UGANDAN GOVERNMENT AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES

You may or may not know that there is a pretty disgusting bill going through in Uganda at the moment. The provisions are as follows… Gay men and lesbians convicted of having sex would be sentenced, at minimum, to life in prison. Homosexuals who have sex with a minor may receive the death penalty. Anyone [...]

THE POOR CHAP

Sorry to be desperately off topic what with Copenhagen etc but I have just read about the manager of Manchester City  being sacked. What a tragedy. I was particularly emoted by the solidarity from one of his fellow managers who had this to say… “I don’t think anyone is surprised by these things anymore. It [...]

SCOTT RITTER ON IRAN AGAIN

Good interview here with Scott Ritter debunking the propaganda about Iran…

IN A NUTSHELL

Nicely and succinctly put by Ralph Nader…and it is pretty much exactly the same process as in most allegedly democratic countries… “You have a tug of war with one side pulling. The corporate interests pull on the Democratic Party the way they pull on the Republican Party. If you are a ‘least-worst’ voter you don’t [...]

REFERENDUM

So, the white paper about a referendum for Scottish independence has been published. I am reading my way through the whole thing now. I support Scottish independence wholeheartedly and it will be interesting to see how much of it is ‘independence lite’, as some of the plans have been called this in various quarters. Will [...]