August 29, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Colman is spot on about Angela Merkel’s suggestion that God should have a place in any new EU constitution. Merkel contests that “[the constitution] should be connected to Christianity and God, as Christianity has forged Europe in a decisive way” … 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 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It’s bad enough when a teacher who supports the BNP gets sacked for their (decidedly repellant) political beliefs, despite no evidence that those beliefs were being propagated in the classroom. But suspending someone for being a right-wing Tory and writing … 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
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Psycho terrorists acting sensibly? What the hell is the world coming to? The best possible move Hezbollah can make – publicly accept the UN ceasefire plan so that Israel looks unreasonable. And then when rockets continue to be fired south … Continue reading
August 12, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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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
August 10, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Yesterday: Major terrorism policy announcement by Home Secretary John Reid Today: A ‘plot to blow up planes’ is apparently foiled, and Heathrow airport shut down. And my first reaction? Utter disbelief and a sigh of resignation. They’ve simply cried wolf … Continue reading
August 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Somewhat busy… Neeka has a roundup of Ukraine news responses in the wake of President Yuschenko teaming up with ex-President Yanukovych (the guy who supposedly poisoned him). Surely the Orange Revolution is dead? Is this simply yet another temporary alliance, … Continue reading