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MPs should only have inside interests and no outside interests

Posted on November 07, 2008
MPs should only have inside interests and no outside interestsThe Independent reports "David Cameron may be forced to shelve plans to curb the outside earnings of his Shadow Cabinet after a revolt by frontbenchers who do not want to give up their lucrative jobs outside politics"...

The Man In The Mirror: I?m Gonna Make A Change

Posted on November 07, 2008
The Man In The Mirror: I?m Gonna Make A Change I?m Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life It?s Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna Make It Right As I Turn Up The Collar On My Favorite Winter Coat This Wind Is Blowin? My Mind I See The Kids In The Street, With Not Enough To Eat Who Am I, To Be Blind Pretending Not To See Their Needs? A Summer?s Disregard, A Broken Bottle Top, And One Man?s Soul...

Prison plan for former hospital

Posted on November 07, 2008
Prison plan for former hospitalA former psychiatric hospital could become a prison under new proposals.A meeting involving the owners of the North Wales Hospital site in Denbigh and a Ministry of Justice minister has taken place to discuss the plans.I fail to see how Denbigh Hospital which was built in 1844 and closed in 1995, could become a new prison...

About Vodafone UK and the unfair contract terms

Posted on November 07, 2008
About Vodafone UK and the unfair contract termsThe other day my friend Victor tried to call my mobile phone number and could not get through.I knew my credit had recently run out and went to buy a £10 top up, even though I know people have called me before when I do not have credit on my mobile phone, and the PayPoint failed to register a connection...

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Barack Obama: It was the internet wot won it

Posted on November 06, 2008
Barack Obama: It was the internet wot won itHow many times has the Sun claimed the victory at an election, ie, "The Sun Wot Won It", etc? Last night on Newsnight there was an interesting claim made by Arianna Huffington that two factors are responsible for Barack Obama's victory; first Bush; second the internet.

Arts behind bars

Posted on November 05, 2008
Arts behind barsBy David RamsbothamIf we believe in rehabilitating offenders, then we must recognise the role cultural activities can play in rebuilding self-esteem"I doubt that there is anyone who disagrees that the aim of the penal system should be to protect the public by preventing re-offending...

So tragic

Posted on November 05, 2008
So tragicI am not talking about Iain Dale here when I refer to the dangers of having a sly puff in the toilets, rather it concerns 20 die as cigarette sets fire to coach in Germany. There is no mention whether the man who caused the blaze was amongst the number of fatalities or seriously burned...

Smokers banned from fostering childrern

Posted on November 05, 2008
Smokers banned from fostering childrernA controversial new policy to ban smokers from fostering children has been passed by a council.The ban, which was passed unanimously at a cabinet meeting of Redbridge Council last night, means that children in the east London borough will not be placed with foster carers who smoke after January 2010...

King's dream becomes Obama's reality

Posted on November 05, 2008
King's dream becomes Obama's realityWhilst I was watching the US election unfold, I heard someone say she has not been so excited since JFK was elected as President. And we know what happened to him. I was amused by the comment saying colour did not matter, and concluding that it is great to have the first black President...

Troublemaker's turnaround

Posted on November 05, 2008
Troublemaker's turnaroundA self-confessed troublemaker is to receive an award in Leeds for being one of the country's most inspirational achievers. Video link.It is heartwarming to see a success story like this. If the lock 'em up and throw away the key lobby are allowed to prevail then stories like this would never see the light.

Children 'should not be jailed'

Posted on November 05, 2008
Children 'should not be jailed'The prisons inspector has called for an end to the incarceration of children, after an "unprecedented rise" in the number of inmates under the age of 16.I am confused by this report because Scotland's justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, said there were currently no under-16s in prison...

Blue tits?

Posted on November 04, 2008
Blue tits?"An inventor from Gedney in Lincolnshire has come up with the ideal solution for ladies who hate cold mornings".I don't know if this will catch on and appeal to the ladies...

Homophobic GP banned for a year

Posted on November 04, 2008
Homophobic GP banned for a yearThe head of the Islamic Medical Association (IMA) has been suspended from medical practice after sending an "offensive and homophobic" letter.Dr Muhammad Siddiq has been suspended for 12 months over the letter he sent to the GPs' magazine Pulse last July...

Police officers kicked pet dogs

Posted on November 04, 2008
Police officers kicked pet dogsTwo police officers have been told they face possible jail sentences for causing suffering and "mental terror" to their two pet dogs.Magistrates in Denbigh heard how Anja Mason, 29 and Craig Macleod, 34, who lived together in Prestatyn, now also face losing their jobs...

Married inmates' suicide analysed

Posted on November 04, 2008
Married inmates' suicide analysedBeing married makes you more likely to commit suicide in prison, according to an Oxford University study.Well, I must say, that is a turn up for the books.

Poppycock: Guido's fake exclusive

Posted on November 04, 2008
Poppycock: Guido's fake exclusiveIt would appear that Paul Staines aka Guido Fawkes, the BNP/Tory blogger, is still sore about making a complete ass of himself on Newsnight. Lest we forget, the closest Staines comes to the poppy appeal is his fondness for smoking lines of heroin on silver foil...

Murder victim 'just out of jail'

Posted on November 03, 2008
Murder victim 'just out of jail'A man who died after being found injured at a house in north Hampshire had just been released from prison.2Dwayne Ayres, 20, from Yateley, was discovered at a bungalow in Holt Way, Hook, early on Sunday and later died in hospital...

A raped 13-year-old girl stoned to death for adultery

Posted on November 03, 2008
A raped 13-year-old girl stoned to death for adulteryAn Islamist rebel administration in Somalia had a 13-year-old girl stoned to death for adultery after the child's father reported that three men had raped her.And this is the kind of Sharia law which the Muslim Council of Great Britain seeks to implement in this country...

Chatty OAPs banned from park bench for being too noisy

Posted on November 03, 2008
Chatty OAPs banned from park bench for being too noisyA group of pensioners have been told they cannot meet and chat on a park benches, because their talking has been deemed anti-social."The seven pensioners, including a 96-year-old and her friend who dedicated 40 years of her life to the NHS, have been told their teatime chats are a 'noise nuisance' which disturbs nearby residents...

Change: Paint The White House Black

Posted on November 03, 2008
Change: Paint The White House BlackGeorge Clinton Ice Cube - Paint The White House Blackby oublierleracismeskyblog

Immigrants and asylum-seekers to be denied justice in courts shake up

Posted on November 03, 2008
Immigrants and asylum-seekers to be denied justice in courts shake upOne of the worst judges I have ever come across, Lord Justice Carnwath (pictured above), is to oversee the reform of the tribunal service.The whole point of having judicial review is to provide a check upon decision-makers...

Australian teen arrested breaking into police station

Posted on November 03, 2008
Australian teen arrested breaking into police stationA teenage boy has stunned police with his boldness after he broke into a police station ? and was promptly arrested.Now might be the right time for him to decide to embark upon a different career...

Can somebody tell God I am not a duck?

Posted on November 02, 2008
Can somebody tell God I am not a duck?When I went for an afternoon walk in the park with Rocky on October 31st, he sniffed out a chocolate bar that somebody was trying to hide from him and ended up stealing, taxing or extremely cadging it. I took it from Rocky only allowing him some and keeping the remainder intending to give it him at some later stage...

John Haase is a grass versus did Michael Howard accept a £400,000 bribe to release 2 prisoners early?

Posted on November 01, 2008
John Haase is a grass versus did Michael Howard accept a £400,000 bribe to release 2 prisoners early?A convicted drug dealer claimed that he bribed former Home Secretary Michael Howard £400,000 to get an early release from prison, a court has heard.Haase, 59, and his cousin Paul Bennett, 44, received a Royal Pardon in 1996 and were released 11 months into a 17 year sentence for smuggling heroin, jurors were told...

Noisy parrot case costs taxpayer more than £26,000

Posted on November 01, 2008
Noisy parrot case costs taxpayer more than £26,000A judge has criticised a council for spending £26,000 on a legal wrangle involving three noisy parrots, saying the costs were "out of all proportion" to the case.Deborah Coleman's three Amazon parrots were made the subject of a noise abatement notice following complaints from neighbours over their squawking...

Prince Charles raises the royal standard...

Posted on November 01, 2008
Prince Charles raises the royal standard...The bloke next to the Queen shows his pleasure at Charles' display, however, Her Majesty is not amused... click to enlarge

Criminals on probation commit a murder and a rape every week

Posted on October 31, 2008
Criminals on probation commit a murder and a rape every weekCriminals spared jail and supervised by the Probation Service are committing one murder and one rape every week, official figures have revealed. In the two years to April this year, offenders serving community sentences and suspended sentences were convicted of a total of 121 murders and 103 rapes...

And the story that Newsnight should have led with: Congo fighting causing humanitarian catastrophe

Posted on October 31, 2008
And the story that Newsnight should have led with: Congo fighting causing humanitarian catastropheFighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening to cause a humanitarian catastrophe as tens of thousands become refugees, aid agencies have warned.

It's Déjà vu on Newsnight

Posted on October 31, 2008
It's Déjà vu on NewsnightHe's gone...She's gone...Why hasn't he gone?It's Déjà vu on Newsnight. Last night again the lead story was the stunt that went wrong. It dragged on and on and on for 25 minutes. The BBC suspending Jonathan Ross for 3 months without pay has cost him £1...

Tesco plays the race card

Posted on October 31, 2008
Tesco plays the race cardAfter a fairly heavy drinking session with Victor yesterday afternoon, I went out between 7-8pm to take Rocky for a walk and put some money on my gas card and electric key at the Paki shop, and with the idea of buying some Tesco own brand cheap sausages for tea...

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