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What a load of rubbish
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MP's response to libel reform campaign
I recently wrote a letter to my MP asking him to support the moves to reform the libel laws in this country, and also to find out his opinion on the current situation.
Unfortunately I got a reply that basically said "oh look, there's a fence over there. It looks jolly nice. I'm going to sit on it".
Here's the reply:
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Thank you for your recent ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all. Just a quick thought that goes beyond the usual new year messages. The last decade has seen many close family and personal changes for me. I've been close at hand to weddings but also divorces. I've welcomed new arrivals to the family, but also felt the difficulty in letting go those that have departed. In the last decade ( Read more... ) -
You say you want a revolution? Evidently, I don't want to change the world
Well, I feel like a big fat stinking hypocrite.
Ever since Lucie was pregnant, I've found myself getting more and more annoyed with the way fathers are treated in this country. To name but a few:
- A system that hardly ever asks how the man is feeling and coping whilst the woman is pregant
- Men completely ostrasized by health professionals (I remember ( Read more... )
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An atheist's guide to Christmas
I'm not religious. I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned that before.
Further than that, I'm an atheist. Not sure if I've mentioned that either. Lately I've been getting more and more involved with the atheist movement. There's something strangely liberating from actually discussing your view point with others. Before I just never really said much ( Read more... ) -
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Third post in a day. Go me.
But I just wanted to mention that I'm highly likely to moan about Halloween later.
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Stepping out
A few weeks ago I wrote about how baby milestones actually gradually come about, and don't just happen all of a sudden
Nearly a year on...
Well, Archie has been mastering the art of walking for the last few weeks, from tentatively standing up, to walking along the sofa, to walking everywhere using our hands for help, to slowly relying on them less ( Read more... ) -
Every vote counts
Please excuse me whilst I paraphrase slightly, but what I write will be pretty much what was said:
"I took the advice of the fees office for all expenses I claimed, and they told me that all were allowable within the rules"
- Jacqui Smith on why she thought it was OK to claim her sister's house was her main residence, and her family home as her ( Read more... ) -
Careers advice
Sometimes, no matter what you do, people will moan.
I'm passionate about widening participation in uni. I'm only the second person in my whole family to go to uni (my brother was the first). However, I don't think that uni is for everyone, and it isn't the be all and end all, so for those who leave education with a clear idea of where there going ( Read more... ) -
Jan Moir
Everyone else is talking about it, so what the hell....
I couldn't believe what I was reading when I was read what Jan Moir wrote about Stephen Gately's death. I read it relatively early in the morning, as the power of Twitter was already warming up and news of the 'opinion piece' was spreading. Back then the title was still "Why there is nothing ' ( Read more... )