From across the pond, here’s what’s going to happen if you forget your ID card, assuming our dear government are allowed to have their way…
November 17, 2006
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Category Archives: Rest of the World
November 15, 2006
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ID and unemployment
State Opening of Parliament today – a good day to bury bad news, so keep your eyes peeled.Already, we have: UK unemployment at seven year high – see the Office for National Statistics for the full report. Oh, there was … Continue reading
November 13, 2006
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Extraordinary rendition update
For those still following the extraordinary rendition story, the secret CIA flights allegedly transporting prisioners from The War Against Terror, attention should be turned to Poland, where – according to the EU Observer – “a three day trip to Warsaw … Continue reading
November 5, 2006
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Obvious liberal blogger’s reaction to the Saddam verdict #3,456,789
Britain is supposed to be morally and legally opposed to the death penalty, so why is Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett expressing her support for the psycho ex-dictator’s imminent execution? Yes, the guy’s guilty (and guilty of far more than he … Continue reading
November 1, 2006
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Science and the politicians
Something new from me over at The Sharpener, providing some context to John Reid’s recent comments about the need for fresh innovation to combat terrorism.
October 28, 2006
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Bush and definitions
The Bush administration uses unimaginative essay-writing technique #236: “It all depends on your definition of…”*sigh* Why must the world be run by such second-class minds? And why has this story been buried on a weekend (there’s nothing about it on … Continue reading
September 28, 2006
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“All civilised people”
Home Secretary John Reid, in his speech to the Labour party conference in Manchester: “It’s not Muslims versus the rest of us, it’s evil terrorists on one side against all civilised people on the other.” Meanwhile, a couple of hundred … Continue reading
September 19, 2006
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The military coup will be blogged…
(At least until they shut off the net in an hour or two…) Stirling work from Bangkok Pundit, 2Bangkok, Thai-Blogs, and ignore the pink hearts and multiple exclamation marks, Gnarly Kitty is also putting in a good, stream-of-consciousness show. Once … Continue reading
September 13, 2006
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Squaddies
Insanely busy again, but this annoyed me: “A newly qualified squaddie facing suicide bombers, snipers and rockets round the clock earns two thirds of a British policeman’s wage; in a combat zone the 16-hour watches give an hourly rate of … Continue reading
September 11, 2006
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Blair protests
Wouldn’t it be nice if similar scenes greeted Blair on his return?(Without the bombed-out buildings, infrastructure reduced to rubble, and human suffering on an almost unimaginable scale, naturally… I meant the protests… Erm…)
September 6, 2006
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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
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John Reid ignores the law
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
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Hurrahs all round!
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 29, 2006
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Koizumi and dictators
Considering that Japan’s own Tony Blair, Junichiro Koizumi, is due to step down as Prime Minister in a few weeks, it’s hard to know what impact his current sucking up to murderous Central Asian dictators will have on the constitutionally … Continue reading