Tag: political stuff
Oh dear.
MP brands dyslexia a ‘fiction’ A Labour MP has claimed dyslexia is a myth invented by education chiefs to cover up poor teaching. Backbencher Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley, describes the condition as a “cruel fiction” that should be consigned to the “dustbin of history”. eta link to full article. I’m not sure I can…
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Darling admits whisky duty error
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Darling admits whisky duty error Mr Darling told the Commons: “I said on Monday that what I wanted to do was to make sure the level of taxation on alcohol and on cigarettes remained the same. “So that broadly the reduction in VAT would be cancelled out by a change…
For any American readers
Doc’s Sunrise Rants » Rant mode > On Take the thousands of autoworkers, the empty factories, that 25 billion, and retool to a green industry like solar panels. The price of solar panels would go down, the average homeowner could afford them, and we’d do away with our dependence on foreign oil overnight. This seems…
Baby P: Ed Balls admits new child protection law would not have saved his life – Telegraph
Baby P: Ed Balls admits new child protection law would not have saved his life – Telegraph Anne Marie Carrie, the director of children’s services for Kensington & Chelsea in west London, was applauded for suggesting that the £224million being spent on setting up the ContactPoint database could have been used to fund more social…
Something New
Recently, I posted “Oh look, someone has noticed”, remarking on how the Government has suddenly noticed that we have a problem over food security and fuel security. Today we have something new: But Mr Woolas, who became immigration minister in the reshuffle earlier this month, said: “This government isn’t going to allow the population to…
Oh look, someone has noticed
A food crisis is highly likely in the UK, with price and availability becoming issues that swing the outcome of future elections, according to a report from the thinktank Chatham House. Grauniad Following on from Gordon Brown’s sudden insight that we had “fuel security” problems, now someone has noticed that we also have a “food…
UK's renewable energy efforts 'ineffective' | Environment | The Guardian
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’ | Environment | The Guardian Britain ranked 31st in the cost league of 35 countries, prompting criticism from environmental group Greenpeace. “Our renewables industry has been left to wither on the vine while our European neighbours have raced ahead, creating new jobs as well as fighting climate change and securing…
Petition actions | Protect The Human
Petition actions | Protect The Human This autumn the Government wants to push through a Bill allowing police to lock people up for 42 days without charge if they are suspected of a terrorism-related offence. When the Counter-Terrorism Bill comes back to the House of Commons, your MP will have a chance to help defeat…
Five-year-olds making better progress but one in seven can't write name | Education | guardian.co.uk
Five-year-olds making better progress but one in seven can’t write name | Education | guardian.co.uk Five-year-olds in England are making better progress, ministers said today, but one in seven still cannot write their name after a year at primary school. Assessments showed that 14% of them struggle to write and one in 10 had trouble…
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Women to rule Rwanda parliament
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Women to rule Rwanda parliament Rwanda will be the first country where women will outnumber men in parliament, preliminary election results show. Women have taken 44 out of 80 seats so far and the number could rise if three seats reserved for the disabled and youth representatives go…