It is not just his opponents who are pointing out that David Cameron is flirting with fascism and homophobia. Today Edward McMillan-Scott MEP who has lost the Conservative whip writes a withering attack which exposes the extremism of the Conservative Party. With all respect to the Yorkshire Post it deserves wider circulation. I have written previously [...]
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Just to say that I have now had over 42,000 hits on this blog since the beginning of the year. This represents a big increase on a year ago. I am pleased with this figure. Since my blog concentrates mainly on EU and European issues and Women’s Rights, it isn’t to everyone’s taste, to put [...]
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I have received a large number of comments to my post on the Cyprus Rally in Trafalgar Square last Sunday. I have done my very best to respond to these comments. I very much want to see a solution to the Cyprus problem and I believe both Greek and Turkish Cypriots need to contribute to [...]
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Yesterday I had the privilege to be invited to the Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Associatoin UK is part of the world-wide Ahmadiyya community, whose defining characteristic is their pursuit of peace and promoting good works, especially in developing countries. The Ahmadiyya communmity is devoted to “love for [...]
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Following on from yesterday’s post here are the remaining votes in Eurovision style from 5 to 1. 5. Rupa Huq http://www.rupahuq.co.uk/ A sociologist, Labourite and accidental blogger as she says on her strapline. Modern London life with plenty of politics. Always well referenced and a woman who I hope will be representing Labour in the [...]
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Richard Corbett Voting for my top 10 in the Total Politics awards here in traditional reverse order fashion are 10 to 6, 5 to 1 come tomorrow. This is my “Top Ten” as of now. Some blogs I link to are now not posting as frequently as they did. I will start with one that [...]
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In a shameless bid for recognition of my blog, please do vote for the Honeyball Buzz in the Total Politics Poll if you have enjoyed reading it this year. To do this you need to rank a list of ten blogs and send it off in an email to [email protected]. You must vote for 10 [...]
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Okay, amidst some heated discussion and re-checking of facts, I now wish to revise the figure of one million construction workers that I put out last week. As it is wrong. I misread the the information given to me by a charity, which I published on Sunday, partly as the press release was written in [...]
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Yesterday’s inaugural meeting of the 2009 – 2014 Culture, Education, Media and Sport Committee turned out to be a little more than the expected rubber stamping event. The members of the Socialists and Democrats (S &D) Group, including myself, broke with tradition and abstained in the vote on one of the Vice-Chair candidates. Usually these inaugural [...]
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