booker ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Parallel World
John Ward (Today) - Just up at YouTube is this from NeutinroP and Tempo-P – the Vocalekt Visions composing duo. Parallel World features four Vocaloid voices: GUMI (Megpoid), Miku, Miki and Rin, and the video has (almost perfect!) English... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Three weeks after the county council elections, where are the...
A Brief History of Liberty (Today) - Three weeks after the county council elections, where are the Liberal Democrats in power, and where are they in opposition? This map highlights what influence local Lib Dem parties have and where.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - New In Last Hour
- The Scotsman recruits 'friends' in editorial and subscription deal
Roy Greenslade (Today) - The Scotsman has launched a subscription initiative linked to the right to publish editorial content. It is inviting organisations – such as charities, universities, trade associations, professional bodies, societies and interest groups – to become... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Law enforcement out of balance?
Witterings From Witney (Today) - SkyNews reports that a 22-year-old man from Lincoln has been charged with making malicious comments on Facebook, was remanded in custody and due to appear in court this morning. It also reports that two men from Bristol... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Restricting The Preachers of Hate
David Lindsay (Today) - Not before time.And including no shortage of Islamists. Such as the black-shirted pimp and heroin-trafficker Hashim Thaçi, who is somehow also both a Wahhabi and a Maoist – he really is what the more hysterical... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Searchlight
David Lindsay (Today) - Although Holocaust denial is neither a doctrinal error nor a schismatic act, and is therefore not in or of itself grounds either for excommunication or for a refusal to lift any such censure, the wonder... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- True Submission
David Lindsay (Today) - How depressing to hear Abdul Haqq Baker, the Chairman of the Brixton Mosque, explain on the Today programme that he had found in Islam things that he failed to find in his Catholic upbringing, such... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- News story: Foreign Secretary congratulates African Union on its 50th anniversary
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Today) - African Union has made huge strides towards building a safe, integrated and prosperous Africa, with improved governance and less poverty.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - New In Last 2 Hours
- Serious Disunity Breaks Out In Yes Camp
Michael Greenwell (Today) - I managed to steal this story to break it here from one of our entirely unbiased major media outlets… Serious Divisions To Break Out In Yes Camp News is coming out that suggests the most... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Spiky, memorable, catchy
Normblog (Today) - For a new edition of Sophie Hannah's Selected Poems, what is called for is a new review. Nicholas Lezard duly obliges, writing:... there is room for the spiky, memorable, catchy tunes of Sophie Hannah. With... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Facing down atrocity with humanity
Normblog (Today) - If you haven't already done so you may like to read about Ingrid Loyau-Kennett. She is the woman who, in her response to the Woolwich killing,... ... became a national hero. While up to 60... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Democracy and freedom in challenging conditions
Lords of the Blog (Today) - On my previous visits to Rwanda over recent years, I have either been supporting specific projects managed by the Hunter or Clinton Foundations, or by other international NGO’s, or meeting the President to discuss global... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Can any government really expect to carry out ambitious reform?
Spectator Coffee House (Today) - That Universal Credit is one of the government projects at risk of failing is not a surprise, especially not if you’re a Spectator reader. We warned back in September 2012… Continue readingThe post Can any government... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Ruminations on the Passive Pool
Longrider (Today) - Some while back, I reluctantly agreed to reopen my LinkedIn account. I did so because I was persuaded – correctly as it turned out – that this would be helpful in my search for work.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Neo-Nazi Holocaust deniers 'plan takeover' of SSPX, claim anti-Fascist campaigners
Damian Thompson (Today) - Far-Right supporters of the disgraced rebel Catholic bishop Richard Williamson are planning a takeover of the ultra-traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX), according to the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight. Williamson, a convicted Holocaust denier, had... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Germany Calling
David Lindsay (Today) - Philip Oltermann writes:The poet, playwright, novelist, philosopher and amateur morphologist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe didn’t have many moments of self-doubt, but he was easily impressed by the English.“As young and 17-year-old as they may be... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Achieve your Potential or Starve, The Government’s Real Message to Young Disabled People
Disabled People Against Cuts (Today) - Any campaign from this Government which claims to support disabled people should be viewed with suspicion and the latest offering from the DWP is no exception. The department yesterday put out a press release boasting:... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


