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English Webster (Free subscription) | yesterday
Further to my previous blog on that carol concert at St. James's Piccadilly in London, in which I refer to an article on the subject by Michael Gove MP: [irenelancaster.typepad.com] The Times has now blogged on it themselves. [timescolumns.typepad.com] The most frightening aspect of this whole affair is that the organisers of the concert, not totally agreeing with Michael Gove MP's article,...
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KerPlonka! (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
There seems to be a lot of glee from the pro-Coalition side about recalling what Stephen Harper said in 2005 when Martin flat-out ignored Parliamentary resolutions demanding he step down ... until they went his way. Well, two points on this: 1) Harper et al were deliberately trying to bring the government down on legitimate confidence votes. To force an election. 2) Remember that Chuck Cadman...
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Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another day, another leak; this time Sky News is reporting that a meeting will take place tomorrow to discuss the Speaker's statement to the House of Commons. The guest list in very interesting. Attending the meeting will be the Cabinet Secretary, the Justice Secretary, the Home Secretary, the government Chief Whip, two No 10 officials and the Sergeant -at-Arms. Of course, the government...
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First Read (Free subscription) | yesterday
From NBC's Jeannie OhmPresident Bush this morning was in the Situation Room getting an update on the Mumbai attacks. At the White House briefing, Dana Perino would not comment on a possible motive and said the intelligence community continues to work around the clock. When asked about Pakistani government's involvement, Perino at first wouldn't comment then said she's "heard nothing to say the...
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Obnoxio The Clown (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hmmm . Ministers have rejected calls for a review into the death of Baby P, which pointed to failings in Haringey child protection services, to be made public. Michael Gove and David Laws, Tory and Lib Dem frontbenchers, wrote to Children's Secretary Ed Balls urging the internal review to be published. But Mr Balls said confidentiality was vital to the success of such reviews. Huh? Why? So that...
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The Armchair Intelligentsia Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE ONGOING DISPUTE between Google and Turkey reminds us that, throughout history, the development of new media technologies has always altered the way we think about threats to free speech. At the beginning of the 20th century, civil libertarians in America worried most about the danger of the government silencing political speech: think of Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate for President,...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An indication of more Chinese seeking the security of civil service jobs came Sunday when about 775,000 of them took the test for 13,500 government jobs. The tests were given in 38 cities and the response showed that more young and educated Chinese want to serve in the government, China Daily reported. The report said economists also said such jobs offer security...
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The Centrist Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
President-elect Obama announced his National Security team earlier today and it contained no surprises. As expected, Senator Hillary Clinton was tapped for secretary of state, Robert Gates will remain as secretary of defense, former General James Jones will be national security adviser, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano will be homeland security secretary, Obama campaign foreign policy [...]...
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The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oh do I smell a cover up?.... Ministers have rejected calls for a review into the death of Baby P, which pointed to failings in Haringey child protection services, to be made public. Michael Gove and David Laws, Tory and Lib Dem frontbenchers, wrote to Children's Secretary Ed Balls urging the internal review to be published. But Mr Balls said confidentiality was vital to the success of such...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
So much of this country’s future will be shaped by what the news wires tell us about the present By Sherwood Ross November 23, 2008 Courtesy Of Global Research It is a sad and dangerous development when supposedly objective news media yield to national pressure to slant the news in favor of the government. This routinely happens in dictatorships at all times but it can happen in democracies...
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Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
The First Post have their own ideas and it does not make for pleasant reading. Here's an extract: "Over the past two months, it has been reported, foreign investors have pulled out around three quarters of the money they invested in UK gilts over the past four years. Short-term gilts, which the government must repay within a couple of years, are trading at record high prices, while long-term...
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Heavy spending to battle the financial crisis is unlikely to abate soon. Analysts say next year's deficit could top $1 trillion. By Jim Puzzanghera LA Times November 30, 2008 Reporting from Washington — With its decision last week to pump an additional $1 trillion into the financial crisis, the government eliminated any doubt that the nation is on a wartime footing in the battle to shore up...
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THE WILTED ROSE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Meehan, Shoesmith and Santry - Leader of Haringey Council, its Director of Children’s Services, and its Children’s Services Cabinet Member - have been forced to go following a scathing independent report into the murder of Baby P. As Balls’ Tory shadow, Michael Gove MP, has just pointed out on Sky News, the same authority was given a [...]
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Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Amy Goodman | The Capital Times, Nov 27, 2008 As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You may not have heard much lately about the disaster in the Gaza Strip. That silence is intentional: The Israeli government has barred international journalists from entering the occupied territory. Last week, executives...
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allvoices (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
by Biodun Iginla, News Analyst for BBC News and the Economist Nov 27th 2008 From Economist.com A videographic mapping the war in Congo over the past 15 years A EUROPEAN military force might yet be sent to eastern Congo in addition to an expanded United Nations peacekeeping force. This week the government of Belgium, the former colonial power in Congo, said that it would be willing to contribute...
