Tring Summer Festival Seven weeks of entertainment and events. Tring Carnival 16th – 19th June, 2011 Four fantastic evenings of musical and theatrical performances on Pound Meadow, London Road, Tring; plus Carnival Parade Day, Saturday 18th June from 11.00 a.m. down the High Street Evening Performances on Pound Meadow. Thursday 16th June. Court out of the Theatre – John Bly/Ian Gower Tickets from Court Theatre Box Office, Beechwood Fine Foods, Tring Brewery and Dennis's Friday 17th June. Youth Band Night Tickets from Tring Brewery and Dennis's Saturday 18th June. Rock Night Tickets from Tring Brewery and Dennis's Sunday 19th June. ...
TweetTo any regular reader of The Yellow Bastard Blog, you must have noticed just how often I like to point out the very conservative nature of the Labour Party. I recently wrote a blog about several members of the Party joining forces to vote against Eurozone Bailouts which can be found here. In the Guardian today, it looks like the Labour Party may take the same line. Their is a growing case to suggest that the Labour Party is no longer a progressive party, but a conservative one, I believe that the following quote taken from, the guardian article is ...
Why do we have such a low opinion of politicians these days? Ballots and Bullets writes about a conference held by Nottingham's Centre for British Politics in December 2009: "One of the most novel aspects of the conference was the participation of some writers of recent political dramas and comedies - and we transcribed their contributions." "I am quite contented to be a Victorian belonging to an age which still believed in progress, material and social." Martin Tod presents a fascinating piece of family history. Jennie Rigg, who appears to be calling her blog Reversing the jelly baby of the ...
The Tattooed Priest from Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet I was rather surprised this morning when the first words of the children's address were: "Does any of you have a tattoo?" I think I was almost as shocked as the Minister finding out that one little girl's hand went up in the affirmative response. Fortunately hers is a temporary version, probably picked up at some party yesterday. The reason I posted it was that, as I've blogged before,Leviticus 19:28 says: "Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord" New International ...
Today, 29 May, is Oak Apple Day. In 1660 Parliament declared it a public holiday "as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day". That king, of course, was Charles II. People used to be mark the day by wearing oak leaves, to commemorate the way that the young Charles escaped after the Battle of Worcester by hiding in an oak tree near Boscobel House in Shropshire. The day is still marked in an organised way in some places around the country, notably at Northampton and Aston ...
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I'm using the gap between now and when I can do my DD307 group discussion (arranged for 6th June) to try to get as much done as possible on SD226 and TMA03, which is due in on the same day as the DD307 TMA04 project report. I pleased to say that I've managed to finish the first question off today (five short answers) and I'm intending to use a train journey down to Exeter tomorrow to have a go at question 2, which is a 1,000 word essay. I'm also intending to use my journey back on Tuesday to finish ...
My thoughts here. The Arabs fail to capture Constantinople or to hold Rome or their gains in France, and start to lose ground to the Byzantines as well. Much discourse on Arabic learning. Gibbon concludes that three reason they failed to make much headway after the eighth century were: "When the Arabian conquerors had spread themselves over the East, and were mingled with the servile crowds of Persia, Syria, and Egypt, they insensibly lost the freeborn and martial virtues of the desert.""The sect of the Carmathians [Qarmatians] may be considered as the second visible cause of the decline and fall ...
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 223rd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere ... Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (22nd-28th May, 2011), together with a hand-picked quintet, normally courtesy of LibDig, you might otherwise have missed. Don't forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging. As ever, let's start with the most popular post, and work our way down: 1. Goodbye No.4 Cowley ...
Many people are panicking over the fact that Ryan Giggs may try to obtain the names of all the people who tweeted anything about himself and Imogen Thomas. The news that twitter was disclosing the authors of four accounts in a case in South Tyneside last night brought about a flux of tweets from people worried that this case-precedent will help Giggs and that everyone is for the slammer. As Lee Corso would say (no-one knows this side of the pond who Lee Corso is – this saddens me) 'not so fast my friend' First of all has a crime ...
A tale of Sefton Labour Party Roy Jenkins-the best home Secretary in my lifetime-wrote a book called 'Mr Balfour's Poodle'. The poodle was a Tory in fact it was 500 of them. As Lloyd George remarked they were; '"Five hundred men, accidently chosen from among the ranks of the unemployed". They were the House of Lords. They abused their power at the behest of Mr Balfour -the Tory leader- to cling on to unwarranted privileges in the teeth of the will of the elected government. Well they were Tories and as Vince reminded us they are "ruthless, calculating and tribal" ...
Henry Ford is famously quoted as saying that only 50% of the advertising his company commissioned worked. He just wished he knew which half. A survey in 2007 reported that only 10% of Americans trusted advertising. For many years I worked in market research. We regularly ran advertising recall surveys and found that most people could not remember who was advertising what or what the advert was about. Which begs two questions: why do companies advertise and is it worth government countering adverts that aren't having much impact? From my understanding, companies advertise to reinforce brand loyalty and awareness. While ...
TweetMy politics lecturer just sent me this little piece of loveliness, I tend not to go mushy about gay rights, and share videos like this, but I really thought that this was worth sharing: Enjoy.
Sun 29th
19:37
Contented to be a Victorian belonging to an age which still believed in progress, material and socia...
While digging through some old files, I found this family history written by my great-grandfather, James Tod, in the 1940s. While I'm probably biased, I found it a fascinating account of growing up in the late Victorian era. It casts a very interesting light into a world very different from our own: FAMILY HISTORY WRITTEN BY MY GRANDFATHER, JAMES TOD Retyped by Susan Pomeroy. Scanned by her nephew, Martin Tod. FOREWORD There is nothing truer than the saying that when you are young, you live in the future and when you are old, in the past, or, as Joel has ...
Ok some might call me embittered over the way Harry Redknapp used and abused my beloved football club but I'm trying to keep an open mind. One thing that can't be denied is that Harry Redknapp has arguably the best press of any manager in England due to the fact no-one dares criticise the Spurs manager. When a brave hardened (or more likely a young naive) journalist tries to say that harry might have made a mistake or two they get a roasting and promptly are never seen or heard from again in any capacity surrounding Harry Redknapp. For example ...
TweetIt's reported that The Coalition is ready to force through a cap of £50,000 on political donations to British political parties, it's being reported by some of the left-wing press such as The Guardian that this could potentially bankrupt The Labour Party, but, here I write on why I think it's a risk worth taking. When most people consider politics, I would very much hope that they would want their politicians not to be bought, and to come from a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. It is a very liberal belief that the only factors to achieving should be ...
Oh boy Lewis. Honestly when you look at your remarks in the cold light of day you'll cringe and what's more your future in the sport might now be in peril. That might seem way over the top for what might be seen in some quarters as a jokey remark but it was clear from his tone that he wasn't joking. He fully believes that he has been unfairly targeted by the F1 stewards because he isn't white and not because he's a thug on the race track who believes he has the right to barge people out of the ...
This week around Belfast those of us who are car freaks, or even just sci-fi fans are having a great time spotting a certain icon of Belfast past. It seems to be a week that Belfast is actually getting to grips with some of the disasters from its past. But a certain gull-wing, stainless steel car is starting to appear everywhere we look. Not have so many been seen in one place in the city since they stood in the lot at the factory in Dunmurry. The event is Eurofest 2011 in which over 80 of the iconic DMC-12 cars ...
The arrest of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic is a significant step towards the normalisation of Serbia's relations with the rest of Europe and the country's eventual accession to membership of the European Union. Belgrade had come under considerable criticism from some quarters for allegedly not doing enough to track down the man accused ...
The Observer has a piece today where they report on proposals to limit individual donations to political parties at £50,000. However, here's how they report it: Now this claim is based on the idea that, because Labour gets 85% of it's funding from the unions, such a cap would hit them disproportionately. It would also hit the tories hard as well as they would apparently lose 50% of their income. However, this is all nonsense. The idea of a £50k cap is to take big money out of politics, regardless of where it comes from. Whether it's a businessman donating ...
I'll write about the thrilling Monaco race and its anti-climactic finish when I have more time, but I have to say that I was horrified by Lewis Hamilton's comments after the race, which you can watch here on the BBC website. He said that the fact that he had been called to the stewards five times in six races was "an absolute fricking joke." When asked why he thought he was so magnetic to the stewards, he said "maybe it's because I'm black." He said he was joking, but he had literally just spat his dummy out so hard it ...
Sun 29th
18:12
Linkblogging For 29/05/11 (warning, contains rant including very offensive swear word)
Firstly, and most importantly... to those of you who wonder why I have such an active hatred for organisations like Racist UKIP, this is why. The Home Office is planning to deport a quadriplegic, partially-sighted five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, heart problems and epilepsy to Algeria – where she will die – rather than letting ...
When you have to sing much-loved hymns to a tune which is unfamiliar, it can do your head in sometimes. I was brought up on singing "O Jesus I have promised" to the tune of Thornbury. My grandmother loved it. This is how it goes: It was quite late in life that I discovered that this is not the only tune used for the hymn. It was written by John Earnest Bode in 1869. The tune first associated with it was written by Arthur Mann in 1881, is sometimes called "Angel's Tune" and goes like this: Another common tune for ...
Cornwall Council's beleaguered leadership lurches from crisis to self-made crisis with this week's disaster being the Daily Telegraph's exposé on the use of credit cards by the authority. There's a pretty good chance that things are perhaps not as clear-cut as they seem in many regards. The South West Water accounts, for example, look like bills ...
Sun 29th
17:21
Trivia Quiz - Name two people connected with the LibDems who auditioned for the lead role in "Nation...
- That was the 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role of Velvet Brown. Two people (one of them deceased) with, let's say, "connections" with the Liberal Democrats auditioned for the role which was eventually played by Taylor. Know who they are? Have a go on the comments below. The answer will be revealed in another post tomorrow. And you have to be fairly sharp to beat Will Howells in these sorts of quizzes....
Sun 29th
17:21
May Books 14) Fables vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover, by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges
Catching up with this series since the next volume after this has got a Hugo nomination. The 'crossover' of the title is between the Fables of the series (Snow White, Jack Horner, Bigby Wolf) and a new group of characters, the Literals, led by the powerful Kevin Thorne who can alter the world simply by writing it. The story was originally published as part of three different lines (Fables, Jack of Fables and The Literals) so this is one case where compiling the narrative within a single set of covers is definitely helpful to the reader. There are some good ...
Following the Telegraph revelations and Cornwall Council's response, there are a large number of questions that still need to be answered. Yesterday I got in touch with Cllr John Keeling, the Indie who chairs the Corporate Resources scrutiny committee which has a meeting scheduled for Thursday. I asked him, given the serious nature of the allegations raised by the Telegraph, whether he would be prepared to add the issue as an urgent item on the agenda. I'm very grateful to him for agreeing to do so. Earlier today I sent the list of questions below to him and to Kevin ...
I was pleased to hear yesterday from Emilio Places-Rey of the West End Boys' Amateur Boxing Club to let me know that the boxing club's great work with young people in Dundee is featured in the "Real Lives" section of this week's Herald Magazine. If you haven't seen yesterday's Herald Magazine, you can get the magazine via subscription at http://theherald.newspaperdirect.com although I expect the article will soon appear on the "Real Lives" section of the Herald's website (at http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/real-lives). The article entitled "Saved by the Bell" is really interesting and it is good to see recognition of what the boxing ...
There's been quite a lot of muttering from politicians about now Lords reform, although featuring in the manifestos of all three main parties at the general election, might not quite be needed or quite yet. That's even included, regrettably, Liberal Democrat ranks in the Lords. But Tom McNally, Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords, gave those who think 100 years hasn't been long enough to think about change or that democracy isn't what Parliament requires, short shrift in the latest Liberal Democrat News: One hundred years ago the Liberal government committed itself to a second chamber "constituted on a popular ...
With Sharon Shoesmith winning her industrial tribunal case against her sacking as Director of Children's Services for the London Borough of Haringey, the 'decent, honest, taxpaying reasonable people' are up in arms. It is, after all, generally accepted that she deserved to be sacked, and the idea that she will pick up a fat cheque, courtesy of the council taxpayers of Haringey, is unlikely to be welcomed in the streets of Wood Green. However, she has provided us all with an invaluable lesson, in that her successful claim reminds us all that workers have some basic rights, a key one ...
To satisfy my curiosity I have spent an idle half hour making a little graph of UK government Tax & NI Income vs Public Expenditure since 1990. You can see the effect of the banking crisis on it, plus the fact that the UK has been spending more than its tax income (ie. it has had to ...
Recently I was asked to attend meetings at Victoria Park, Crosby and Hatton Hill Park, Netherton. Pictured above are myself(buried in the middle) and a group of children, officials and users of Hatton Hill Park. The event was planned to publicise the 2 parks being entered for this year's Green Flag Awards. Many of our parks and cemeteries already have their flags. They are awarded for well kept, tidy parks that encourage participation by the local communities. I always enjoy these events as it presents an opportunity to thank people for the unpaid work they do in our parks. Pictured ...
Richard Morris asks a good question in his blog post Olly Grender vs. Mark Pack FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT where he points out that Olly has praised ministers sticking to long-term policy priorities whilst I've talked about the importance of day-by-day rebuttal. In fact it's such a good question I'd asked it myself of Olly two days previously at the Islington Liberal Democrats pizza and politics meeting that she charmed. As our discussion then confirmed and clarified, we're really of the same mind - the importance of ministers concentrating on getting the substance right and the importance of the wider party, ...
Yesterday, Janet & I attended our niece Kirsty's wedding at West Park - a lovely day, and here's a couple of photos! The happy couple sign the register Janet and me
Sun 29th
15:42
It's hard to escape being seen as just a bureaucrat, when nobody else wants to be one...
Look, I fully understand that this party bureaucracy stuff is quite dull. Actually, some of it makes watching paint dry seem vibrant and thrill-packed, but it has been what I've done in the Liberal Democrats for quite some time. Apparently, I'm quite good at it, although that might be because telling me that is a way of persuading me that I should keep on doing it, making sure that others don't have to. But it is a bit soul-destroying sometimes. The expectation that things will get done, minutes written, constitutions read and interpreted, the sense that, all around you, people ...
A 20 mph zone has been requested at the last two ODD Down PACT (Partners and Communities Together Meetings) meetings, as voted for by local Odd Down residents, for the area around Upper Bloomfield Road. Now, a petition has been handed to the council signed by 41 people which was collected in only two days. Cllr Steve Hedges said "This is one of four areas in the Odd Down
I have read a great deal of liberal-left angst about the AV referendum in the last few days. Everyone concludes that the Yes campaign was poorly led. Beyond that you pays your money and you takes your pick as to what the key factor was in the massive defeat. You might share the view that insider networks undermined the campaign (although to me this mainly seems to be about saying the wrong sort of insider networks were in control, an argument that factions on the left have relied upon since Trotsky). You might even indulge the conspiracy fantasists and believe ...
Saturdays Financial Times had a harrowing story of hardship that had one battling the tears. United States residents are having to look at their lifestyle choices because petrol has hit the equivalent of £2.40 a gallon.
Is anyone really surprised by the 'news' that Britain is "training Saudi forces used to crush Arab Spring", as The Observer puts it? Who did people think was training these forces? The Tooth Fairy? Father Christmas? The Woodcraft Folk? The country in question being the very Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that we British ourselves created in 1932. Saudi-British relations have always been close, with the Saudi British Society doing a great deal to keep them so. Amnesty International offers arresting reading for anyone interested in the state of Anglo-Saudi relations, given the Saudis' appalling human rights record. So why do ...
It's generally not good form to copy somebody else's title verbatim. But some statements are such perfect self-parodies that it's too hard to resist. James Graham has today posted an attack on an article I wrote two years ago on the then-germane topic of Lib Dem policy attacking the enhancement of photographs, particularly in reference to "airbrushing" photographs of models. It is of course flattering to see that my back catalogue is still essential reading among the Liberal Socialists. Unless, of course, it's a slow news day! Unfortunately, James's falls into his usual trap of critiquing a straw man. He ...
I watched a football match last night for the first time since the (disappointing) World Cup final last summer. I'm generally not much of a sports fan, but this match had been hyped so much that I wanted to share the mass viewing experience and also hoped that it would be a genuine pleasure to watch. I have also, in the vaguest possible way, been pro Manchester United for most of my life - basically because all the kids at my primary school supported either them or Liverpool, and on the whole I liked the Liverpool supporters less. Back in ...
At March's Federal Conference, a motion was passed setting up the new Candidate Leadership Programme, designed specifically to identify and develop candidates from currently under-represented groups (i.e. everyone other than white men). Candidates will be given structured support, development and training all the way through to the General Election, and it is particularly aimed at those wanting to take part in competitive seat selections. Further information and application packs will be available from late June. So, what's the hurry, I hear you ask? The catch is, you've got to be an approved candidate to get a place, and if you ...
This blog has something of a history of backing unlikely political figures from other parties when they get something right, and today I'm adding another surprising name to that list. As I tweeted yesterday, I read Diane Abbotts analysis of the Sharon Shoesmith case yesterday and thought 'yes, that's right'. And then had a sit down. It seems to me to be debating whether Ed Balls followed correct due process or not in sacking Ms. Shoesmith is the wrong argument to be fighting over. It seemed fairly obvious at the time that he wasn't playing it by the book and ...
A necessary period of reflection following the disastrous AV Referendum, albeit with the (very small) consolation prize of being a resident of Hackney which succeeded in securing the highest "Yes2AV" vote in the country. My own modest campaigning efforts which included a stint on a stall in Broadway Market, revealed the difficulty in explaining the intracacies of the proposed (inferior) AV system to voters, but also a disinct malaise amongst the electorate, many of whom seemed unmotivated and unmoved to even vote. Despite the best efforts of representatives from all main parties, the media succeeded in reducing the whole debate ...
This is the first manga series I have really got into (I bounced off the first volume of Osamu Tezuka's Buddha a few years back) and I will start with some general reflections. First, it is easy to read these too quickly. The sparse black and white illustrations, the subtleties of the difference in appearance between characters, the condensation of the equivalent of many prose paragraphs of plot and emotion into a single frame, all male it important to take these slowly and sensibly. Second, I was a bit unnerved at first by the stylistic device where people's faces go ...
We hope this gets sorted out quickly, although there remain issues, we feel this is a good opportunityNotice is given that the Governing Body of St. Gregory's Catholic College hereby withdraws thestatutory notice and complete proposal to expand the age range of the school from 11-16 to 11-18 to add a sixth form published on 10 March 2011.Explanatory NotesThis withdawal is for purely technical
Acevo's Big Society Commission, chaired by Liberal Democrat peer Lord (Chris) Rennard, has now produced its final report into the subject, entitled 'Powerful people, responsible society'. The report calls on the prime minister to "take the reins" of the policy to articulate a much clearer vision of what the concept means. Interestingly, the Commission came up with the following vision of what the big society means to them: Our own vision is a society in which power and responsibility have shifted: one in which, at every level in our national life, individuals and communities have more aspiration, power and capacity ...
An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does not have to reach the dimensions of the German genocide to be wrong. Amira Hass, Israeli ... Continue reading →
The Boundary Commission for England has just published its official note of the proceedings at last month's consultation meeting with political parties (which I attended on behalf of the Liberal Democrats). Part of the reason for the meeting was to given the parties a chance to ask questions about the process and get official answers on the record. There were no big surprises, but there was much useful detail and further description of the Boundary Commission for England's attitude towards splitting wards when drawing up boundaries. My one man campaign for a doughnut arrangements on the Isle of Wight didn't ...
The Independent writes Chris Huhne: the untold story which highlights some strengths of Chris Huhne which are worth highlighting According to his admirers in the green movement, Mr Huhne has achieved more in a year than most Cabinet ministers achieve in a lifetime. That may be an overstatement. But there should be no doubt that ...
You know, if I was in charge of a Government which anticipated an upswing in stories about the poor and disabled being hard-done by by your policies, I'd probably find some way to pre-emptively mitigate that. I'd ensure that if things did start getting worse, I'd have some previous decision people could point to, just ...
Expect some web-based silence from me over the coming days - because I'm off to Wembley! Tomorrow afternoon, Swansea City take on Reading for a place in the Premier League and I'll be cheering the Jacks on with friends from the stands! I've never been to Wembley before (old or new) so as a die-hard football fan, this is a big deal! I've been to a play-off final involving Swansea City in the Millennium Stadium in 2006 (don't mention that name Akinfenwa to me) and watched the Swans down at the Liberty Stadium earlier this season when they defeated Sven ...
Should one author pick up the settings or characters from another? Is that an homage to their brilliance and a welcome extension of the creations, or is it an excuse for second-rate knock-offs? Those sorts of questions can cause heated debates when someone pens a book using settings or characters from previous highly successful novelists. In John Lescroart's case with the Son Holmes such debates are, alas, unlikely to arise because the book is too mediocre to be firm ground on which to defend such writing practices. Nominally about the son of Sherlock Holmes trying to crack a crime in ...
Judging by my Twitter feed, which I admit may not be representative of a country as a whole, it was the Moldovan entry that should have won this year's Eurovision. Certainly, Graham Norton's incredulity when the British jury and British viewers turned out to have given them a large vote proves he knows nothing. The band with the pointy hats and the unicycle was called Zdob shi Zdub. It turns out that they also beat of strong competition to be Moldova's entry in 2005, when they finished sixth. And, according to the Guardian, they have their fans in the British ...
To all those of you who disagree with my assessment yesterday that the Doctor ( spoilers ), how do you explain his line about ( spoilers )? He doesn't add any qualifiers to that. Not one. And even if he does so retrospectively in a future episode, that's BAD WRITING and makes him look like a total arse. If all the ( spoilers ), surely that includes ( spoilers )? She's ( spoilers )... Lots of people posted handwavey theories on my last entry as to how this action of the Doctor's could be made acceptable, but that's all they ...
Apologies if the blog is a little threadbare for the next few days as we're on holiday. Normal service will be resumed ASAP - and there will no doubt be the odd missive!
i) births and deaths 29 May 1928: birth of Frederick Jaeger, who played Jano in The Savages (1966), Sorenson in Planet of Evil (1975), and Prof. Marius in The Invisible Enemy (1977). 29 May 1938: birth of Barry Jackson, who played Ascaris in The Romans (1965), Jeff Garvey in Mission to the Unknown (1965), and Drax in The Armageddon Factor (1979). ii) broadcast anniversaries 29 May 1965: broadcast of "The Death of Time", second episode of the story we now call The Chase. The Aridians capture the Doctor, Vicki and Barbara, and are about to hand them over to the ...
Readers of the week's Liberal Democrat News will have seen the advert kicking off the party's candidate selection for the Mayor of London. The planned timetable is: June 17 Close of applications July 3 Interviews and shortlisting July 11 Deadline for appeals July 11 Deadline for candidates to submit manifestos July 12 Publication of shortlist July 18 Postal ballot mailed out to members in London July 25-29 Hustings meeting August 10 Deadline for returning ballot papers August 12 Count and declaration of result
In other words, the heat is off Huhne and it looks as though Lansley is next for the toaster. Mike Smithson on Political Betting presents a selection from today's papers which supports this. The Independent praises Chris Huhne in its leading article and says: As we go to press, it looks as if Mr Huhne may survive, if only because of the impossibility of proving wrongdoing beyond reasonable doubt. Meanwhile, the Telegraph has the headline "Cameron ready to sacrifice Lansley in NHS row" and Matthew D'Acona presenting a depressing prospect for Lansley: As for Lansley, he has good reason to ...
From the leading article in today's Independent on Sunday: According to his admirers in the green movement, Mr Huhne has achieved more in a year than most Cabinet ministers achieve in a lifetime. That may be an overstatement. But there should be no doubt that in the battles to come - and the victories that Mr Huhne has won this month are only single engagements in a longer war - the green cause will need someone of his aggression, knowledge and persistence. If Mr Huhne were shown to be guilty as accused, he would of course have to resign - ...
Pseudoplocephalus: Ankylosaur tail pathologies. There are very few pathologies on Ankylosaur tail clubs, considering their popularly projected use for intraspecific fighting. I remain in hope that this just means we haven't found it yet. (tags: dinosaurs science) 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor | Cracked.com Obvious warning: On cracked.com; contains mild (joking) reference to sexual violence (tags: poverty economics)
TweetYesterday, Andrew Grice in The Independent wrote that Gus O'Donnell the cabinet secretary was dusting down the rule book for a confidence and supply agreement between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party as things are looking shaky. The Article can be found here. When the coalition was formed, there was almost a sense of tangible optimism from the Liberal Democrats, hopeful that a coalition would work, and that it would last five years. We were relentless in our hope that much like the stereotypical lady in some cartoonish relationship hoping we could change the tories, make them much more ...
Earlier today, a tweet by Ellie Sharman about a two year old Liberal Vision article almost prompted by to write about its wrongheadedness before I realised that I had already done so. That was that, I thought, until I read this article about how the beleaguered Health Minister had been forced to restore his cuts to the public health campaign budget after evidence emerged that the cuts had actually lead to an increase in flu deaths, as well as a decline in things like people joining programmes to give up smoking. What does this have to do with airbrushing? Well, ...
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide the gate, and broad the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait the gate, and narrow the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:13 – 7:14 (King James version) Note – ...
