Hypocrisy in World Politics
Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Africa, Americas, Asia, China, Climate Change, Europe, Politics | No Comments »Politicians have their reasons for turning a blind eye in some cases an screaming blue murder at others. But as this blog acts as a soapbox, I am going to list some anomalies in reporting and political emphasis in Britain: Zimbabwe ...
Silly Season Begins 22 July 2008
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Offbeat News, Politics | No Comments »Parliamentary summer recess usually means one thing: rubbish news. Sport sometimes fills the gaps but politics around the world is wholeheartedly ignored whilst the summer sun distracts Fleet Street from hardcore hacking. Picnics, Chelsea Flower Show, Henley Royal Regatta and ...
News from Around the World
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Africa, Americas, Current Affairs, Europe, Far East, Middle East, News, Politics, Sport | No Comments »I check the news every day on the websites of various major UK newspapers. I often see that all the headlines are the same and I get a sense that I don't really know much more about the world as ...
Clinton vs Obama - Do we really care?
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Americas, Politics, Women | No Comments »Every day for the last month or so, the British press has featured the Hilary vs Barack conetst in its top headlines. Not only is the coverage really, really boring but it is never put in context. The wider story ...
Rock Against Racism
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Current Affairs, Europe, Music, Offbeat News, Politics, festivities | No Comments »Rock Against Racism was a movement formed in the 1970's in reaction to rising xenophobia and racism fuelled by organisations like the National Front. At the time, David Bowie allegedly said that Britain was ready for a fascist leader and ...
Herr Flick vs Liam Byrne (Immigration Minister)
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Films, Politics, YouTube | No Comments »Following an article in The Register about the backdating of the new point-based immigration system, I have found the best comparison I could of Liam Byrne, the minister for immigration, and Herr Flick, the Nazi investigator out of Allo Allo. However, ...
Phorm Announces Losses of £16.6 million and is Poised for BT Trial
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Internet Security, Politics, Webmaster Chat | 2 Comments »Following our recent opinion pieces on Phorm, it has come to our attention that on Thursday 10th April, the company posted losses of $32.8 million (£16.6 million) which the it insisted were part of planned investments in infrastructure, people and ...
William Hague on Phorm!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, Internet Security, Politics | 13 Comments »Following our piece on the campaign against Phorm software proposals, I e-mailed my local MP, William Hague, asking him to represent my views to the relevant authorities. A speedy response appeared in the post, direct from the House of Commons. ...
Swearing an Oath to the Queen at School -No Thanks
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in News, Politics | 1 Comment »I'm glad I never had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen and country at school. I'm a republican and don't think it's in the interests of the country or democracy to uphold the aristocracy. Also, I'm not ...
The World’s Greatest Blog Recognises Kosovan Independence
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Current Affairs, Europe, News, Politics | 3 Comments »The World's Greatest Blog has today announced that it will recognise the newly independent state of Kosovo. Countries such as Spain are opposed to recognising this self-declared sovereign state for fears of encouraging domestic secession. However, The World's Greatest Blog ...