September 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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A big welcome back to the blogroll for Labour MP Tom Watson, who I dropped when he became a government whip as he’d no longer be able to be interesting. But let’s face it, anyone called “disloyal, discourteous and wrong” … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on The UK backs ditching “adequate” data protection
Sounds boring, eh? Especially when you find out that the EU, the most boring institution in the world bar the International Confederation of Accountancy and Algebra, is also involved. However, following earlier outrage from the elected portion of the EU … Continue reading
September 5, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Erm… “John Reid will sanction the forced removal of up to 32 Iraqis today after telling the high court he would ignore any last-minute legal challenge to their deportation.”Yes, that’s right – the Home Secretary has announced that he will … Continue reading
August 31, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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This sounds like it was fun. (Unlike this alternative protest…) I particularly approve of protesting against the lack of hat wearing in public life – some blame the last few decades’ collapse of civil society and boom in crime on … Continue reading
August 31, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Today: “Infighting within the Labour Party will help the Conservatives at the next general election, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said.”Two months ago: “In what amounts to one of the most public rows among senior Blairites since 1997, Mr … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Not guilty of taking part in a terrorist plot that never existed? Meh… Never mind – let’s deport the bugger anyway. To a regime known to use torture. That has already admitted that it plans to lock him up as … Continue reading
August 24, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Finally, an admission from the government, in Ruth Kelly’s speech launching Britain’s own Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Commission on Integration and Cohesion: “Muslims feel the reverberations from the Middle East. Wider global trends have an impact.” So despite all … Continue reading
August 22, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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This could be fun – expose the inanity, and all entirely legally.(I’ve been in the wilds of Dartmoor for the last few days, by the by, and have picked up a lurgy – more later if my brain clears, nose … Continue reading
August 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Well let’s just say that when nearly a third of Northern Irish students can receive an A-grade in the things, with a UK-wide average of a quarter getting As, the thing starts to look a tad suspect. Being in the … Continue reading
August 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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August 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Has John Prescott got a clue? Criticising the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition for, erm, doing his job and criticising the government? When his criticisms are effectively more like “I’d probably do it ever so slightly differently” than “you’re … Continue reading
August 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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“Why not just go all the way and announce a short period of Sharia law if keeping us safe above all things is the overriding consideration?”Indeed.
August 14, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Erm: “Mr Rafiq, of the Sufi Muslim Council, which is among several new Muslim groups to emerge in the past year, said: ‘The first thing that we need to do as a community is admit there is a problem.”‘It is … Continue reading
August 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Threats and blogs
Good point, well made: “If the threat level can only be raised after a plot has been foiled, just what are they meant to warn us about?” And the general point responded to likewise. In utterly unrelated news, Sunny has … Continue reading