Yesterday I received Tory propaganda in the post, along with a questionnaire. They are still repeating their claims that not only will they not cut...
Read More…Yesterday I received Tory propaganda in the post, along with a questionnaire. They are still repeating their claims that not only will they not cut...
Read More…The French report calling for a ban on women wearing Islamic face veils worries me, for a number of reasons. Don't get me wrong, I...
Read More…There's been a lot of discussion recently about the banning of the fundamentalist group "Islam4UK". Opinions are strongly divided; many people on both the left...
Read More…For quite some time, I've believed very firmly that public services should be public --- not private, run for the benefit of their shareholders to...
Read More…So, I saw an [article][0] on ConservativeHome defending David Cameron's proposal for all-women shortlists, and [another][0] opposing it, and the more I read the more...
Read More…Harriet Harman [is quoted as saying that][0] “One of Labour’s top two posts should always be held by a woman”, and that she does “not...
Read More…According to the [Grauniad][0], the Queen lacks the funds “to properly maintain some royal residences”. [0]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/29/queen-civil-list-running-out Surely this means that the royalist claim that...
Read More…So today we’ve had leaflets from the Tories and Labour. In fact, we’ve had quite a lot from the Tories; they sent one to each...
Read More…So the EU Parliament elections are approaching (4th of June). I was a little concerned by the number of right-wing anti-EU parties standing in the...
Read More…The USA has plenty of prominent fundamentalists in important positions, but for the most part the UK has seemed to avoid it. [Except in Northern...
Read More…Congratulations, US voters, on not fucking up for a third time in a row (unless you voted Gore/Kerry the last two times, in which case...
Read More…To anybody writing a web form that asks for my country --- or, for that matter, anybody else referring to it in any way: I...
Read More…I'm a little amazed that, after eight years of Bush, there's actually the possibility that the USA will have a presidential candidate who doesn't suck....
Read More…Rick Santorum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorum_%28sexual_neologism%29> has been whinging <http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/23/little-ricky-does-his-man-on-dog-bark-in-op-ed-on-same-sex-marriage/> about the recent California Supreme Court decision to legalise same-sex marriage <http://bma.subvert.org.uk/journal/2008/racism-and-homophobia--a-comparison.html>_: The California judges also ruled, for...
The Tory Scum have failed in their attempt to restrict women's rights <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7412118.stm>_. I'd kindly thank the anti-choice filth to keep their bullshit about "representing...
So, after reading 24 reasons for 24 weeks__, I thought I should read the list to which the former was a response, `20 reasons for...
I sent a letter to my MP [1]_ for the first time on Friday, `in opposition to the proposal to reduce the abortion time limit...
Read More…So this year I actually remembered to register to vote in the local election, not that it did any good; we didn't have much in...
Read More…So, I haven't really been following the US presidency stuff, but I got into a discussion the other night, so decided to learn more about...
Read More…Read More…"the doctrine of opposition to the separation of church and state." An unfortunately common stance in the US, especially given that many of the...
It occurred to me, sitting on the train to visit my parents, that there's a major flaw in George Bush's War on Terror; that is,...
Read More…On IRC, it was suggested that "the US needs exposure to sensible politics for once". I think this is a great idea, and since the...
Read More…Apparently, the US government uses the Soundex algorithm to match names on the terrorist no-fly list thing. This means that, if I ever try to...
Read More…For years I've been wondering why people get so worked up when soldiers die in Iraq, Afghanistan, wherever. They're soldiers. Soldiers die, that's a fairly...
Read More…Received a letter the other day, addressed to "Mr Dent" (I haven't been called that in almost two years now, but never mind...). > Your...
Read More…<http://stallman.org/republicanBeliefs.html>_
My favourite:
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
And if you need any proof that this is the case: From January 2007, the Department of Homeland Security will have to give explicit permission...
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