`The Christian Institute' A Conservative Peer and Labour MP have joined forces in writing to The Times calling for the free speech shield to be preserved in the ‘homophobic hatred’ law. Lord Waddington and David Taylor MP expressed concern at a Government move to strike out the free speech protection clause. Their letter says: “The politically motivated [...]
Letter to The Times Sir, Today the Government looks set to ask the Commons to repeal an important protection for free speech. It was inserted by the Lords into the new homophobic hatred offence in May 2008 and, after twice trying and failing to remove this free speech protection, the Government reluctantly accepted the position and allowed [...]
Conservative peer Lord Waddington and Labour backbencher David Taylor MP have called for a 'free speech' defence to be kept in a bill designed to criminalise incitement of homophobic hatred.
Government attempts to override a free speech clause in a homophobic hatred bill illustrate its determination to attack rights "The politically motivated trampling of free speech is something that should concern us all," says a letter in the Times from the Conservative peer Lord Waddington and the Labour MP and former backbencher of the year David Taylor. After a free speech clause was inserted...
Christmas is almost here, with jobless rate on the high, this is probably going to be a black Christmas for a huge number of the world’s population. A Christmas Carol by Robert Zemeckis is an animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several [...]
Youtube has a video clip from the British program Mr. Bean in which Rowan Atkinson suffers the consequences after eating some bad oysters in an improptu eating contest.
Another classic scene from Lucy, Lucille Ball : Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, comic, or skit concerning different "careers," past and present. From W.C. Fields to Rowan Atkinson, from classic films and commercials to Monty Python ---all and everything will be tapped for this look each week at various professions and pastimes. Click here for...
In previous posts, I've featured the 'content free' political speech recorded by Peter Sellers 50 years ago (which you can listen to again at the bottom of this page). Twenty years after that, another comedy version of a political speech was broadcast on the BBC series Not the Nine O'clock News - but it could hardly be said to be 'content free'. In fact, thirty years after that, and only two weeks...
Dana Mathewson Make sure you are sitting down before reading this. Also, please remove sharp objects from the room, or anything that can be used as a projectile with which to smash your computer monitor. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/02/raw-data-gop-list-new-bureaucracies-house-health-care/ "I try to be cynical, but it's hard to keep up." - Lily Tomlin A note from Tim: My wife bought...
Paul and Storm announce a boxing match between nuns. This is right up there with the Anglican chant weather report. (Btw, that links to an old skit about the new revised Anglican Apostle’s Creed from 1983, from Not the Nine O’Clock News, that I’d never seen before. I think themcj.com must have time-traveled back and written [...]
This week's Bizarre Opera Video comes courtesy of Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean. Although he pretty much butchers what's going on during Mio Bambino Caro, you'll notice it's the only schtick he does that gets any money..... Mr.Bean OPERA - Free videos are just a click away For all the Bizarre Opera Videos you'll ever want, join us on our YouTube Channel .
Group is working to persuade music and video companies to cash in rather than clamp down when their content is uploaded Google is seeking to drag YouTube into profit by convincing music and film footage rights owners to make advertising revenue from their content rather than remove it from the video-sharing site for breach of copyright. The company has been touting a fingerprinting system for rights...
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Rowan Atkinson's other iconic comedy creation Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Britcoms, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Tony Robinson Likes: Rowan Atkinson, Black Adder, Mr. Bean, Stephen Fry Dislikes: The brevity of Britcoms Hates: The idea of royalty The Show One of the marks of a good, three-dimensional character is how well it works in a variety of settings. By...
Movie cover: Plot summary: Storyline: A category of billionaires led beside a Las Vegas casino owner (John Cleese) frisk for things to ante on. They udge to yank cull a category of six strangers ad as a group to race from Vegas to Silver City, New Mexico to recall $2 million cover in a locker. First one there gets the whole of each of the cas. The pre-eminen group are two addled brothers (Seth Green...
It was announced last March that the 2010 British Motor Show has been canceled by reason of the ongoing global economic downturn and the next year hoped the event could be held again was 2013.
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