Libel Reform: Defamation Bill – Third reading: House of Lords… today!
The Defamation Bill receives its Third reading in the House Of Lords today. Those who might have assumed that its passage has been progressing all tickety-boo would do well to […]
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Libel Reform: Defamation Bill – Third reading: House of Lords… today!
The Defamation Bill receives its Third reading in the House Of Lords today. Those who might have assumed that its passage has been progressing all tickety-boo would do well to […]
Hey Scientologists! – I’m still gonna read it
I’m not a fan of advertising – the art of making you need what you don’t want. (The ads which occasionally appear at the foot of posts on this blog […]
Ask a stupid question…
During a disappointing Question Time last evening, (the confusingly titled) Baroness Warsi, in response to a suggested consideration of whether our monarch should follow the example of Queen Beatrix of […]
Is comment not free?
As I’m currently a frugal-living skinflint, I’ve been eschewing forking out for newspapers and tend to do my weekly world catch-up on-line. And if this means, as it sometimes does, […]
Policial III: when not voting speaks
Without wondering as to why, with turnout so low, it took so long to return results, I’m bemused by some of the reaction to the PCC elections. My local organ […]
Policial II: to vote or not to vote?
Further to my musings on the worthwhileness of the Police and Crime Commissioner elections taking place today, I sent what I consider a not entirely impertinent e-mail inquiry to all six […]
Policial
The first elections for the newly created post of Police and Crime Commissioner are to take place in England and Wales this coming week. Voting is an important right, so, […]
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