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The U.K Ministry of Defence yesterday awarded a £50 million uniform contract to a firm planning to subcontract the work to China. The British Army combat uniforms will be made in China in a new attempt by the Ministry of Defence to cut costs. Local politican Lindsay Hoyle has criticsed the move pointing out that "with China's reputation for human

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That children need to work long hours in a country that won't allow unions with little alternative seems to serve some as a prime example of how flawed the "anti-globalization" movement is; I'd argue that it is a clear indictment of globalization - the fact that children need to work in these conditions with little alternative is the clearest example I can think of as to why this situation is untenable. I'm aware that my posting would raise these issues.

I still can't figure out where you got that bit about me wanting to suppress free speech from though.

What I'd really like to do is raise awareness of the appalling standards that are outrageous in every possible sense of the term in these places. There clearly needs to be some kind of dialogue on this issue. The fact is any discussion right now seems one sided and based on profit margins: the dali lama is "snubbed" by Blair, the government issue a 50 million pound contract with no mention for the labour camps in which the clothes may be made, Murdoch belittles the spiritual leader of an oppressed people while exploiting a new market with the human rights abuser: this isn't progress, there isn't a dialogue here. One could make a (perhaps more intelligible) comment here on "free speech".