Ministry of Truth

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]

Oh dear, it looks very much as if the Church of England has got itself into a bit of snit over the government’s efforts to promote greater integration in Britain’s Muslim communties according to the Sunday Telegraph… The Church of England has launched an astonishing attack on the […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… An infant school teacher is in the playground supervising the kids at break time when she spots one of the kids for her class, a little boy named Johnny who lives on the local council estate, skipping around the playground […]

I see that Blunkett’s memoirs are starting to appear in serialisation and already it seems that some interesting information is emerging… Recalling his role in the war cabinet, he says: "I did two things, one that was good, and one that was not so clever. I asked rigorous […]

Apropos of my previous post regarding the appearance in court, yesterday, of ‘ex-BNP member’ Robert Cottage on explosives charges relating to the discovery of bomb-making chemicals, rocket launchers and an NBC suit, it now appears that he may not be a ‘former member of the BNP’ as described […]

The Police raid two houses. In one they discover "a record haul of chemicals used in making home-made bombs", in the other the find "rocket launchers, chemicals, and a nuclear or biological suit". It’s a terrorist plot, right? It’ll be all over the national news in a shot? […]

Unpeak has the answer – via Jarndyce at The Sharpener…

Last night;s Question Time was one of those occasions where you really do end up feeling a bit sorry for David Dimbleby when you some of at the distinctly low-rent panellists he was landed with; Ian Hislop was moderately entertaining and Shirley Williams provided the kind of welcome […]