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Faced with such an attack, it would be folly not to strike | Seumas Milne | Comment is free | The Guardian
"Postal workers have been left with little option. The real madness lies with those itching to pick a fight before an election"
When the army's in the dock, Justice swaps her crown for a bandana | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
"Britain can hardly pass the democracy test when government and military police collude to prevent murderers being tried"
Money Central - Times Online - WBLG: Gordon Brown's 10 worst financial gaffes
Gordon Brown's 10 worst financial gaffes
Pub Philosopher: The establishment's liberal consensus
The establishment's liberal consensus has been built up over decades. Whatever the result of the next election, of one thing we can be sure of is that the next government will be liberal.
It takes a vindictive mind to tax a view
Bryan Forbes wants to know why he is to be penalised for living in a nice house with a tennis court and a partial view of a lake. We are mugs to have let things get this bad
Harriet Harman is either thick or criminally disingenuous
The reason we should have disquiet about Harriet is because she is either thick or criminally disingenuous. My guess is thick. Being a bit thick should not disqualify someone from leading their party, I suppose, as both Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Salisbury would concur. But the problem with Harman is that this is stupidity repackaged as a form of jejune radicalism and as a consequence nobody in her party will gainsay it, for fear of being branded a reactionary.
How many more will die in vain before we withdraw? | Seumas Milne | Comment is free | The Guardian
The attempt to exploit soldiers' deaths to win support for the shameful war in Afghanistan thankfully isn't working
Tony Blair: Iraq? A lot of hassle... Torture? It's not just an issue out there... Tories? If they win I won't be attacking them | Mail Online
Utterly unrepentant, a stranger to self-doubt and still insisting his conscience is clear - an unwittingly revealing interview with Tony Blair...
LITTLEJOHN: Fast-tracking the Tarmacing community on the NHS | Mail Online
One of the many emails I received yesterday was from a loyal Daily Mail reader incensed at the news that the NHS has decided to give priority to gipsies in hospitals and GP surgeries. He had tried to see his doctor in Wellingborough, Northants, only to be told that the first 'pre-bookable' appointment was in a month's time. His options were either to turn up on the dot of 8am, in which case he might be seen within three hours, or to sit pressing the redial button on his phone in the hope that someone would answer and offer him a slot some time between now and when he died of old age.
The Press Association: Midwives reject 'immigration' claim
The Royal College of Midwives has hit out at the British National Party (BNP) over suggestions immigration is fuelling a crisis in NHS maternity care.
The RCM said it "rejects absolutely the BNP's assertion that immigration is a problem".
WILLIAM REES-MOGG: Brown's conned us twice - don't fall for it again | Mail Online
For at least the past three General Elections, the FT has endorsed the Labour Party. I do not know whether the newspaper will do so again at the next Election, but it certainly has no prejudice against Labour. One should therefore take it seriously when a leading article in the FT describes our Prime Minister as being 'dishonest'.
The rise of British racism may be horribly close | The Spectator
As the June elections draw close, Fraser Nelson goes on the stump with the BNP and is struck by a troubling paradox: the less racist Britain is, the more popular this racist party becomes. As Westminster implodes, far Right politicians are posturing as the tribunes of working people
I am sick of my country and this hysteria over MPs | Joan Smith | Comment is free | The Guardian
I am sick of my country and this hysteria over MPs
People have been led to believe that we are governed by a corrupt political class. This is sanctimonious nonsense
Simon Jenkins: Any fool can raise a tax. But it takes a gutless one to splurge it on this stuff
The reason why the Stratford Olympics stands proud is that its cost is gigantic and devoid of any purpose beyond chauvinist bombast. Even that could have been won at a fraction of the price. The sum of £9bn is the entire yield of the new 50% marginal tax rate between now and 2012. As they sign their cheques to the Inland Revenue, the rich can reflect that in three years' time every penny taken from them will have vanished in the fireworks. Put another way, the extra revenue from petrol, drink and cigarettes between now and 2012 will barely cover the cost of the games.
Why the courts are at breaking point - Times Online
The Crown Court in England and Wales is at "breaking point" after a 5 per cent rise in cases to 136,000 a year, an independent watchdog has found.
As a result there are delays of several months in the hearing of serious criminal trials and the congestion is so bad that the Courts Service, the agency in charge, is spending millions of pounds converting magistrates' courts to tackle the backlog.
Meanwhile, only 70 per cent of cases last year were committed for trial within 16 weeks of coming before the magistrates and the Courts Service missed its target of dealing with 78 per cent of cases within 26 weeks. Delays are worst in London and the South East.
Malevolent voices that despise our freedoms | Philip Pullman
It is inconceivable to me that a waking nation in the full consciousness of its freedom would have allowed its government to pass such laws as the Protection from Harassment Act (1997), the Crime and Disorder Act (1998), the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000), the Terrorism Act (2000), the Criminal Justice and Police Act (2001), the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (2001), the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Extension Act (2002), the Criminal Justice Act (2003), the Extradition Act (2003), the Anti-Social Behaviour Act (2003), the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act (2004), the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), the Prevention of Terrorism Act (2005), the Inquiries Act (2005), the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (2005), not to mention a host of pending legislation such as the Identity Cards Bill, the Coroners and Justice Bill, and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill.
Stumbling and Mumbling: Karen Matthews & cognitive bias
If there’s one lesson to be learned from the Shannon Matthews affair, it’s that there are no lessons to be learned.
Put it this way. Human nature being as it is, some welfare mums are criminals, some are heroes struggling under terrible circumstances, and
Matthew Norman: It takes a rich man to pour such scorn on the poor - Matthew Norman, Commentators - The Independent
What stinks worse than the idea is the tone. From the pious, cruel-to-be-kind brayings of the Freud-Purnell pantomime donkey, every word emanating from the rear end, they seem confused into thinking that the jobless have a lesser stake in this society tha
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