For half a century and more the Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal Democrats, languished as the high-minded, principled oppositional alternative to both Conseratives and Labour, and I have to say that most of us found that situation pretty comfortable, although we spoke wistfully of one day having the chance of getting into power. ...
Last night Centre Forum hosted a session on what makes for successful coalition politics for a junior coalition partner. Things were kicked off by a presentation by Ben Page (pictured) from MORI whose research shows the Lib Dems having lost 2/3rds of its 2010 support and made reference to various research papers that show junior partners, such as the Irish PDs, always lose out. What I found most worrying by the session was the general acceptance that this collapse of support is the end point of analysis (not the starting point) and there was little sense that the party needs ...
Today : * I attended the Annual General Meeting of the Sinderins Court and Pennycook Court Sheltered Residents' Association. It was very well-attended and good to see progress on a number of issues including the proposed planters at the seating area in Pennycook Lane. I was able to update residents about bin collection matters. There was thereafter a really entertaining and interesting talk by Ann Thomson on 'Local Witches and Vampires.' * I also attended the latest committee meeting of the Jericho House Support Group at which a number of us discuss fundraising and other projects to support this extremely ...
Just how public is social media? In a recent meeting at work a Social Media Policy was proposed. This maintains the privacy of individuals but makes the following observations; in despite of privacy settings on social media sites anything that you "share" can be copied and shared beyond yourself it is necessary to avoid blurring ...
My anti-tracking-software browser plugin blocks Disqus completely. I don't even see it's there. So, you know, if I don't comment on your blog, it's probably not because I don't want to but more because I don't want Disqus and or your blog tracking me and where I have been before I visited you or where I go after. And if I assume you have comments disabled, that's because I don't see Disqus at all because the plugin strips all elements of it out of my web experience. Just so you all know. [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
I'm in a minority of two with Stephen Tall. Need Healing? God can heal today! Do you suffer from Back Pain, Arthritis, MS, Addiction ... Ulcers, Depression, Allergies, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Paralysis, Crippling Disease, Phobias, Sleeping disorders or any other sickness? "We'd love to pray for your healing right now! "We're Christian from churches in Bath and we pray in the name of Jesus. We believe that God loves you and can heal you from any sickness. For a party founded (largely) by non-conformist Christians, there is a remarkably virulent anti-Christian tendency within the Lib Dems. Just mention the word "Christian" ...
I have posted before about the disgraceful deselection of Cllr Jamie Chowdhary, one of the most able and hardest-working councillors in a Conservative group short on strength in either department. Reports have now been confirmed that in a personal statement at this evening's full Council meeting he announced his resignation from the party he has worked hard to support for a considerable time, setting the record straight about the involvement of certain local Conservatives in the whole murky process. For an initial account see the Reading Chronicle website at socialise this: [IMG: add 'Cllr Jamie Chowdhary resigns from the ...
Via Storify, the highlights of Caroline Pidgeon's talk on public transport at a public meeting tonight in Westminster: Share " .@CarolinePidgeon talking transport to Westminster public meeting flic.kr/p/bGt4KD Mark Pack [IMG: markpack] Tue, Mar 27 2012 14:10:10 ReplyRetweet Share " Nice to see a sign-in sheet asking for emails at this @CarolinePidgeon public meeting on transport in Westminster Mark Pack [IMG: markpack] Tue, Mar 27 2012 14:01:03 ReplyRetweet Share " .@CarolinePidgeon says we need more express buses for commuters and better orbital routes Mark Pack [IMG: markpack] Tue, Mar 27 2012 14:11:01 ReplyRetweet Share " .@CarolinePidgeon – Hardly anyone uses ...
Don't forget Faith, Pride, and Chat, our informal social evening, is taking place on Friday, 30 March at 7 p.m in St George's Church on High Street. More detail....
Of course some of us have been under misunderstanding that last years riots were caused by work shy scum, what a relief to hear the news tonight that we have forgotten families to blame if that were there right word which of course its not. Call me a cynic, but the kids I witnessed on the streets on my way to work didn't look as if they wished to make any contribution that particular summer night last year. You might consider my view a bit glib but not entirely since I do come across plenty of young people prepared to ...
Nora Logan was one of a group of wealthy antivivisectionists who grew old together in a mansion flat overlooking Regents Park Zoo. Nora and her eldest sister, Isobel, were militant suffragettes, and both were imprisoned for refusing to pay a fine for smashing windowswrites Nina Boyd. And it seems that Isobel was a more significant suffragette than Nora among the daughters of my hero J.W. Logan. Isobel Logan appears in the Who's Who of Radical Leicester: Isobel became dissatisfied by the lack of action by the Women's Liberal Association on the question of women's rights. She resigned, saying it that ...
I will confirm this but it looks likely that April 16th at 2pm will be the time and date for the official unveiling of The Royal Welsh Way. The event will be held in the grounds of Bodysgallen Hall. I am hoping that the Unveiling will be done by 1 veteran, 2 soldiers from Blind Veterans UK and a serving Soldier/Officer. In attendance for the Ceremony will be an assortment from the Regiment including the Goat Major and representatives who have made this project happen including Gareth Davies who contacted me via Facebook to see if we could name a ...
I've spent the past 24 hours in a rather irritated state of mind. This is because of a letter signed by Christian MPs, including Lib Dem party president, Tim Farron, to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The letter is about an advert made by a group of Christians in Bath. The advert said (my emphasis in bold): "Need Healing? God can heal today! Do you suffer from Back Pain, Arthritis, MS, Addiction ... Ulcers, Depression, Allergies, Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Paralysis, Crippling Disease, Phobias, Sleeping disorders or any other sickness? "We'd love to pray for your healing right now! "We're Christian from ...
David Parsons, the Conservative Leader of Leicestershire County Council, will face a vote of no confidence at special meeting on 18 April. This follows the revelation that he has cost taxpayers more than £1m in expenses and allowances over the past five years. Today's Leicester Mercury quotes Simon Galton, the Lib Dem leader on the council: The reputation of the council is at stake and we've got to the stage where a public debate is needed about the leader's future. "The uncertainty surrounding the leader's position is starting to impact on the day-to-day business of the council. "When you sit ...
Tomorrow Brian Paddick and I are boarding our first campaign bus together, and what better way to celebrate than using it to launch our great One Hour Bus Ticket policy. We'll be travelling round eight London boroughs informing residents that the Lib Dems are dedicated to targeting fare reductions at those Londoners who need them most. Our Fairer Fares package proposes six ways to save, one of which is a One Hour Bus Ticket that will allow people to hop-on and hop-off buses as many times as needed within one hour, paying only one single fare. The scheme works successfully ...
... since they only have Disqus comments and I don't see them as an option because of my anti-tracking-software-blocker. The relevant post is here. My immediate reactions are as follows:While I totally agree with you that one shouldn't be sent to jail for tweeting offensive crap, no matter how offensive it is, I think you REALLY drop the ball on the other half of your post Calling someone a bigot does not in any way shape or form equate to a 56 day jail sentence. Calling someone a bigot does not restrict their freedom of speech either. I got called ...
Dolly Parton's favourite tune might well have been 'Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?' but when it comes to luxury cars all you need to do is work for Liverpool City Council. Every tax payer should react with ... Continue reading →
Is this Government corrupt? It depends on how you define corrupt. If the focus is upon demonstrable criminality then the answer would have to be no. More pertinently, is it corrupting? Recent events should concern anyone who believes that healthy democratic practice is important for a healthy society. I wrote several months ago that the Government already had a Fin de siecle feel to it. If anything the evidence of sharp practice is arriving ever more frequently. Last week we had the final act in the drama of the Health and Social Care Bill. The Coalition persisted in the face ...
This morning I blogged a defence of Tim Farron's co-signing a letter challenging the Advertising Standards Authority's decision to ban an advert making the claim 'God can heal', citing its lack of scientific evidence. This triggered a vigorous comments thread with a (generally) high standard of debate, which I've just been reading through. My view is a minority one among the party it seems. That doesn't bother me: for years I argued the Lib Dems' anti-tuition fees policy was utterly unrealistic. What surprises me more are the reasons put forward by some liberals for whom I have a lot of ...
While I've been away, there have been some good developments in the pasty tax campaign. First up, we're approaching 5000 members of the Facebook group. John Ault, who registered the government e-petition, has also produced a hard copy version to download. If you support this campaign and are able to ask local shops and bakeries to display a copy of this then it can get thousands more people involved with our campaign. My own local MP, Dan Rogerson, has also joined the campaign. Stephen Gilbert MP has written to the Chancellor asking for a meeting with pasty manufacturers to discuss ...
Some random facts I've learnt about the Games:The marathon was fixed at 26.2 miles in 1908 because that was the distance of the route from Windsor Castle to the Royal Box in the OIympic Stadium in White City.Both the modern Olympics and the Paralympics were born in the UK. Pierre de Coubertin was invited to the Much Wenlock Olympian Annual Games (which still take place every year) and he was inspired to found the International Olympic Committtee. The Paralympic Games began in Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1948. Hence Wenlock and Mandeville, the names of the two mascots (but you knew ...
Tue 27th
16:52
Opinion: subtexts rule! (or, why the subtexts of the budget and new roadbuilding plans are more impo...
This last week has demonstrated that a sailing ship without a destination will... well... just drift with the wind. During this last budget week the Tories, under pressure from their backbenchers, reduced the 50% rate of tax for higher earners. Under the principle of Collective Cabinet Responsibility, Lib Dem ministers defended the change, implying that this concession has been granted in return for broader anti-avoidance tax measures for the better off, and the next step in the reduction in the number of lower earners paying income tax. BIS Minister Vince Cable weighed in dutifully with facts and figures showing that ...
When I joined the Liberal Democrats, I knew I was joining an organisation that - perhaps more overtly and stridently than any other political party - believes passionately in the separation of State from religion. And though I'm Muslim, it wasn't a difficult step for me to make to join the Liberal Democrats as secular democracy is not incompatible with Islam. But in joining the Liberal Democrats I did not sign up to subsume myself into group think. In fact, the Liberal Democrats is a party full of - and I hate this phrase but it's apt in this case ...
Looks like both sides of the Atlantic have their fair share of underhand anti-marriage activists. Over here we've had a bit of confusion. Christian Concern at first attempted to have us believe that, as part of the current "Cash for Cameron" scandal, a Tory donor had paid to influence the party in favour of marriage equality. They have since removed that article but can still be seen here. The reason is because blogger Archbishop Cranmer (No friend of LGBT equality, he) has revealed it actually seems like the donation was aimed against marriage equality instead! Even more concerning is the ...
[IMG: The 2010 General Election Manifesto] Prior to the Coalition ALDC had very few requests for information about policy other than material to rebut the national Labour and Tory attacks on ourselves. When out of government this was reasonably straight forward exercise. In the fast moving media environment that we now inhabit it's a tougher job. So where can ALDC members and candidates access the information they need? Lib Dem policy The policy library is in the members area of the Party website and covers policy made at conference and national manifestos etc. Lib Dem 2010 general election manifesto Wales ...
If you are trying to explain to Liberal Democrat members and interested potential voters how the Lib Dem peers changed the health bill, much the best source of information is the House of Common's library standard note, which is non-partisan and available online at the Parliament website. In my view, no local Lib Dem group should be without it! It describes all the more significant amendments, from Lib Dems and also from Cross-Benchers and Labour peers, in a way that most of us can understand. It brings out the changes to the powers of the Secretary of State; the removal ...
There are many people I disagree with... often quite vehemently. Yet the jailing of a student for offensive tweets concerning the footballer Fabrice Muamba makes me very nervous. Freedom of expression means that we have the right to say anything within the law. The view of the court was that the drunken outpourings of Liam Stacey were illegal. They have been deemed to be not merely offensive but contrary to the law, since they have been deemed to "incite race hatred". As a result Mr. Stacey has now been sent to jail for 56 days. To my mind this is ...
It was great to hear the news a few days ago that Stockport has topped a BBC commissioned research project into growth and growth potential. The Liberal Democrat-run council really supports local small business ventures and as a result start-ups ... Continue reading →
[IMG: photo courtesy of Rachel Kramer] It's glorious around most of the country, and with the lighter evenings, great campaigning weather. In today's Election Briefing we thought we'd let you know what to expect over the next weeks from the Election Service. Our emails will normally be on Monday or Tuesday each week. They will contain links to articles and materials on the ALDC website. Some will be available to all but most will be in the members-only area. To access these materials you'll need to join ALDC if you are not already a member. For candidates in the 2012 ...
The latest, post-Budget, opinion poll from Populus (for The Times) contains a battery of questions about how the public view the overall image of the three main parties. Do they have clear ideas, are they for ordinary people, do they have a good team of leaders and so on. Leafing through the details two dangers leap out for the Liberal Democrats. First, the party's policy of differentiation has not – at least in the immediate aftermath of the Budget – come through strongly enough. Despite securing bigger compensatory tax rises for the richest than the tax cuts the Conservatives insisted ...
What is a typical Liberal Democrat activist member? Beards, sandals, glasses and an earnest look perhaps or Karen Millen with killer heels and a blackberry. Public not private sector? We know that all stereotypes from all parties have been falling like nine pins over the last 30 years or so. I remember being at a lively drinks party in ...
I promised some tips about long-distance trail walking. They all apply to walking for several days on a trail or not. Some may seem obvious, but on the West Highland Way last year I came across people who'd thought the WHW was a good opportunity to try out a new pair of boots and others who'd clearly not found out what a full pack felt like on their back until they set out for the Glasgow train. PLAN. Use the on-line information. Book accomodation in advance unless there's an abundance of it on the way (as on MOST parts of ...
Mae gwaharddiad ar alcohol ar y strydoedd, ar diroedd y castell a'r traethau, ond eto ni cheir ymdriniaeth ddigonol o'r problemau go iawn o feddwdod yn hwyr yn y nos ar strydoedd preswyl. Aberystwyth's quirky beach culture is back with the weather! But it is spoilt by over regulation. Today, for the first time, I saw a policeman walking along the beach, helmet and all, asking happy groups of young people to pour their alcohol away. He was doing his job, and deserves no criticism -Alcohol is illegal on the beaches! (As well as, and I agree with this, the ...
1. Introduction 2. The Three Refuges 3. The Four Noble Truths The Eightfold Path: 4. Right Understanding 5. Right Intent 6. Right Speech 7. Right Livelihood 8. Right Effort 9. Right Mindfulness The best place to be, is here, and the best time to be, is now. - Bill S. Preston esq and Ted "Theodore" Logan Aha. Ahaha. Ahahahaha. So. If you know me - if you've even spent ten minutes I my presence, you'll know I have difficulty concentrating on one thing for more than five minutes, without wandering off, zoning out, or just following my brain. No, wait, ...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) recently published and launched its new integration strategy - "Creating the Conditions for Integration". Following discussions with many concerned Lib Dem party members and feedback from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community organisations involved in race equality work, I am now more convinced than ever that this document does little to address the persistent racial inequalities that exist across the nation. The Government for their part are trumpeting this publication as equivalent to a race equality strategy - although one which has diminishing credibility within BAME communities up and down the ...
I trust this settles any confusion.
Well apart from about seven minutes of exempt session, I was present during the whole of the Council Excellence meeting last night. During those seven minutes (spent in the lobby), the Deputy Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Gerry Ellis arrived (the picture below isn't from last night but a recent Area Forum that he chaired). After ...
Last week I attended the final presentations and award ceremony for the 2012 Connect St Albans Dragons' Apprentice Challenge. This is a fund-raising project which brings together local charities and causes with local schools and local businesses in a win-win for everyone (even if everyone could'nt have prizes on the night). Connect St Albans is a group that links the needs of local voluntary organisations with the skills and resources of local businesses. It is led [IMG: STAGS dragon] by St Albans Centre for Voluntary Service (CVS) with the active involvement of the University of Hertfordshire (where the award ceremony ...
Tim Farron was wrong to put his name to such a poorly worded and badly argued letter. (There is a good free speech case for limiting parts of the ASA's remit, as is done with political speech. This letter was not it.) Hugh Grant, usually in recent years very sound on media matters, was wrong in his talk of extra regulation of Twitter. (There is a good liberal case for saying libel law needs to be more accessible, but a Twitter regulator is not the answer.)
In the midst of wrongly portraying the recent budget as lining the pockets of the rich, Labour have dismally failed to put their ballots where their mouth is. Sophy Ridge on the Sky News blog reveals that far from voting against the budget tax changes, just two Labour MPs walked into the 'No' lobby: Tory MP and assistant whip Greg Hands posed the question on Twitter: "When Labour said that 50p tax rate was temporary, were they referring to the rate itself or their 4-day opposition to its abolition?" While the Conservative MP Gavin Barwell teasingly tweeted Labour's Shadow Chief ...
Everyone this week has pretty much agreed that the Liberal Democrats did a good job on tempering the worst of Tory excesses in the budget last week. There is also universal agreement that we did well in getting our message out and I was particularly pleased with the splash page on the homepage of the national site. But if you read Deborah Orr in the Guardian on Saturday, it is quite clear that in the eyes of some we will never get it right. Deborah started off her article by bemoaning leaks from the budget and laying the blame squarely ...
The strange revival of the allotments movement in the UK may mark the unexpected revival of a very old, but lost political tradition - the English tradition of Back to the Land, which stretches back via the Distributists to Ruskin, Morris and Cobbett and much else besides: My new ebook on the history of allotments is now published and available.
They say be careful what you wish for, because you might get it. I wonder if that's how Jonathan Calder is feeling today. Way back last September he said he wanted to hear much beloved Party President Tim Farron make an unpopular speech. I disagreed with Jonathan at the time because I felt that Tim was hardly a shrinking violet at saying what he thought, especially as he'd waded into the most controversial debate at Scottish Conference when he was seeking election. Well, our Beloved President has really been and gone and done it now. He's only teamed up with ...
The Joint Select Committee on Privacy and Injunctions has now reported. It is worth reading through the report if you are interested in these issues. It also reports that I provided private evidence to the committee. I am not permitted by parliamentary rules to reveal what the evidence was that I provided. However, I can quote from the report (also see link). These parts of the report were
Over on the Home Office website there is a simple* online survey as part of the consultation into introducing equal civil marriage. It's an issue that is being effectively pushed by Lib Dem Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone, whose views on the topic you can read here. If you haven't yet given your views, why not head over to the Home Office website to do so? And if you have, why not share this post with others to encourage them to do so too? The pro-equal civil marriage website AboutTime has a handy guide to the consultation. * I say ...
This year, there's a lot of concern about public service cuts and rises in taxes for certain groups. This, to me, indicates the problem facing anyone in government - the British public wants better public services and lower taxes. I fully believe that the electorate is not stupid. But, right now, it's somebody else's problem - how to square the circle between wanting good public services and as much cash as is needed to achieve this, and paying as little tax as possible. These aims are mutually exclusive in the main, and certainly as exercised by New Labour and Tory.The ...
The Tories poll ratings this morning confirm that that the general public still are very suspicious of the Tories and believe that they are on the side of the wealthy. The people who funded the nasty anti AV campaign are now in the spotlight. We have a real chance of gaining the public mood if we go for a bold package of reform. If we go all quiet and do it behind close doors the only winners are the Labour Party. Clegg might find it hard but he has no business easing the pressure on Cameron. A cap of say ...
Lobbying is of ocurse an important part of a healthy democracy. We've all asked that a specific something happens. But professional lobbying - an industry apparently worth £2billion in the UK - can subvert our democracy by giving those with the greatest resources and money undue influence and privileged access to politicians. According to Unlock Democracy three quarters of people want lobbying to be more transparent, over half of Conservative, and two thirds of Liberal Democrat voters think lobbyists have 'too much influence' in politics. I agree with them. We all remember 'cash for questions' one of the more extreme ...
Lib Dem party president Tim Farron has caused something of a storm within the party by co-signing a letter in his capacity as Vice Chair of the 'Christians in Parliament' group urging the Advertising Standards Authority to withdraw their ruling "that the Healing On The Streets ministry in Bath are no longer able to claim, in their advertising, that God can heal people from medical conditions." The controversy is easy to understand, as it pits two tenets of liberalism against each other: free speech and rational scepticism. Personally, I am very happy to defend Tim Farron's stance. Here's three reasons ...
Some interesting points from an Isle of Grain resident on the proposed airport, weighing some pros and cons. Definite food for thought.
The Appliance Of Science @nine_below gives me marks for prediction (4/6). (tags: sf ) Sean in Mali: Living and Tweeting the Coup African mutineers take over capital; Twitter reacts. (tags: twitter mali )
When I was a student between in the middle of the last decade the Liberal Democrats were the party of choice. That was because under Charles Kennedy we were seen as a radical centre-left alternative to the Labour party that championed the causes of the young. It's unlikely that many would have guessed that only five years after I left university we would be two years into a coalition with Nick Clegg at the helm. However, it is precisely the move into Government with the Tories that has alienated so many of the people who once saw themselves as Lib ...
Cookies for priveleged people I often think that the "well done, have a cookie" response to people who are just waking up to their privelege is counterproductive. These still made me LOL (tags: feminism ) I am starting to feel like this. Sick of the special exemptions that religions get from civil life. Why should they be allowed to bugger about with legislation if they're not contributing? (tags: rage ) Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer Praying for poorly people doesn't make anything better and might make things worse if the patient knows about it. With that in ...
It is almost certainly a complete coincidence but, having published some thoughts on how the Party might develop policy in future, news reaches us that Federal Policy Committee are looking for volunteers (Party members only, I'm afraid) to form Policy Working Groups on the following subjects; Transition to a Zero Carbon Britain A Balanced Working Life (focussing on low-to-middle earners) Defence Taxation Skills and Post-16 Education Political and Constitutional Reform Europe One might almost suspect that work on the 2015 Manifesto has begun... For an application form for these working groups, please contact the Party's Policy Unit on 020 7340 ...
Lovely weather over the past few days and the Seabraes area looking lovely:
I was on the Wave 102 news this morning about the forthcoming West End community clean-up - press 'play' below to listen:
Tue 27th
08:52Opinion: we shouldn't make the poor pay for the irresponsible: on why Theresa May is wrong (again!)
I am fully aware of the evils of alcohol: believe me, I've spent my fair share of nights out on the town (and now have the dubious privilege of living above a dodgy nightclub in an otherwise pleasant area), so I have seen first-hand what binge drinking looks (and sounds, and smells) like. It is not a pretty picture, and in addition to being a blight on neighbourhoods in town centres up and down the country, it is a huge health nightmare. But how do you solve this problem? To quote from Yes, Minister, the Government's response rather looks like ...
News from the latest Indian census: more Indian households have a mobile phone than have a toilet.
I missed this article on the BBC a couple of days ago. It is about a number of firms (Coca Cola, Tescos etc)cutting the calorie content of their products. You would think this would please those campaigners who believe we are eating ourselves to death (that is when we are not drinking or smoking ourselves to death) but alas, they have seen the plans for alcohol and, well, they want a piece of the action....."I think we should look at what's happening on the alcohol network and actually the government have decided that the way to go is actually to ...
There's probably an obvious answer that's eluding me - but just why does Parliament go on holiday whenever the schools do? Christmas, Easter, Summer and most strangely of all - half terms? This isn't one of those 'why don't they all work a bit harder' rants. I'm not in any way suggesting that when Parliament isn't sitting that all our MPs are kicking back and going on holiday to Barbados. I know that's not true. But it is weird that Parliament revolves around when the schools are on holiday, unlike any other area of public life or business I can ...
In a rather unexpected departure from the usual activities of the Party Presidency, Tim Farron, in his role as a Vice Chair of the 'Christians in Parliament' group, has co-signed a letter to the Advertising Standards Agency; Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury Chairman, Advertising Standards Agency 21st March 2012 We are writing on behalf of the all-party Christians in Parliament group in Westminster and your ruling that the Healing On The Streets ministry in Bath are no longer able to claim, in their advertising, that God can heal people from medical conditions. We write to express our concern at ...
Last week, I completed my last, solo long run of marathon training. Can you believe that? I ran 20 MILES. Granted, I'm going to have to run more than that next weekend (as part of the Birch Bay 30K + a few miles) and I'm going to have to run 6.2 more miles on marathon day, but I still think it's a pretty awesome thing. You know, if I'm tooting my own horn. The 20 mile run feels like a huge milestone. It's kind of THE big long milestone run of marathon training. It's a really long distance and it's ...
Recently finished reading the Walter Isaccson biography on Steve Jobs and it is probably one of the best biographies I have ever read. By the end of this book I can guarantee that while you may have concluded that Steve Jobs was not a particularly nice human being you'll be left in no doubt what a ...
There's so much Hollywood crap being screened in British cinemas these days — as well as a few, genuinely worthwhile products of the Sunshine State — that it's sometimes hard to realise just how much really good British film there is around. The French and the South Koreans protect their domestic film industry in the sense that ...
The death of a young African-American woman shot in the head by an off-duty police officers in Obama's home town of Chicago, coming hot on the heels of the controversial shooting of schoolboy Trayvon Martin, threatens to crack open 'race' ... Continue reading →
