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labour | party | election | dom | lord paul
John Kampfner supports Li...
simon wilson
Today the well-respected political commentator John Kampfner launched the pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg.He comments, "As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been a...
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Google Street View Covers...
Technology Blog (UK), Hi-...
Initially, Google Street View was fairly controversial with many people complaining about invasion of privacy and such issues. However, those concerns have not stopped Google from expanding the service, because as of tomorrow (11th March 2010), you ...
micro four | four thirds | apple ipad | panasonic g2 | lumix
Apple iPad Steals the Lim...
UK Gadget and Tech News, ...
If you thought this year’s Oscars was just a place for movie awards and celebrities touting their posh frocks down the red carpet, then think again.
This time it was tech giants, Apple, that were stealing some of the limelight … [visit site t...
gordon brown | defence | lord boyce | lord guthrie | chilcot inquiry
MoD to replace Snatch Lan...
The Guardian World News
Fleet of new armoured vehicles seen as admission by MoD that existing Snatches blamed for deaths are not up to the jobThe government is to urgently order new armoured vehicles to replace the army's fleet of thinly protected Snatch Land Rovers, Bob A...
jon venables | james bulger's | bulger's killer | james bulger | venables claims
Venables back in prison '...
The Guardian World News
Government maintains refusal to comment on reports that killer of James Bulger was recalled over alleged child pornography offencesOne of the killers of James Bulger, Jon Venables, has been returned to prison for alleged child pornography offences, ...
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Links for 9 March 2010
Created in Birmingham
Job listing for Apples & Snakes: Programme Coordinator
“Apples & Snakes, England’s leading organisation for performance poetry requires a Programme Coordinator – West Midlands”
Call for Artist to Exhibit at Lickey Hills Country ...
best director | sandra bullock | blind side | hurt locker | oscar
Teh OSCARS! Come here Whi...
little.red.boat
Biggest cop out: While Neil Patrick Harris was ace, it felt completly disconnected from everything else in the Academy plan: It was like ‘Hugh Jackman was good last year’+ ‘NPH was good at the Emmy’s last year’ + ‘audiences like things that are old...
every dog | dog owners | dangerous dogs | government | responsible dog
New Labour are barking up...
The Lone Voice
Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn have produced a report which proposes that all dogs in this country should be micro-chipped and that dog-owners should have compulsory third-party insurance. Story
Dog owners face a new pet “tax” in a government in...
world cup | up’ category | toads here’s | ornamental toads | uk donates
Burnley Battered Into Sub...
A Cultured Left Foot
Arsenal 3 – 1 Burnley
1 – 0 Fabregas (34)
1 – 1 Nugent (50)
2 – 1 Walcott (61)
3 – 1 Arshavin (90)
A day of squandered chances when the scoreline could have matched the Arsenal Ladies 10 goal drubbing of their Tottenham...
uup | northern ireland | unionists | ulster | devolution policing
Stormont votes to take ov...
The Guardian World News
• Power-sharing finalised as assembly agrees to first justice minister since Troubles• Ulster Unionists oppose measure but Hillary Clinton welcomes assembly's yes voteA 15-year search for a political settlement in Northern Ireland cleared its final ...
facebook | ashleigh hall | social networking | peter chapman | convicted
Facebook threatens to sue...
The Guardian World News
Social networking site fears reputation permanently damaged by false claim that it let older men pressure teenage girls for sexFacebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail for damages after the paper wrongly claimed in a piece published on Wednesda...
indigenous british | racist | bnp rules | members | still discriminating
BNP plans to vet would-be...
The Guardian World News
Party's revised constitution would require all applicants to submit to a two-hour home visit, court is toldThe British National party plans to send officials to vet all would-be members in their homes, a court heard today.A clause in the far right g...
international women’s | against women | international womens | men | violence against
International Women’s Day...
Though Cowards Flinch
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.
Today, the Observer asks whether it’s needed.
Good question. The brief answers from an Anastasia de Waal, a Barbara Gunnell and a certain Sunder Katwala are perfunctory, to the extent of not reall...
amorth | lars vilks | alleged plot | swedish cartoonist | prophet
THE BOY CHOIR SANG : HE A...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT
The Roman Catholic church is being plunged into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with the sexual abuse of children by its clergy after it emerged that the brother of former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI, Monsign...
climate science | climate change | scientists | review climate | global warming
No answers in the soil
EU Referendum
In The Observer is a report on a fascinating scientific dispute which provides a graphic illustration of the uncertainties of climate science and the unreliability of predictions offered by disparate scientists – to say nothing of the utter shambles...
west bank | settlement | east jerusalem | us vice | settlements
US team to kick-start Mid...
The Guardian World News
Indirect negotiations mark first return to peace process since Gaza warhe US vice-president, Joe Biden, is due in Israel tomorrow for an American diplomatic initiative to start indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.The new round ...
polar bears | bluefin tuna | tuna trade | atlantic bluefin | international trade
US throws weight behind p...
The Guardian World News
Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worseIt is a familiar story in the climate change debate. The US government is at odds ...
nick hogan | old holborn | hogan freed | jail | wife denise
Nick Hogan Released -Offi...
Libertarian Party UK
It took the blogosphere just four days to raisethe near £10 000 to secure the release of Nick Hogan, imprisoned forsix months for flouting the smoking ban in his own premises and failingto act as the States unofficial Policeman.It took a further fiv...
afghan | political settlement | jirga | political engagement | insurgents prepared
Start Afghanistan peace t...
The Guardian World News
Foreign Office officials believe elements of Taliban ready to talk but fears grow of long Afghan conflict, and growing casualtiesBritain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war...
6 music | rex featuers | mirco toniolo | drops bruce | dickinson mirco
Opinion: The BBC – Snog, ...
Liberal Democrat Voice
It has been open season on the BBC of late.
We all have our reasons for criticism: the incompetent decision to close 6 Music, the failure to manage budgets, the excessive salaries of performers and especially of senior managers create a climate of ...
junk mail | royal mail | workers | royal junk | postal reforms
Return to Sender: Royal M...
The Spicy Cauldron
The Royal Mail is to start delivering unlimited quantities of junk mail to British homes after reaching a peace deal with the Communication Workers Union to end their dispute after the wave of national strikes last autumn. Buried in the small print ...
pentax 645d | 40 megapixel | format camera | x 33mm | dual sd
Pentax 645D 40 Megapixel ...
Gadget Venue
Pentax have launched their latest digital SLR camera called the Pentax 645D. The 645D is a medium format camera that has a 40 megapixel CCD sensor along with a 3.0 inch LCD that can display 921k dots.The new 645D is also compatible with existing 645...
keep america | america safe | social connector | 2010 | microsoft outlook
Conservatives Defend “Al ...
The Volokh Conspiracy
An increasing number of conservatives are criticizing the group, Keep America Safe, for its shameful ad on the “Al Qaeda 7″ — political appointees in the Justice Department who represented detainees prior to their appointment. Benjamin Wittes has a...
iraq's | maliki establishing | iraq poll | baghdad | allawi
Iraqi Fed. Election Pound...
Rhod on Public Affairs
Martin Chulov in BaghdadThe Guardian, Sunday 7 March 2010 13.24 GMT A barrage of early-morning rockets that killed at least 25 people across Baghdad has failed to deter voters from turning out in solid numbers in Iraq's pivotal general election.Up t...
thames tunnel | tunnel tickets | rotherhithe | tunnel tour | original brickwork
London's eighth wonder of...
The Guardian World News
Thames tunnel, created by Marc Brunel and son Isambard in 1843, reopened to walkers for first time in 145 years"How they got the performing horses down here God only knows", says Robert Hulse, as he leads visitors into the gloom under the Thames for...
jos | berom | villages | curfew | plateau state
Over 500 Christians slaug...
Rhod on Public Affairs
JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.Funerals took place for victims of th...
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Carlisle Rugby Football C...
North 1 East League
Saturday, 6th March 2010
RECOVERY MODE STALLS!
After three successive victories, all claimed in fine style, Carlisle travelled to the north east hoping to leap up the table and...
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Links and stuff from betw...
Chicken Yoghurt
Just what tickled my fancy in the last few days…
David Miliband – The War in Afghanistan: How to End It – '…only politics will end the War in Afghanistan'. And to think it only took Miliband eight years and countle...
pmqs today | extinct species | particularly good | species yields | preserved dna
More than two extinct spe...
optimum population trust ...
More than two animals and plants a year are becoming extinct in England and hundreds more are severely threatened, a report published today reveals. Natural England, the government’s agency responsible for the countryside, said the biggest nat...
annual cheese | cooper's hill | cancelled due | rolling event | safety
Health and safety fears h...
The Guardian World News
Rollers left cheesed off as event stopped due to overcrowding, but organisers are trying to find a solutionIt has long been regarded as one of the most curious – and hazardous – of English springtime pastimes. Competitors chase a large round of chee...
Today, 27th June marks the 1st Armed Forces Day in the UK – a day to remember and give thanks to the men and women who have or are currently serving in the UK Armed Forces.
Across the UK events will be taking place to mark the occasion.
I have made no secret in the past of my opposition to the deployment of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I draw a distinction, however, between the operations our service men and women are engaged in at the personal vainglory of some political leaders and the men and women themselves.
The following video commemorates just a few of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice
For more details of Armed Forces Day Click here . . .... 
Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day. You can find out about it on the website here. Today I attended Steve Ladyman MP's Annual reception to honourour local Armed Forces veterans. Dave Green looked very impressive in full Mayoral regalia. My fellow ward councillor Liz Green as a County and District Councillor, and now also Ramsgate Mayoress will surely be the busiest representative in Kent in the coming year. Liz may not have stood for the Town Council, but she has been effecively "co-opted!" Liz works very hard already so I expect Dave will be "solo" at some events when her other commitments clash. There were a number of other Ramsgate and Thanet councilors present. It is good to listen to those who have served us. I spent most of my time with two men who had served in Korea and Malaya,... 
Saturday is Armed Forces Day. Its OK to have not heard of it because this year is the first one.
The official Armed Forces Day flag is flying outside my workplace at the moment, and I was genuinely surprised by it because it is the top half of our national flag, with the caption under it. The surprise is because we get so stuffy about the flag I am amazed you are allowed to make another flag out of part of it - just remember the faux outrage when some summit or other had the little flag on the table upside down.
As an aside, it is our own stupid fault for having a flag that is not symmetrical. How on earth do you design a flag that is essentially several crosses superimposed and end up with something asymmetrical? And another thing: why not make its official name the Union... 
