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Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Some people may recall that back in October, Donal Blaney , via Griffin Law , managed to get an order in court, dubbed the "Blaney's Blarney Order", that allowed for an injunction to be served on Twitter in the UK. Specifically the order required that an unknown Twitter user anonymously posting under the same name as someone else, and effectively impersonating them, could be ordered to stop...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Tomorrow afternoon I will be interviewing John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, for the January edition of Total Politics . I'm starting to think of the questions I will ask him, so if you have any suggestions, do feel free to leave them in the Comments.
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Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I see via the Steamie that local Linlithgow resident Fiona Hyslop is the first of the SNP cabinet to be forced from office. Considering that last week their were almost back to back announcements. The first that Local Authorities were to be encouraged to 'retire' elder teachers to make room (especially within budgets) to allow new teachers to take their places. The second that local were to blame...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Now that I have picked myself up off the floor and recovered from a laughing fit, let me point you to THIS mini scoop for Paul Waugh, in which he reveals that Health Secretary Andy Burnham is considering running for the Labour leadership after the election. I mean, it's almost as preposterous as Ed Balls putting himself ... er, right. Yes, I see... I don't know why, but I have always thought Andy Burnahm...
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Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Just what has led to SNP Education Minister being removed from the Education brief in cabinet, after all she has been the SNP education Spokesperson/Minister for quite a number of years now. There was obviously the shift in blame over teacher numbers. Only last week Hyslop was about to encourage Local Authorities to borrow money to pension off older teachers. This despite them being unable to meet...
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Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
What a month I've had, took a fortnight's holiday and had a week without broadband and then the Laptop packed up. Therefore I don't expect the stats of this month to be all that good. Although Mark Valadares did call me 'the godfather of Scottish Lib Dem blogging', and I did make the Golden Dozen in the midst of my local difficulties. However, at the start I climbed into the top 40 of the Wikio Political...
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politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Now you can bet on the most accurate final poll? Aside from the party HQs the most tense places to be on election night will be at the six polling firms which carry out monthly surveys of political opinion in Britain. How close were they with their final poll? For they all know only too well that [...]
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Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Definitely one for the "WTF" category, may I introduce you to the Rape-a X e , an anti-rape device from South Africa. According to the website, The Rape-a X e system consists of a latex sheath, which contains razor-sharp barbs. The device is worn in her vagina like a tampon. When the attacker attempts vaginal penetration the barbs attach themselves to the penis, causing great discomfort....
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And another thing... (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
COMPARE and contrast the following two statements: The government should butt out of our lives and allow adults to make their own choices without nanny state interference. The government’s job is to tell us what kind of relationship would suit us best, and to spend our money doing so. You see what I did there? I took a [...]
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sir Patrick Cormack is the latest senior Conservative MP to announce he will not fight the next election. He has issued this statement. I have informed the Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker, and the Chairman of South Staffordshire Conservative Association that, after a great deal of careful thought, and family discussions, I have most reluctantly decided not to offer myself for re-election at the...
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Yesterday Gordon Brown announced he had ordered 500 further troops to be sent to Afghanistan. The same day the 99th soldier was killed in Helmand. He was from the lst Battalion, Coldstream Guards and died after a blast in the Babaji area. His death takes the toll to 236 . I can do nothing more than offer my sincere condolences to his family. Including special forces this will mean the UK has in excess...
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Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
So, while we are not supposed to send the troops gifts to raise their morale, we are also not supposed to criticise the war now? Public opposition to the war in Afghanistan is demoralising troops on the front line , senior military commanders have warned. Support the troops or you are unpatriotic! And support them only in the manner with which we agree, or else! A number of senior officers told The...
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Bishop Hill (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Matt Briggs has written a layman's guide to what is and isn't evidence for anthropogenic global warming. Matt has a way of explaining things very, very clearly, that cuts through so much of the nonsense spewed by the media. Read the whole thing .
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Tory Radio (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Crisis in the Commons. It seems as though they have run out of toilet paper. For quite a while I have been banging on about what a waste of time Early Day Motions are – particularly give that it costs around £600,000 every year to print them. In times of crisis though it has become clear [...]
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