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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...
apple ipad | playstation move | apps marketplace | movie trailer | new controller
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...
street view | google street | view coverage | google maps | streets
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 ...
gordon brown | defence chiefs | defence spending | cut defence | snatch land
You can't buck the narrat...
EU Referendum
There are several things I try to do with this blog. In bringing you a diet of posts each day, one of my aims is to avoid being derivative. My preference is to bring genuine, new or little-known information to the table, or to add fresh thinking o...
nick hogan | anna raccoon | old holborn | christopher gill | hogan freed
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...
arsenal | cup | porto | bendtner | watch potato
Weekend Review Show: EPL...
EPL Talk
The FA Cup quarterfinals and Manchester United and Arsenal’s continued assault on the Premiership’s lead highlight this weekend review edition of the EPL Talk podcast. Laurence McKenna and Richard Farley take you through
the four FA C...
march 2010 | ed balls | lottery admissions | balls admitted | stinging fly
Selly Oak Ward Committee ...
Robert Wright's Blog
The next meeting of the Selly Oak Ward Committee is at 7pm on Wednesday 17 March 2010 at the 1at Ariel Scout HQ, Gibbins Road (next to Harborne Lane), Selly Oak.Items on the agenda include:an update on work on the Selly Oak New Road (a representativ...
amorth | alleged plot | lars vilks | prophet | swedish cartoonist
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...
dog owners | dangerous dogs | responsible dog | dog tax | status dogs
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...
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...
labour peer | lord paul | baroness uddin | prosecution | expenses charges
No expenses charges again...
The Guardian World News
Labour peer was investigated over claims that she was paid expenses on a flat in Kent that had been unoccupied for yearsLady Uddin, the Labour peer accused of claiming more than £100,000 in expenses for a flat she did not live in, will not face any ...
climate change | climate science | greenhouse gas | gas emissions | scientists
Who owns our science?
EU Referendum
Jo Nova makes a good point in her recent piece about the hideously complex task of tracing funds spent on climate change research. It's a PhD size project, she writes, and there are no grants available to fund this kind of PhD.Actually, as I've hint...
jon venables | bulger's killer | james bulger | prison | james bulger's
Bulger killer’s identity ...
Rhod on Public Affairs
Prison guards apparently twigged because of the special attention Jon Venables has receivedBy Tim EdwardsLAST UPDATED 7:50 AM, MARCH 5, 2010It was claimed today that Jon Venables, the murderer of James Bulger, has had his new identity revealed after...
oscars | blind side | best actress | sandra bullock | bigelow
Hurt Locker trounces Avat...
The Guardian World News
• Kathryn Bigelow is first woman to win best director Oscar• Avatar gets only three out of nine nominations• Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique win acting honoursFor once, the Oscars were a genuine nail-biter. Right through t...
hadrian's wall | route hadrian's | volunteers holding | illuminate hadrian's | wall heritage
People's army to light up...
The Guardian World News
Thousands using gas flares will illuminate the whole course of Britain's biggest historic monumentInteractive: Lighting up Hadrian's wallAn army that would have astonished the emperor Hadrian is set to take over his Roman wall tomorrow night, lighti...
israel | joe biden | peace | east jerusalem | west bank
Israel backs more settlem...
The Guardian World News
Approval for building of 112 new flats in Beitar Illit comes despite partial curbs on settlement construction announced by Israeli governmentThe Israeli defence ministry today authorised further construction in a Jewish settlement on the occupied We...
dyson’s report | voters quiz | brown tough | james dyson’s | politics destruction
William Hague: Britain at...
Daily Referendum
In his speech today, William Hague said:“Our ability to undertake economic modernisation will be critical to Britain’s future influence. When capital, labour and technology are increasingly mobile we cannot stand still. That is why James Dyson’s rep...
harry cohen | expenses | mp harry | criminal | police
3 Labour MPs in Court and...
Richard Willis's Blog
Harry Cohen MP
Tomorrow three Labour MPs will appear in court charged with offences under the Theft Act due to their Parliamentary expenses claims. Elliott Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor will appear in Westminster Magistrates Court. They are t...
cabin crew | unite | aimed averting | striking union | brown’s spin
Last-ditch offer as BA st...
The Guardian World News
• BA accepts partial repeal of staff cuts on flights• Union mulls counter-offer as 5pm deadline for talks loomsBritish Airways has tabled an 11th-hour counter-offer as peace talks over a looming cabin crew strike go to the wire.The airline has respo...
organisations nominated | 237 individuals | fake intel | record 237 | 920 processors
Daily Technology News For...
Jason Slater Technology B...
Mon, 8th Mar
In this article we’ll take a look at some of the key technology news stories and headlines, from around the world, for Monday, 8th March 2010.
Today’s Hot Topic: Counterfeit drug pushes are targeting UK based University webs...
ashleigh hall | facebook | social networking | peter chapman | dangers social
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...
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...
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 ...
city jos | nigeria | religious | berom | 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...
sex abuse | priestly celibacy | archbishop vienna | benedict xvi | pope benedict
NOT WANTING TO SIT IN THE...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT
In the UK yesterday 3 New Labour MP’s and an opposition Conservative member of the House of Lords insisted that they should not be tried in the courts when they appeared before a judge on charges of expenses fraud. Elliot Morley, David Chayto...
tough decisions | mission | risks ahead | being blown | gordon's character
None Of The Above Please
Governmentitus
So we are to have a budget in two weeks time, or at least we are to have Alistair Darling on TV in two weeks time telling us how he is going to spent yet more borrowed cash on swing voters in order to buy Labour another election. Here is some of wha...
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 ...
nouri | being counted | maliki establishing | expected | iraq's
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...
annual cheese | cooper's hill | cancelled due | rolling event | cheese rolling
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...
total politics | nick griffin | interview | boycotting total | bnp
We’ll huff and we’ll puff...
Though Cowards Flinch
As huffing and puffing seems to be what lefties are best at, in the eyes of the Right-blogosphere at least, we at Though Cowards Flinch thought it might be fun to try some.
It has come to our attention that the magazine ‘Total Politics’ ...
After much agonising I have decided to have a party for my 30th birthday. I've already had a pretty encouraging response. I mean, I'm not talking about hundreds here, but a few people want to come. So maybe I will not end up sitting shamefaced in a lonely corner of the pub after all. There will be alcohol there though, so I still need to be careful to avoid this.All I need now is a proper invitation to email out. When other (cooler) people send me invitations to their parties nowadays they all seem to have their own swanky e-invitations made up featuring characatures of theirsevles, or jokes, or nifty little animations. Since getting an iPod Nano for crimbo I have become something of a spoilt brat and so I want one too. I am of the opinion that I should no longer have to do anything for... 
