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Monthly Archives: November 2010

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Quote of the Day.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 30, 2010

Hands to the rescue: Question in the House of Commons yesterday.

Greg Hands: […]I note that there is one Member who has spoken here only once since the election, has tabled

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From Flight to Reality.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 30, 2010

It wasn’t Howard Flight’s ‘first’ acknowledged gaffe – that was his statement in 2005 that an incoming Conservative government would make deeper cuts than those publicly announced. Michael Howard removed him as a Conservative candidate for that transgression.

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Wiki Popbitch.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 29, 2010

The Blogosphere is gorging itself on the Wikileaks banquet this morning; a triumph of style over substance. The Cuisine Minceur of the electorate’s fight for transparency from our political masters.

Wikileaks is a masterpiece in media manipulation. It

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Rearranging Deckchairs on the MV Public Guardian. Court of Protection.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 29, 2010

Few stewards in the service of the public can have been asked to rearrange the deckchairs as many times as those employed on board the currently named ‘Public Guardian’.

The Office of the Public

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Doing the Lambeth Piss-take.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 29, 2010

As a prior long term resident of Brixton, London, I thought myself beyond surprise at any of the antics of Lambeth Town Hall. My experience harks back to the days of Red Ken flying the

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Child safety

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by SadButMadLad on November 28, 2010

Proof that child safety is more about protecting children from the perceived extreme risk of pedophiles and similar abuse than about protecting them from accidents is shown by this quote from the CoE policy document on

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 27, 2010

When Irish Eyes Stopped Smiling Edition.

A Libertarian assessment of the Irish crisis. Let Them Eat Children. Blackswans

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A New Leader For The Libertarian Party.

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by Andrew P Withers on November 27, 2010

The Acceptance speech of Andrew Withers – the new Leader of the Libertarian Party.

I would like to thank the Party for the confidence that it has shown in electing me as

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Bábógbaby

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by Anna Raccoon on November 27, 2010

Forget the Celtic Tiger, just in time for Christmas we have Bábógbaby, the Irish Begging Bear.

Invented by Irish entrepeneur, Adrain Devane, the toy is set to be a hit amongst English parents anxious to convey

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Can life get any worse for the Irish?

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by Anna Raccoon on November 26, 2010


Indeed it can! Pearse Doherty, Gerry Adams’ ‘made man’, otherwise known as the Sinn Féin candidate in the Donegal South West By-election is leading by a stunning majority.

Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness were this afternoon

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It’s all done with Smoke and Errors……

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by Anna Raccoon on November 26, 2010

Being frightened of Aids is so last year – the great and the good now climb over each other in the rush to clasp Aids carriers to their bosom, nothing to be frightened of there

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A Tale of Two Teens.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 26, 2010

Johnny, the 17-year-old, is upstairs with a horrific cold. No wonder: he spent the whole of Wednesday out on the street in sub-zero temperatures, being “kettled” by the

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Curriculum for a Spartan Society?

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by Randy Hack on November 25, 2010

Education secretary Michael Gove has announced cuts to government sending on school sports

In “The Telegraph” Miss Leah Ward, a student at a Macclesfield College wrote a piece about it HERE from which I extract

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Medical Negligence Victims Denied Access to Justice!

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by Anna Raccoon on November 25, 2010

That is such an emotive headline – and such has been the response in certain areas of the lucrative Personal Injury legal profession.

In his speech to the Commons, Kenneth Clarke detailed the extent to which the Legal

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The Plumber’s Tale.

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by Brimar on November 24, 2010

My aim in life when growing up was to learn a trade,
A bricklayer or a plumber that would have me made,
I wanted all the trappings my earnings would then bring,
A lovely wife and children, a home where

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The Migration Cap.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 24, 2010

If ‘the cap fits, wear it’ goes the saying – but this cap will fit less than 12% of those seeking to enter the United Kingdom.

In her Commons statement yesterday, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced

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Political Suicide.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 23, 2010

A decidedly dark subject today, but one that we need to face up to.

Regular readers will be aware that I have long taken an interest in the local politics of Vera Baird’s old constituency of Redcar and

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Strive for failure

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by SadButMadLad on November 22, 2010

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

All around you people are striving to avoid failure. In all

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Once Upon A Time.

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by lenko on November 22, 2010

Once upon a time… I had a dustbin.  An old-fashioned affair, with a rounded galvanised metal lid atop a rounded galvanised metal body, and a handle on either side.  Into this dustbin went the ashes from the fire,

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Gawd Bless’em Guv’nor and no mistake……

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by Anna Raccoon on November 22, 2010

You’d need a heart of stone not to laugh. I’ve tried getting angry, tried to rant – I can’t. They are like winsome toddlers taking their first steps – they fall, they tumble backwards, they

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Have Faith in the Fridge!

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by Sister Eva Longoria on November 21, 2010

In the light of Anna’s recent piece “On Arriving at Libertariansm from a Quaker point of view,” this week I was prompted to reflect on the nature of faith.

About ten years ago

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Happiness

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by SadButMadLad on November 21, 2010

So the goverment wants to find out how happy the country is via statistics. Dry statistics will never show the state of happiness of the country. It it is too ephemeral.

Happiness is

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 20, 2010

Matt Taibbi with a superb article on the background to the sub-prime market. Dick Puddlecote in Prague. Simon Cooke on the permanence ofContinue reading →

Coming Soon to an Airport Near You!

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by lenko on November 20, 2010

News from Manchester Airport that from this month they will be testing a new “Eye Scanner”, which will read our irises and help to “combat the war against terror”. This comes only months after the airport introduced the

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Sexual Politics | Storm in a C cup.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 19, 2010

The massed nipples at Mumsnet are rigid with indignation, Twitoris ablaze with passion. The ‘beyondretrograde’ (Oh the irony!) blog has thrown up a genuine old fashioned feminist scandal.

A woman’s nipple was shown in

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Parochial Headline of the Week.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 19, 2010

A bonus prize today for the Liverpool Echo with their headline:

“Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyer to go to House of Lords.”

No doubt the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard will be firing back with:

“Charles Wales’

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Sgt Mark Andrews vs Pamela Somerville

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by SadButMadLad on November 19, 2010

The news has been released that Mark Andrews was not guilty of assult against Pamela Somerville. He was initially jailed for 6 months but released after 6 days and placed on bail as he lodged an

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I Am A Lib Dem Minister, I Am Not Responsible

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by Andrew P Withers on November 18, 2010

Ed Davey– I don’t want to get involved

Yesterday was one of those days when you know that being a Libertarian is the right thing to be, and

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Tears Before Bedtime.

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by lenko on November 17, 2010

It’s all going to be so wonderful…Our brave new Coalition government is a government of movers and shakers. Yes Sirree! They are going to take the tax and benefit systems, and shake them by the scruff

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The Benchmark for Job Cuts.

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by Anna Raccoon on November 17, 2010

In the crowded field of the economically suicidal, Liverpudlian councils are renown for their ability to rise above the common herd and lead by example.

The local MP is Bill Esterson, an ex-Medway Councillor, who the

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