Burning the flag doesn’t make freedom go away, it’s kinda like Free-dom ok?

Does anyone know whether idiocy is a transmissable illness, because it seems to be catching in a big way in some circles. Flag-burning law plan criticised Human rights groups have opposed a plan by police chiefs to make flag-burning by protesters a new criminal offence. No-o-o-o Shit! The […]

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch…

Local (i.e. Birmingham) newspaper, The Sunday Mercury, has an interesting tale to tell this week. If its report is to be believed then the BNP is in pretty serious financial trouble having made a loss of around £94,000 in the last year and leaving the party with debts […]

That’s the sound of the man – uh – working on the chain gang.

Via Tom Watson, I discover that yesterday the ordinarily quite sensible Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, John Denham, appears to have suffered a mental aberration of sorts and suggested in the House that offenders undertaking community service should wear uniforms and that unemployed offenders should receive longer […]

Selling Justice by the Dollar…

There are times that one has to question the very sanity of some of our leading politicians, never mind their judgment and common sense, and today would appear to be one of them; as evidence by this official press release that appeared on the Labour Party website in […]

A horse designed by a committee…

There is a maxim, thought to have originated either with Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the Mini, or in the July 1958 issue of Vogue, which holds that ‘a camel is a horse designed by a committee’. The meaning of that maxim should be clear to anyone […]

The pack slumbered and only a few watchdogs rattled their chains…

And finally, the story of two (allegedly) former BNP members caught with bomb-making equipment two weeks ago starts to make the national press… sort of… At the time of writing, ITV news has the story in a sideblock on its main news page, while leading with John Reid’s […]

So sang the blithe reporter-man…

Anyone remember this story from a couple of weeks ago? BRAVE HEROES HOUNDED OUT By JULIE MOULT, JAMIE PYATT and TOM REILLYOctober 07, 2006 MUSLIM yobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from Afghanistan sparked outrage last night. The house in a […]

He shoots… and hits the target…

Not too much to say on this, just a damn fine article by A C Grayling on Comment Is Free… It is time to refuse to tip-toe around people who claim respect, consideration, special treatment, or any other kind of immunity, on the grounds that they have a […]

Faith Schools…

Paul Burgin has re-published a few thoughts of his on the subject of faith schools, which originally appeared on Labour Home and which merit a response… With faith schools once again being the hot potato issue, I felt it was time do do a reflective piece on this! […]

Opus Dumb and Opus Dumber…

I did wonder when this particular chicken would start coming home to roost… Cabinet split over new rights for gays · Blair backs Ruth Kelly in church row · Faith schools seek equality opt-out The cabinet is in open warfare over new gay rights legislation after Tony Blair […]