Interesting Links for 31-10-2015

[andrewducker]

• In 1965 this dress shocked a nation
  • (tags: history fashion Australia )
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sells 175,000 tickets in eight hours
  • (tags: harrypotter theatre )
• Tory MP says arresting peaceful protesters during Chinese state visit was a 'disgraceful infringement of free speech'
  • (tags: freespeech china conservatives )
• New Lords revolt looms

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

BB was in the Harry Potter queue for five hours including her basket crashing just before check out.

[andrewducker]

That must have been intensely frustrating. Did she get tickets in the end?

(I'm waiting for the movie.)

[danieldwilliam]

She did. For a year's time.

[gonzo21]

Never thought I'd be saying 'thank god for the House of Lords', but, thank god for the House of Lords.

[andrewducker]

I think they have an important role. And I'm glad they did this. I just wish it was different people in it.

[gonzo21]

Aye.

And a lot of this stuff we really hear about a lot in the media only when the Lords throw it back to the House. I mean the snoopers charter, without the Lords kicking up a fuss, May might have been able to sneak it through.

[kalimac]

Especially considering that one of the lords quoted in opposition to these powers, Alton of Liverpool, is best-known not for his civil rights stand but for his opposition to abortion. (I know of him mostly because he once wrote an article on Tolkien which weirdly turned into an anti-abortion screed.)

Was it intended as mockery of the Lords that the article included a photo of the State Opening of Parliament? It's kind of belittling to allow an implication that they normally conduct their business dressed in that manner.