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Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Action: please lobby your MP. Why are these mainland MPs so eager to change the law in Northern Ireland? From SPUC: There is a proposal in the UK parliament to extend Britain's liberal abortion régime to Northern Ireland. Ms Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, England, and colleagues from other parties have tabled an amendment to the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology...
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NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Carolina is sending more than 70 legislators and legislative staffers this week to the National Conference of State Legislatures' annual meeting in New Orleans, where House Speaker Joe Hackney will be installed Thursday as president of the orga
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Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Hackney riverside, and those barbecue and beer days are now just a distant memory:
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Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Boris Johnson has just appointed Anthony Browne, fresh from directing David Cameron's favourite think tank Policy Exchange, as his Director of Policy. I'm not sure we can expect a sensitive approach to policy questions regarding race and migration from Mr Browne, given the views he has expressed about these matters (and about my home borough of Hackney) here in the Spectator . Personally I found his...
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The London Review of Breakfasts (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
The LRB is in the very first Hackney Podcast. Little Georgia is the legendary cafe that fell foul of the Broadway Market development scandal a few years back: Hashley Brown pays a visit to their new-ish premises with presenter Francesca Panetta. Inspired by Des Ayuno's glowing verdict last year, he tries out the Full Georgian. But what did he think of the beans and how does it all compare to the Georgian...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
You have posted an editorial in the Wilmington paper that was based on this story in the News & Observer. As is typical with the writer of the N&O story, he attributes a position to an elected official, in this case Speaker Hackney, without any statement from that person: House Speaker Joe Hackney said Wednesday that he does not support legislation that would make "reasonable" legal fees automatically...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
I think most people who observe politics in North Carolina are favorably impressed by Hackney. Your suggestion that he be replaced is silly from multiple perspectives. But this reminds me of the gal who told me the other night how concerned she is for women's rights but that she is not going to vote for Obama because of FISA. "Great concept!" I told her. You'll sure show him! You go ahead and advocate...
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A Foolish Interruption (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
There would be few things worse for a serious blogger writing about serious issues than to have your stuff lifted by the dead tree press without attribution. The indefatigable Dave Hill expressing the indignity so well in his lament in today's Guardian about the fact that the Hackney Gazette has been filching material from his blog without crediting him for it: So why does the Hackney Gazette think...
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footy247 (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) is backing an exciting new sports and arts programme set up to help youngsters in Greenwich and Hackney gain new skills.
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Stop with the petulance already. Boring~ On the basis of this issue, and that editorial from the Wilmington Star, you assert that Hackney should be replaced. Do you think the Wilmington Star was calling for Mr. Speaker to be replaced on that basis? Have you read any of Hackney's comments about this issue, or considered, in light of Hackney's stellar record and reputation for ethics (spotless, by the...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The public pays the price Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:40 p.m. Forces that routinely treat the state's open-government laws with contempt have won another round. Blame N.C. House Speaker Joe Hackney, who used his power to block a bill that would have put some teeth into laws asserting the public's right to know the public's business. Mr. Speaker didn't like the part that would require public...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
I would be interested why Stan thinks that Joe needs to be replaced. I don't think the House could have picked a better replacement for Jim Black. Wake Forest won't play us anymore Michigan last year LSU - you are next Go ASU!
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Joe Hackney be replaced? Great idea. Let's take the most ethical, fairminded, intelligent and straight-shooting member of either house of the General Assembly, one who has risen to the Speaker's chair precisely because of that well-deserved reputation, and replace him. Sure, Stan.
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
What I would like to see, though, as I put my thoughts together (including those from two abortive "explorations" of NC Party Chairdom), is your practical suggestions of what would work at the National (that's where going back on the DNC can help), State (I'll be on the Executive Council for another 4 years), County (I've done the County Chair thing before - thankless, but important work), Precinct...
