Candidates have been competing for the spotlight in first debate between Republican USA presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire. Who won the debate? Commentators tell us two people did. One was former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Some republicans loath him for passing a healthcare reform programme that closely resembles “Obamacare”. Some of his party call him [...]
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Mitt Romney: Would the USA people elect a Mormon President?
Posted: 14th June 2011 by graham in news_comment, preach_it!Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill
Posted: 11th June 2011 by graham in Culture, news_commentOn 8 June 2011 Baroness Cox launched a new Bill in the House of Lords which addresses the problem of Muslim bodies adjudicating on matters which ought to be handled by the UK courts. The Bill particularly seeks to protect Muslim women from the discriminatory or coercive application of Sharia law in the UK. Clearly [...]
Religious people make better neighbours says Sacks
Posted: 9th June 2011 by graham in Culture, news_comment, preach_it!The chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, argues for the value of religion. Sacks is quoted in a Guardian article. He writes: “A powerful store of social capital still exists. It is called religion: the churches, synagogues and other places of worship that still bring people together in shared belonging and mutual responsibility. The evidence shows that [...]
Released this last week is the End of Life Care Patient Charter from the Royal College of General Practitioners in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing. The language used at times and the focus on autonomy and choice leaves it open to exploitation by pro-euthanasia groups, who have been quick to affirm it. Perhaps [...]
In some ways I feel we should all hang our heads in shame. Social care of the old and needy was sold off to speculators who made their profit and now it is going down the pan. The speculators need not panic though as they will have learned the lessons from the bail-out of the [...]
In the House of Commons there is growing momentum behind the campaign to protect freedom of speech by making a much needed crucial change to public order laws. MPs from across the political parties have co-signed an amendment to remove ‘insulting’ words or behaviour from the scope of Section 5 of the Public Order Act. [...]
Sewer under Leicester Squ blocked by a four-foot wall of solid putrid fat
Posted: 27th June 2011 by graham in news_commentEnough fat to fill nine double-decker buses is being removed from sewers under London’s Leicester Square. They had to dig through a four-foot wall of solid fat to get in. The operation, began in the early hours of this morning and involves a team of “flushers” equipped with full breathing apparatus and shovels to dig [...]