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A recently published review - but not
yet made available on-line - by This report comes as the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigates the case of Fiona Pilkington. Police were called 33 times in seven years to reports of abuse, vandalism and violence by local youths and lack of resolution of her difficulties led to her killing herself and her severely disabled daughter. The Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis
O'Connor_ Where police did attend, confidence in the police increased, although almost all the victims in these cases said they were dissatisfied with the explanation given. The six top-performing Constabularies are_
and the worst is_ Nottinghamshire.
A speed camera in a 50mph
section of road-works on the M6 has caught-out more than 5,500
motorists in five weeks. "I can't offer an explanation for it. I can't understand why people haven't seen the signs and cameras and are continuing to speed." And where is this camera located,
you ask ?
Lord Selsdon recently re-launched his Powers of Entry Bill into the House of Lords, calling for a code of practice to put strict limits on entry powers of officials for all cases except those involving suspected serious crime or terrorism. Researchers working for the peer and the home office have found that there are 1,208 powers of entry, in 295 acts and 286 statutory instruments (which do not have to be debated in Parliament); and include dozens of recent laws covering everything from anti-terror, environmental and consumer protection to anti-social behaviour. Lord Selsdon said he had been pursuing the issue of curbing the wide-ranging powers for officials to enter private homes for more than 30 years - and is not going to let it drop since "it has got into my blood". Odd pieces of legislation which include
"powers of entry" encompass_
Lord Selsdon enviages_
The Bill was given an unopposed second
reading in the Lords but without government support is unlikely to
become law.
Baron Selsdon of Croydon, in the
County of Surrey. As of 2009 the titles are held by the third Baron, who succeeded in 1963. One of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Selsdon sits on the Conservative benches.
Sir Nicholas Winton (now 100) and Mr.
Denis Avey,
91, will receive the ''It is right that we reflect and
learn from the past as we go forward in the future. 'That is why I was
pleased to create a new award to recognise those amazing British
individuals who through extraordinary and selfless acts of bravery
protected and rescued Jews and others in the Holocaust. These
individuals are true British heroes and a source of national pride for
all of us. They were shining beacons of hope in the midst of terrible
evil because they were prepared to take a stand against prejudice,
hatred and intolerance. We pay tribute to them for the inspiration they
provide now and for future generations to come.''
Ladies and Gentlemen, we salute you all
And now they've vetoed proposals to pay the UK and the Netherlands reimbursement for the 3.8bn €uros (£3.4bn / $5.2bn) following the collapse of 'Icesave' bank Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said that her government would stay in office and continue seeking negotiations, despite the "No" result - 93% of Icelanders have voted "No". Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphethinsson said talks with both UK & Dutch governments would continue. He suggested that the referendum result was good for his government's position. "It certainly doesn't weaken our hand," even though he had told Reuters news agency he expected a new Icesave deal "in the next weeks, perhaps sooner" - and had hoped to avoid this situation by agreeing a new repayment plan before the vote took place. President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson rejected suggestions the vote was meaningless, stating "It's not a pointless exercise because the referendum, according to our constitution, is on whether the deal which the British and the Dutch insisted on at the end of last year, should remain in force as a law in this country." Finance Minister Steingrimur
Sigfusson has been trying to rebuild shattered finances (85% of the
banking system collapsed and the currency lost its value) following
fellow financiers - "the vikings" - making loans worth
ten times the size of the country's GDP during the boom-period. Chancellor Alistair Darling
'was confident' that the UK would get its money back - but not for many
years.
[And still
no news of Wyre Forest D.C. retrieving ANY of the Millions
of Pounds of OUR money back from the 'good-value' and
'completely safe' investments which they made in Icelandic Banks
.. In Memory of Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008)
Jon Venables -
now aged 27 - the convicted killer of toddler James Bulger, is still
'sheltering' behind Jack Straw's (skirts) undisclosed reasons ("to
ensure that allegations are properly investigated"). Venables .. or whatever he is called .. the UK's youngest murderer .. has breached his bail conditions and been recalled to prison because of "extremely serious allegations", according to the 'Justice Secretary'. [Don't they just 'love' their titles .. 'Justice' secretary .. it makes you feel all warm and secure._Ed] The Sun newspaper claims that Venables, who was released in 2001 on licence with a new identity after serving just eight years for the 1993 murder, is alleged to have committed a serious sexual offence. The Telegraph
however cites repeated visits to Liverpool during which he enjoyed
drunken nights-on-the-town at clubs such as Krazy Horse, Funky Box, Bar
Fly and Walkabout, drinking up to 8 pints of strong lager, 'cocktails',
and taking ecstasy, methadone and cocaine. The Sunday Mirror, however, claims Venables had sparked concerns by using drugs and revealing his past to people - but that the main reason for his recall was on suspicion of child pornography offences - involving 'Class Four' material. "I said on Wednesday that I was
unable to give further details of the reasons for Jon Venables' return
to custody, because it was not in the public interest to do so. Now that his present identity is 'known'
to other inmates in jail, he will presumably have to be given (yet)
another new I.D. - at a cost to the taxpayer of £250.000. [Oh Yes, we quote Terence Rattigan's
legal epithet from 'The Winslow Boy' .. ..
The pound fell 1.7% to drop to a 10-month low below the $1.50 level against the dollar for the first time since May. It has lost 7% against the dollar so far this year - also falling against the euro and most other major currencies. Fears are growing that the UK will have a hung parliament in the forthcoming election, making it harder to pass legislation and so hurting the nascent economic recovery. With the Conservative lead over Labour narrowing to two points (down from six points last week - the lowest in two years) Labour would have 317 seats, nine short of an overall majority, with the Tories on a total of 263 MPs. Head of Pimco, the world's
biggest bond fund manager, The Truth being 'forced' out of scientists
Monday's committee work included an interview with Professor Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia's (formerly) prestigious Climatic Research Unit. The Science and Technology Committee, chairman Phil Willis, took evidence from the unit's director (currently on 'gardening leave') - and later on from arch climate-change sceptic Lord Lawson. The integrity of climate change research is in doubt after the disclosure of e-mails that attempt to suppress data, a leading scientific institute has said. The Institute of Physics
said that e-mails sent by Professor Phil Jones had broken “honourable
scientific traditions” about disclosing raw data and methods and
allowing them to be checked by critics. The e-mails contained “prima
facie evidence of determined and co-ordinated refusals to comply with
honourable scientific traditions and freedom of information law”,
it added. The committee failed to press him about several of the most damaging e-mails he had sent, including one in which he asked a colleague to delete information that had been requested (he was considered close to a nervous breakdown). Professor Jones' "stock" reply to many questions was .. “it hasn’t been standard practice in climate science for all data to be disclosed." Which explains Lord Lawson of Blaby's statement .. “Proper scientists, scientists of integrity, wish to reveal all of their data and all of their methods. They don’t need freedom of information requests to force it out of them.” Hundreds march in Defence of THEIR Hospital .. Defend
our National Health Service
NHS executives propose to close the Accident and Emergency department at the Whittington hospital. This puts at risk all those across North London who would have to travel further in an emergency. It would also threaten the future of other services at the Whittington as well as adding to the burden in other hospitals. This has outraged thousands of people! A huge campaign is building up across North London. Please join the campaign and spread the word, protest, write to the press, sign the petition, and tell everyone you know about the demonstration. DEMONSTRATE
TO SAVE THE WHITTINGTON Defend the services at all North London’s hospitals Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition: www.dwhc.org.uk defendwhittington@gmail.com __________________________________ Saturday (27th) saw hundreds of protesters marching in a rally which culminated at the hospital in Highgate, organised by the Defend Whittington Hospital Coalition. Their protest,
against proposals to close the accident and emergency (A&E)
department at north London's Whittington Hospital, follows the
publication of NHS plans going out for consultation in which the
hospital may have to merge its A&E with those of London's Royal Free
Hospital. The Metropolitan Police reported between 200 and 300 people at the start of the march, with more than 1,000 people gathered for the rally. "We
need our local A&E. People who have never been on a
demonstration are here. It's our hospital. We
need those services here." Follow this link to sign their On-Line Petition. _________________________ And there's also the Camden Campaign ('darn the Ol' Kent Road' ..) who have been protesting since 31/03/2008. ________________________ NHS London has revealed plans for more than 100 'polyclinics' across the capital over the next five years, which will offer a wider range of services in one place. An NHS London
spokesman insisted: UKIP lion 'roars' at "the Grey Mouse" of Europe
FARAGE FINED __________________________________ Nigel Farage, who leads UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEPS in the European parliament (and particularly Eurosceptic) has unleashed a barrage of criticism against the President of the European Council. Prefacing his words with the
qualification "I don't want to be rude," The attack, which astonished the chamber - used as it is to bovine acquiescence of European "principles" - came as Mr. Van Rompuy made his maiden appearance in parliament in Brussels. "Who
are you ? "Oh, I know democracy is not popular with you lot," he said, in an aside to fellow members of parliament as they voiced their surprise. Mr. Farage did admit that he thought Mr. Van Rompuy was "competent and capable", adding that this made him "dangerous". "I have no doubt that your intention is to be the quiet assassin of European democracy and of European nation states. You
seem to have a loathing for the very concept of the existence of nation
states. Farage Links
(for those of you who haven't heard of him) Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April
1964) - was educated at Dulwich College before joining a commodity
brokerage firm in London. He ran his own brokerage business from the
early 1990s until 2002. Active in the Conservative Party from his school
days until the resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1990. "Señorita Nina, from Argentina, .. "
With some $13bn of international debt falling due this year, and a hole in this year's budget of between $2bn and $7bn, Argentina is obviously starting to regret that it decided, unilaterally, in 2007, to scrap an agreement with the UK to share the proceeds of any oil discoveries in Falkland's waters. Nestor Kirchner, the predecessor and husband of the current president (they like to keep things in the family "Down Argentina way ..") decided to increase pressure on the UK to reopen talks on the sovereignty of the islands - and this move was supposed to 'frighten' us. Falklanders can still remember the "charm offensive" of the late Guido di Tella who, in the 1990's (he was foreign minister at the time) aimed at winning-over their 'hearts and minds' by sending annual Christmas cards to every household, accompanied by presents such as video cassettes featuring children's character Pingu and books, including the adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Now, with the words 'oil' &
'billions of barrels' being written about the area, the
gloves are off again - yet again.
Drilling rig, the Ocean Guardian, is being towed by tug to the North Falkland Basin, widely considered the most promising of the four areas licensed for exploration: the North Falkland Basin (relatively shallow drilling of 500m. or less), the Falkland Plateau Basin, and the South Falkland Basin (drilling depths up to 9,000ft. - but not as deep as Brazil's big discovery of recent years, the Tupi oil field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro). [Our copy title refers to the Noel Coward song .. Señorita Nina, from Argentina,
despised the Tango Let's hope that the words of his final couplet don't ring true ..-Ed] There surely never could've been a It was good to hear Christine Pratt bring National Bullying Helpline to the nation's consciousness: http://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk and to know that The Rt. Hon Ann Widdecombe MP and David Cameron MP have both said such complimentary things that their quotes appear on that web's <FrontPage>. They specialise in "Training, Investigations and Mediation" and use "processes and procedures have been thoroughly vetted by The Charities Commission and the CIPD. They work closely with ACAS and BERR on anti bullying initiatives. Policies and Agreements that they use have been approved by The Law Society." The Patrons of the
society are:
Of importance to any operation
with large management structures are the statistics that - National
Bullying Helpline (NBH) was established in 2002 and acquired Charity
status in 2007. NBH has traditionally been associated with workplace
bullying advising both employees and employers - but recently extended
its remit to cover all nature of bullying, specifically playground
bullying and bullying within neighborhoods and local communities. This
broad umbrella provides the perfect platform for the charity to advise
and speak on a variety of issues and to become the instinctive 'port of
call' for those struggling with bullying issues. NBH works with the
media on issues which have a bullying element. Where confidentiality is
sought it is always given - unconditionally. The National Bullying Helpline is the only Charity in the UK providing FREE support in all corners of Society, whatever the nature of the bullying
The Dutch government has collapsed over disagreements on the extension of Dutch troop deployments in Afghanistan.
Christian Democratic Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende announced that the Labour Party was quitting
the government following their consideration of a NATO request for Dutch
forces to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2010. There are just under 2,000 Dutch service
personnel serving in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan since 2006,
whose deployment has been extended once, already . The troops should have returned home in
2008, but they have stayed on because no other NATO nation has offered
replacements. "Where there is no trust, it is
difficult to work together" [And before anyone starts winding their underpant's elastic too tightly, remember those 21 Dutchmen .. and then read the words of this song .. it might give you an idea of a Dutch point-of-view .._Ed] "My sister and
I remember still a tulip garden by an old Dutch mill, My sister and I
recall once more the fishing schooners pulling into shore, We're learning to
forget the fear that fell from a troubled sky. "My Sister and I"
OOOOO
Amy Williams, 27, from Bath, won Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal, establishing a track best-ever time in doing so. (Three minutes 35.64 seconds.) Her victory in the women's skeleton has been 30 years coming. Team-mate Shelley Rudman, who was seventh overnight, recorded her two quickest slides, including the overall fastest of 53.82 seconds on the final run, but could only reach sixth. Amy was reserve in Turin four years ago and was used as a commentator on the event by BBC Radio 5 live, watching Shelley Rudman win silver. "Never in a million years did
I think I'd come here and win gold,. I don't think it will sink in for
weeks and weeks. She will receive her gold medal in a ceremony due to take place at about 0300 GMT on Sunday. [Britain does not have a full skeleton track to train on - just a dry starting section near Bath_Ed] "Who is that masked man, Keemo-sabe ?" "I don't know, Tonto, .. .. but if I can catch him .. and ask him to show me his passport .. !"
Following the death in Dubai of Mahmoud
al-Mabhouh, an alleged Hamas commander, doubts have been shed on the
involvement of The Irish Republic's government has
confirmed that numbers on three other suspects' passports were
legitimate; however, Dublin said they did not match records for the
names of Both France and Germany were also raising doubts over the identities of two suspects involving use of a French and a German passport. Salford-born Mr Hodes, 37, said he had not
left Israel for two years and was Mr Mildiner, 31, told the Jerusalem Post: Be
that all as it may, Mr. Mabhouh was murdered in his hotel room on the
20th January .. .. and its now 18th February .. .. and so, FOUR WEEKS
LATER, we now get Gordon Brown on radio saying, not what he HAS done, ..
not what he IS doing, .. but what needs to be done .. in the future ! And WHY ? So WHAT has Gordon in mind ?
[Too true, blue. 'Cos the Passport and its
associated I.D. card (your 'trump' card, you thought) you have been
trumpeting as the 'gold standard' for UK anti-terrorist, anti-identity
theft. Mayor's daughter robbed of handbag While one regrets anything unpleasant
happening to a man's daughter, one does not foresee similar circumstances
surrounding the off-spring of our current or, indeed, even our former Wyre
Forest Mayors.
Leonid Chernovetsky, the Mayor of Kiev (Ukrainian: Київський міський голова) has held the position since March 26, 2006, having won 31.83% of the popular vote. As of December 2006, his rating has decreased to 8%. through his increasing of the price of household services (such as hot and cold running water and gas) by 340%. Kristina Chernovetskaya, whose father Leonid Chernovetsky is also a banker, was traveling from Paris Charles de-Gaulle airport in a chauffeur-driven car when a man approached the vehicle at around noon in Saint-Denis, a suburb north of Paris and grabbed the bag - that contained rings, earrings and other jewels worth 4.5 million euros (six million dollars), Her chauffeur gave chase but the thief got away. The only consolation for the poor girl was that the thief left behind some $11,000 (8,000 euros) in cash. Since the theft, all traces of her have disappeared from Facebook and other social networking sites. The Chernovetsky family regularly turn
(petrol) heads in Kiev.
[What an inspiring combination of Capitalism and Communism _Ed] A 'fishy' tale from Scotland
Iain .."Hands Up".. Gray,
the Labour leader in the Scottish Parliament, asked MSPs if any of them
would have written in support of a repeat offender. Gordon Brown, with his appointment with he Iraq Inquiry looming, is not the only Scot with problems on his hands. Scotland's First Minister, Alex
Salmond, during 'Questions', backed his deputy, Nicola
Sturgeon, .. just, but repeatedly dodged questions
about her attempts to prevent a fraudster being sent to jail ! Given the chance to defend his deputy's
actions, on at least five occasions he declined to give a straight
answer. However, opposition parties at Holyrood
have forced Ms. Sturgeon into agreeing to make a statement to the
Scottish Parliament on the matter. Oh .. and
Gordon Brown DID get a mention in the debate .. "It's
NOT Compulsory.
This week the Identity
Minister Meg Hillier appeared on
the BBC's 'The Politics Show' to
demonstrate just how bad at gymnastics (and databases) she is.
[1916 .. I don't remember being issued with 'papers' then .. do you, Meg ? _Ed] The programme is online
until 14th Feb at: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/the_politics_show_london) [I'm not even old enough
to remember those dreaded words .. "Papieren, bitte !" ..
The Independent Parliamentary Standards
Authority (Ipsa) has replaced the
Commons Fees Office in a change designed "to give the public 'confidence' in the payments systems in
'The
House'." Remember ? Well, the annual running cost of Ipsa will be £6.5m.- with most of the budget expected to be spent on recruiting about 80 staff - and paying its chairman Sir Ian Kennedy a salary of £100,000 p.a. This will come on top of the £1.1m cost of Sir Thomas Legg's audit .. .. and the inquiry by the standards watchdog Sir Christopher Kelly - which cost £400,000. Then there's the costs of the Police Investigations into the three Labour MPs and one Tory Peer who are to be charged under the Theft Act ( Elliot Morley, Jim Devine, David Chaytor and Lord Hanningfield) - and the Crown Prosecution Service fees, particularly if things go to Appeal. So 'lets do the maths' .. that's_
And all to 'recover' over-claimed expenses of £1,120,000 on second homes allowances. Leaving the Public just £37,380,000 out-of-pocket - but with plenty of jobs-for-the-boys and 'professional-fees' for the be-wigged and those 'in silk'.. [Seems quite reasonable .. if this were a country called "Freedonia" _Ed]
"Freedonia" was the
country 'rescued' in 1933 by Rufus T. Firefly (a.k.a. Groucho Marx) in
'Duck Soup', arguably the most thoughtful of the Marx brothers films.
Dr Richard Taylor joined with other
MPs and peers on 3rd February to call
for wide-ranging improvements in musculoskeletal services,
including the appointment of a National Clinical Director.
The reception held in the House of
Commons by the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
Alliance (ARMA)
highlighted that one in four of us have a musculoskeletal condition
– that’s 10 million people nationwide.
Such conditions account for an estimated 80 million GP visits a year, the direct loss of 10.8 million working days and 22 per cent of long term incapacity. The field is, however, suffering from a lack of strategic clinical direction of the kind which has been deployed successfully in areas such as cancer, heart disease and stroke. Copy and Photograph courtesy of ARMA New Tory arrives in Bromsgrove
"Hello, Sajid
Javid, and welcome to
Bromsgrove. This is your new constituency. It's called 'Bromsgrove'. This is where you'll be living for the next few years .. that is, if we vote for you. Your family will probably be able to tell you where Bromsgrove is .. if you get a map, you'll need to look under the West Midlands .. and a little to the left .. [Which is probably where your votes will have gone_Ed] You managed to beat the other five short-listed candidates .. but we weren't able to give you a unanimous vote .. so watch your back - there's people on the committee that didn't want you. How you'll be able to support yourself while you campaign we don't really know .. after all .. you've had to give up your occupation as a 'businessman and entrepreneur'. But we know that 'You're the Guy for
Us' since your declared first priority now you've become our 'official'
candidate is_ Well, 'Job Done' then ! And you've even got a motto (!) .. and
its And your first "quote" .. "What's happened in the past has happened." Yes .. Sajid .. you're just the guy to follow Jules .. .."
The PIGS are bring the (€) Euro down
There are fears that the fragile global economic recovery could be de-stabilised - or become a ""double dip" recession - as a North/South Eurozone split looms. The
PIGS are to blame - that's Portugal, Ireland, Greece and
Spain; Spain's Banco Santander,
owner of Abbey, 'Bradford and Bingley' and 'Alliance and Leicester', has
lost 16 per cent of its value. The possibility of a
break-up of the eurozone is being openly discussed. Is the 'cure' as bad as the 'problem' ?
With MPs Expenses hitting the headlines, yet again; the problems that MPs are having with the bureaucracy which is supposed to be the solution to the (over) payment of expenses would seem to indicate that the 'solution' is not much better than the original 'problem'.
"My name has been cleared and my reputation restored with the confirmation by Sir Paul Kennedy that I acted 'openly and honestly'." [So Legg got that one wrong, then_Ed] Can a situation, whereby one sixth of those involved disagree so radically with the process that they are prepared to go to Court to establish their 'innocence' .. and use words such as "libel" to challenge how they have been described .. have any true validity ? ["We'll change the rules .. we'll apply them retrospectively .. we'll 'libel' you in our 'judgement' .. we'll fine you .. and, if you dare to object ..you'll have to go to Court to prove your 'innocence' .. Yeah, that sounds like 'New Labour' "justice" _Ed] Clare tells it .. "Like it is .. !"
Clare Short, being a
Brummie girl, is near-enough 'one-of-us' .. Recounting her Cabinet experiences, it was obvious that she definitely wasn't 'one-of-them'. [Thank heavens_Ed] Using words like and rattling along at a
pace to exhaust the stenographer, she recounted her experiences of being
"jeered at"
.. by fellow Cabinet Meetings had few agendas, no briefing notes, lacked structure, were often un-minuted, and consisted of 'gentle chats' where everyone agreed with Tony [Tony, mate .. is that any way to run a committee in a Scout Hut ? _Ed] Her summary of the whole Tony Blair experience .. .. "I was conned." [Weren't we ALL _Ed] Politcs is now presented with a public disagreement by two people who both believe that they are 'infallible'.
Vs
Both
contestants claim to be dedicated to bringing "equality" to
the people
________________________ The Pope's visit to
the UK was likely to take place in September, with further details of
the official itinerary expected in early March. He is expected to visit
Birmingham (as part of the planned beatification of Cardinal John
Newman) as well as Scotland. "Welcome to 'The New Social Order' .. " a particularly Orwellian cadence. The Equality Bill being championed by Harriet Harman (the Labour deputy leader) is described as a 'consolidation measure' bringing different strands of anti-discrimination law together while, at the same time, implementing EU directives. In reality it is deeply
ideological legislation in which Ms. Harman indulges in her favourite
occupation of social engineering, in her 'last gasp' attempt to mould
the sort of nation that Ms. Harman would like to see, before electoral
changes.
"We
will discriminate against you .. because we want to be fair
!" "However much wrong-doing .. however many mistakes ..
Professor John Beddington, the
government's chief scientific
adviser says he
is concerned that the debate on climate change was becoming artificially
polarised and reminded scientists to be more open about the uncertainty
of predicting the rate of climate change.
Prof. Beddington believed that even
if there were more allegations of wrongdoing by climate scientists, or
mistakes and miscalculations were proved, he remained confident in the
basic science.
"Carbon dioxide, when it is in the atmosphere, increases global warning. We know we have increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the pre-industrial period by something of the order of 38%." * “ I don't think it's
healthy to dismiss proper scepticism. Science grows and improves in
the light of criticism. *
For
a contrasting 'take' on the science behind this issue "It's life, Jim !"
With a pause for effect that even Alec Guiness would have been proud of, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, questioned as to Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's credentials as a lawyer, replied .. "Yes, .. .. .. but he's not an International lawyer." "Lamentable" and "Lacking
in Transparency."
This
week's evidence has revealed a third and, until now, un-publicised draft
legal advice, seen by the Foreign Office in February 2003, which stated
that there should be a further security council resolution before
military action in Iraq.
Wednesday's hearing ought to concentrate on how Lord Goldsmith arrived at the legality, or otherwise, of the invasion. CMG, fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House and Professor of International Law at University College London. She resigned on 20 March 2003, three days after Lord Goldsmith's final advice reversed her legal opinion that the invasion was illegal without a second United Nations Security Council Resolution to SCR 678. Tuesday's evidence centred on process – what systems were in place to ensure that government policy was compliant with the law, and a list of the breaches in the events leading up to the war. Michael Wood (Foreign Office chief legal adviser at the time of the decision to invade Iraq) and Wilmshurst (his deputy) affirmed that it was their view too that there was no legal basis for war without a further UN security council resolution.
You will no doubt
have been wondering what had happened to the government's report on
Prescription Charges. In the Observer
(25/01/10) there is an article which says that the government is 172 MPs have
signed an Early Day motion urging the prime minister to implement the
policy. They claim "the government has identified savings from the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme of around £550m per year from 2010, which will be more than sufficient to cover the £250m-£350m cost". In
fact £550 million would cover the cost of abolishing all
prescription charges. Early Day
Motion 306 That this House supports
the Prescription Promise campaign in urging the Prime Minister to
implement his promise, made in September 2008, to abolish prescription
charges for people with long-term conditions as soon as possible;
believes that timely access to appropriate medication is crucial in
order to minimise the impact of living with a long-term condition for
the individual and to minimise the cost of treating long-term conditions
for the NHS; is therefore concerned that the recession has made it
harder for large numbers of people with long-term conditions to pay for
their prescriptions and that many are going without vital medicines;
notes that the Government has identified savings from the Pharmaceutical
Price Regulation Scheme of around £550 million per year from 2010,
which will be more than sufficient to cover the £250-£350 million
cost, estimated by the Department of Health, of implementing free
prescriptions for people with long-term conditions; further notes with
concern that Professor Ian Gilmore's review of prescription charges has
not yet been published; and calls on the Government to publish this
review and its own response as soon as possible. An early day motion (EDM), in the
Westminster system, is a motion tabled by Members of Parliament for
debate "on an early day" (namely an unspecific date in the
future). They are only very rarely debated on the floor of the Chamber
of the House but serve to demonstrate the degree of groundswell of
opinion on a topic. Download
a "classic" Les Dawson 'take' on Prescriptions OK Lord 'H' .. Why the big State Secret ?
In a secret and highly unusual order, Lord Hutton, chair of the controversial inquiry into government scientist Dr Kelly's death, has barred the release of all medical records, including the results of the post mortem, and unpublished evidence, for a seventy year period. This move, coming just days before Tony Blair and Gordon Brown appear before the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, will provoke fresh speculation about the true circumstances of Dr Kelly’s death and revive claims of an establishment cover-up.
"What is it about David
Kelly’s death which is so secret as to justify these reports being
kept out of the public domain for 70 years?" "It is astonishing this is
the first we’ve known about this decision by Lord Hutton and even more
astonishing he should have seen fit to hide this material away."
As we have published elsewhere on this
page, a group of doctors (including Dr. Powers) has compiled a medical
dossier as part of their legal challenge to the Hutton verdict.
In a letter leaked to a
major national newspaper it has been revealed that a
30-year ban had been put in place on ‘records provided
[which were] not produced in evidence’ (possibly witness statements
which were not disclosed at the time).
The then Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer used the Coroners Act to designate the Hutton Inquiry as ‘fulfilling the function of an inquest’ and so suspended any inquest into Dr Kelly’s death before it could begin.
[If this were a spy-thriller, you would start wondering just how soon a public figure, who was so 'in-the-know' about those who work in the shadows, would be found floating in some murky East-end backwater, dangling beneath the arches of a Thames bridge .. or, possibly, lying quietly at the edge of some woodland in Oxfordshire (possibly Harrowdown Hill) .. with his wrists cut .. _Ed] __________________________________________ Some of the more vivid websites have mentioned some extreme 'conspiracy' stories; such as Russian Embassy cars (prefix 248D) being seen in Oxfordshire that day, and Detective Chief Inspector Alan Young starting a computer file in his office in Thames Valley Police Headquarters in Kidlington, on the death of Dr. Kelly - one hour before he died ! They have, however, posed the
legitimate question: whether
the Ministry of Justice is able to explain the legal basis for Lord
Hutton’s order ? Climate Change 'Guru' apologizes for 'Climategate' blunder
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri - chairman of the IPCC - has issued his unprecedented apology for the claim (which appeared in chapter ten of the 938-page IPCC Fourth Assessment Report) on the impacts of climate change, where it was stated that ..
He acknowledges that this is not the case.
In the autumn of 2009, India's
environment minister Jairam Ramesh accused the IPCC of being
'alarmist' over its predictions after the 'melting glaciers' claim
has been questioned by a growing number of critics in recent months. Most of the Himalayan glaciers are hundreds of feet thick and physically cannot melt quickly enough to vanish within 25 years. Even the fastest-melting glaciers are receding at only a rate of two or three feet a year. Many scientists are surprised
it has taken so long for the IPCC report to be debunked.
But
the 'IPCC Fourth Report' information is not based on any scientifically
accredited, peer-reviewed, published, scientific study. And how did we 'inherit' Dr. Raj ?
The difference between 'Justice' and 'The Law'
The 'Law' produced two different varieties of 'justice' this week. In one verdict - that of the Court of Appeal - Munir Hussain, 53, who had been sentenced to 30 months for grievous bodily harm with intent - was released under a supervision requirement for two years, having had his jail term was reduced to 12 months, suspended for two years. He had hit Walid Salem with a cricket bat following being attacked and tied-up within his own home and he and his family being repeatedly threatened with death by armed intruders. The Judges and Law Lords who benefit from
a life-style and personal security regime which 'protects and insulates'
them from the fears and concerns which the majority of the population
feel, were of the opinion that people who had been subject to such
appalling violations should be in such control of their feelings and
emotions that they can remember and comply with every nuance and
sub-clause of the law (which takes a judge a life-time to assimilate). Readers might identify more readily with the words of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson who said that people who put themselves in danger to tackle criminals should be celebrated as "heroes". In the other case, Mrs. Frances Inglis, 57, of Dagenham, Essex, whose concern for her son's terrible injuries had driven her almost "insane", was sentenced to a minimum of nine years imprisonment for having ended his life and his suffering, calmly and quietly, by lethal heroin injection. The circumstances of the case and of the
unremitting and incurable pain which Thomas Inglis, 22, was suffering
led Judge Brian Barker at the Old Bailey to say that the
background of "tragedy and grief" will have struck a chord
with all who had heard it. This case is tried just as Independent
MSP (Menber of the Scottish Parliament) Margo MacDonald's
"Right-to-Die" bill for the terminally ill is to be published
at the Scottish Parliament. These cases re-enforce the feeling that there is a gulf - sometimes insurmountable - between 'The Law' .. 'Justice' .. and 'Fairness'.
Claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction which could be used within 45 minutes was a little "local colour" - so claims Sir David Omand, who was Tony Blair's former security co-ordinator. Sir David, who was "Security and Intelligence Co-Ordinator" from 2002 to 2005, was asked by the Chilcott enquiry about the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's alleged (WMD) weapons of mass destruction and the controversial claim that they could be used within 45 minutes - central to the row between the BBC and the government. The committee has also been
looking at the foreword to the dossier, in which Tony Blair wrote that
he believed that 'intelligence' had established "beyond
doubt" that Saddam Hussein had continued to produce
chemical and biological weapons. Sir David said there was "this
psychological state of being unwilling to admit that actually it wasn't
going to turn out the way that had been predicted" and
outlined “a clear
difference within Washington between the CIA (and its own analysts) and
those inside the Pentagon. British intelligence did not support the suggestions that al-Qaeda had links with Saddam Hussein and, "in the end" the CIA had to come to the same view. [It has long been known that 'Military Intelligence' is a contradiction in terms_Ed] David Cameron's 'Grand Idea' for Education ..
The Conservatives latest 'ploy' to convince voters that "they" have a solution to the education 'problem' is to promise to make teaching - a "brazenly elitist" profession. He obviously intends not only to make it a
'graduate profession' .. David William Donald
Cameron, who was born 9 October 1966, studied
Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, gaining a first
class honours degree. [And good for him. Well done_Ed] But how does he think that someone similarly qualified in taking-in leaning will automatically turn into someone who is capable of giving-out a high-quality learning experience to others ? Adding to this "apartheid" in
academia, Leader Cameron has said he will deny financial help with
training for those who fail to get at least a 'good' second-class
university degree. "Teaching is an extremely demanding
profession and not everyone can do it, even those with first-class
degrees. Anyway, can we remind you all just how 'old hat' the entire concept of 'elitism' is ? John Major (Conservative). "I want changes to produce across the whole of this country a genuinely classless society so people can rise to whatever level from whatever level they started" - 1990 Tony Blair (Labour).
"We have a "classless society" .. Dave .. Don't worry about what Gordon said ..
[OK .. spot the TWO "COMPLETELY CLASSLESS", NON-ELETIST, budding Tory politicians_Ed] More Spin Than Tony Blackburn !
"The
Chilcott Enquiry will make as much difference as ..
Officials of the Iraq Inquiry completely
under-estimated the length of time they needed to question Arch
Spin-Doctor Alastair Campbell.
Whereas it had been expected that a three hour morning session would suffice, the hearing rolled on for a further two hours, into the afternoon, with Campbell given ample opportunity to defend both Tony Blair's premiership (they are STILL regarded as 'an item' behind-the-scenes) and the decision to take Britain to war in Iraq. At this rate, two days rather than one will be needed when Mr. Blair arrives to present his evidence - in two or three weeks' time. It is interesting that on this day the Chairman, Sir John Chilcot, took little part in the day's session, leaving the questioning to his four colleagues. BBC World Affairs correspondent Peter Biles commented that, for once, there were some quite lively exchanges - as the committee "sought to 'square' Campbell's version of events with some of the earlier evidence heard". [Oh, heaven forbid, let's not go there .. _Ed] Health Committee - First Report - Alcohol
In a scathing report which accused ministers of paying more attention to the 'drinks industry' advertising than the views of professional health experts, the Health Select Committee called for
"The facts about alcohol
abuse are shocking. Alcohol abuse in England and Wales kills 40,000 people every year. Minimum pricing*, a policy already endorsed by both the Scottish Executive and the Chief Medical Officer for England, has previously been rejected by the unlikely coalition of the Prime Minister and the Conservative Party. Alcohol abuse costs the economy £55bn every year. The committee's report also stated that_
The rate of duty on a
litre of pure alcohol (1947) was more than the weekly average manual
earnings of a woman. Responses to the Report "It beggars belief that the
government was still 'dithering' .. " "This cosy relationship
needs to end, and we need radical action to tackle alcohol misuse." "This is a damning
indictment of the way successive governments have tackled alcohol health
harm, with action ranging from the non-existent to the
ineffectual."
These are all now unachievable
aspirations which 'Young Nick' has "shelved" And just think of
all that hot-air wasted at Party Conference after Party Conference And what does
Nick Clegg offer instead ..?
(Text transcription as
originally read in the House of Commons) + - + - + STOP
PRESS + - + - + The
Highways Agency and councils are cutting salt use by half - The Local Government Association said that major roads would be gritted and people would still be able to "get around" .. but Councils would have to reduce the amount of salt used by 25% due to dwindling salt supplies. But Paul Watters of the AA said, "Some
roads may no longer be safe" after the government asked
councils to conserve salt stocks. The government has ordered salt from
abroad - but this is not due to arrive until
First, government minister "Veggie"
Benn (as he was known at this week's NFU Farmers'
Conference in Oxford) Secretary of State, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs, spoke of _ WHAT
A LACK-A-DAISICAL ATTITUDE ! Then, the Rt. Hon. Lord Andrew
Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, spoke
of But
THIS IS PRAGMATISM .. British Salt Limited in Middlewich,
which supplies councils from across the UK with low grade salt to spread
on roads, has substantial queues of lorries waiting to load supplies
from the plant - which is working 24/7 to meet demand.
Councils normally use rock salt for
gritting roads but with supplies running low many are adopting the
low-grade alternative from British Salt - brine which is pumped
from deep beneath the ground for food production.
But what can WE do to help ourselves ?
Then again, some towns and cities make people pay an extra charge for using studded tyres because they wear the roads out more quickly. They are even banned on some roads in Stockholm.
Some winter tyres are made of softer rubber than usual and with a different tread pattern, which means they are less likely to skid - but do not last as long as normal tyres and have a restricted maximum speed. Salt grit on roads is actually only
effective down to a temperature of about -10C and it is the use of more
suitable tyres that means some countries - with more severe winters than
the UK - spread less grit.
Snowploughs are another popular way of
clearing roads.
Talk about a 'Single Issue' Party .. !
"Cameron launches .. draft manifesto for the NHS .."
So 'scream' the headlines on the Tories' website. The opening salvo from the Conservative party in the first week of the run-up to this year's General Election shows what a 'single issue' party the Tories have become. And to prove that its not
the first time that they've been "quick-out-of-the-trap" on
this issue, check-out the photo .. [So, a word of warning to 'the lads' in Margaret Thatcher House .. careful with the old 'single issue' issue .. it's obviously the issue closest to the heart of "the great leader"_Ed] Congratulations Iceland !" .. * .. "It's TREASON !"
Saturday 6th March
06/01/10
In contrast, Iceland’s
prime minister Johanna
Sigurdardottir, leading an unstable coalition of
centre-left politicians, told reporters in Reykjavik that although
Iceland would have its referendum - that “Iceland honors its
international obligations.” Jon Danielsson, an
expert on the Icelandic economy at the London School of Economics
said,
"It is the job of the
president of Iceland to make sure the nation's will is answered. It is reported as an astonishing
decision which really plunges Iceland into a constitutional crisis. __________________________________________
"We were able to
represent our arguments to the president, and also on the occasion we
handed over a petition to ask the president to reject the current
Icesave bill. In contrast, the Icelandic
government had threatened to resign if the deal was rejected by MPs. These* were the different reactions (from the governing centre-left coalition and the opposition) to the 33 to 30 vote in the Icelandic Parliament to approve plans to repay 3.8bn euros (£3.4bn) to the governments in the UK and the Netherlands. These countries partially
compensated savers when the Icesave online bank failed and repaying them
was seen as crucial to Iceland's bid to join the EU and rebuild its
economy. More than 320,000 savers lost out when the bank collapsed in
2008. "Approving the bill is
the better option and will avoid even more economic damage. History will
show that we are doing the right thing." A poll taken in August suggests
that 70% of Icelanders were against the Icesave deal since the bill's
opponents argue that ordinary Icelanders should not have to pay
compensation which amounts to 12,000 euros per citizen for an island
nation of 320,000. The Icesave dispute began in 2008 between Iceland
and the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. Would
All Wyre Forest residents Please Note
.. "..Another Day Older .. and Deeper In Debt .." Are things
quite as bad as Chancellor Darling paints for us ?
Vicky Redwood, UK
economist at Capital Economics, says "In 2007 (before the
financial crisis) our debt stood at just 44.1% of GDP.2 Standard & Poor (S&P),
the credit rating agency, believe that the government's support for the
financial sector could result in UK debt levels hitting levels of almost
100% of GDP by 2013. Is
it THAT BAD
? "You load
sixteen tons, what do you get “Sixteen
Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford QUESTIONING "GREEN" CREDENTIALS
European legislation has already banned
the manufacture and import of 100-watt incandescent bulbs. Currently, exaggerated claims are often
made on the packaging about the light output of compact fluorescent
lamps - for example that an 11-12-watt compact fluorescent lamp would be
the equivalent of a 60-watt incandescent, which is not true. The Lighting Research Center in the
United States goes further. Also, brightness varies as conditions
change. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for, so while a branded bulb from a well-known manufacturer may indeed last the promised 10 years, one from a supermarket budget line may not. Even branded bulbs don't always last as long as expected because the lifespan given is an average. How they are 'tested' ? Just how energy efficient are these
lights? Meanwhile, the Institute of Lighting
Engineers is considering changing its estimate of the energy savings
represented by CFLs from 80% to 70% because the "power
factor" of CFLs is "low". Added to all this, they contain mercury (in a very small amount) and this 'heavy metal' is a lethal poison and regarded as a 'contaminant' which ought not be added to land-fill waste. It has recently been banned from use in barometers. But there are no plans in place to collect such waste or separate it out. DO YOU STILL THINK THEY'RE "GREEN" ? COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP = 'Energy
saving light bulb' Never mind the WMD .. WHERE'S THE BLOOD ?
As the 'Iraq enquiry' sits, the circumstances surrounding death of government scientist Dr. David Kelly are once again being called into question. Dr. Powers, a former assistant coroner, has stated that the (self-inflicted ?) cuts to his wrists would not have caused him to bleed to death and the dose of co-proxamol in Dr. Kelly's body was 'normal' ! Michael Powers QC has said there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt he killed himself, disputing the findings of Lord Hutton's enquiry. Six doctors are taking legal action to
demand a formal inquest and have the issue considered at the High Court. Dr. Powers, together with trauma surgeon David Halpin, epidemiologist Andrew Rouse, surgeon Martin Birnstingl, radiologist Stephen Frost, and Chris Burns-Cox who specialises in internal general medicine, have instructed solicitors Leigh Day and Co to approach Attorney General Baroness Scotland in a demand for a coroner's inquest. David Halpin said that his personal
view was that it was "very
likely" David Christopher Kelly, CMG
(14 May 1944–17 July 2003) was an employee of the Ministry of Defence,
a leading expert in biological warfare and a former United Nations
weapons inspector in Iraq. And now the United Nations are involved .. !
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) - the leading body for assessing climate change science - wants the allegations of the manipulation of 'raw' scientific data investigated. After e-mails written by members of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were posted on the internet, claims have been made that UK scientists manipulated global warming data to boost the argument that 'climate-change' is man-made. "We will certainly go into the whole lot and then we will take a position on it; we certainly don't want to brush anything under the carpet. This is a serious issue and we will look into it in detail." Climate "sceptics" have claimed that the e-mails undermine the scientific case for climate change being caused by humanity's greenhouse gas emissions. Norfolk police are continuing their investigation into computer hacking.
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, (born August 20, 1940, Nainital, India) - the director general of TERI (a research and policy organization in India) - served as the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002 - December 10, 2007, shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, representing the IPCC at the awards ceremony. Climate Change .. ..
Professor Peter Liss will become acting director while the review is conducted, the university said. The hacking of the computer
which led to documents, detailed data and private e-mails exchanged
between leading climate scientists being published on websites run by
climate change sceptics is being investigated by Norfolk Police.
*
10 Front-bench Opposition MPs in Australia resign in protest .. *
US Senator David Vitter declares the CRU emails evidence of * The UK 'Global-Warming Policy Foundation' sets out to challenge the consensus on carbon policies .. * Phil Jones (American news commentator) warns that ".. the President is being 'tricked' into the most expensive mistake in history !" * John Lott (Fox News) suggests that Professor Jones was guilty of ".. an unprecedented, co-ordinated campaign to hide scientific information !" And the e-basis for this flurry of interest ? 1. From: Phil Jones
To: (Many) 16/11/1999 2. From: Phil Jones 3. From: Phil Jones 4. From: Phil Jones
To: Michael Mann (Penn State) 08/07/2004 5. From: Kevin Trenberth
To: Michael Mann 12/10/2009 6. From: Phil
Jones To: (Many)
11/03/2003
Professor Phil Jones (57) quickly becoming "a household
name" - but not, possibly, for the best of reasons ..
Baron (Nigel) Lawson of Blaby,
PC (b 11/03/1932), former Chancellor of the Exchequer (1983 to 1989) was
to be heard on Radio 4 debating the alleged manipulation of data by
the one of the world’s leading climate change research centres, after
thousands of private emails and documents were leaked. These appear to suggest the use of a
‘trick’ to massage years of temperature data to ‘hide the
decline’ in global temperatures - which runs contrary to
everything promoted by the 'Climate Change' green-industry. This is of more than academic interest
since the CRU at UoEA plays a leading role in compiling UN reports which
are used by governments to determine policies - which effect you and me. Another 'liberated' message suggests an attempt to control the publication of research carried out by skeptical scientists, using a ploy worthy of "Sir Humphrey Appleby", of loading the panel of researchers who review papers ahead of publication with experts who are ‘on-message’. There was also the suggestion that files were
being deleted so that they could not be made public if orders were
to be made under the 'Freedom of Information' act. Interesting Facts on this subject revealed in Monday's Daily Mail:
For those wishing to see just how long
the Arctic Ice has been coming-and-going, "He's 'In' with the "IN" Crowd ..
"We
breeze up and down the street .. We get respect from people we meet, When re-elected, Dr.
Taylor could well become the Leader of a coalition of Independent MPs in
Parliament. Former Independent MP for
Tatton, Martin
Bell ("the man in the white suit") is already
advising 26 potential Independent MPs on running a successful election
campaign.
"And the next 'Victims' of the 'War on Terror' are .. .. "`
Whatever laws they might have broken (though not the laws of this, their country) why, oh why, are they being 'forcibly removed' to the jurisdiction of a foreign power .. using laws enacted to prosecute terrorists ? Oh, and 'by the way', just in case you wanted to be inspired by our own judiciary, Gary's last appeal hearing in the High Court lasted .. just one minute ! [Oh Yes .. I get it now .. America is, after all, the country that "invented" 'EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION' as a government policy. It's 'second nature' to them_Ed]
ACT F.A.S.T. is a National campaign aimed at helping people to recognise the signs of stroke, and act to reduce the damage caused and save lives.
A Stroke is an EMERGENCY that requires immediate medical attention. Learn to recognise the signs and call for an Ambulance, IMMEDIATELY. Another 'sign' of a stroke is: Ask the person to 'stick-out' their tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other - that is also an indication of a stroke. Neurologist say that if they can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours they can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. The trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours .. which is tough.
The number of British military personnel killed on operations in Afghanistan since 2001 stands at 273, after the deaths of
Paddington, London A Company, 4th Battalion The Rifles, part of the 3 Rifles Battle Group Killed by a gunshot wound during a firefight Sangin, in Helmand province 07/03/10
07/03/10
Rifleman, 3rd Battalion The Rifles shot while protecting his platoon as they engaged with Afghans Sangin, in Helmand province 06/03/10
Rifleman, 3rd Battalion The Rifles died from injuries sustained in explosion while on a foot patrol near Sangin, in Helmand province (death unconnected to Operation Moshtarak) 05/03/10
__________________________ As of Wednesday, Dec.
29, 2009,
at least 941
members of the U.S. military
May we recommend this BBC "Wall of Pictures" of UK fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan
Help for Heroes The
stated aim of the invasion is .. The United States' Bush Doctrine states that, as policy, it will not distinguish between terrorist organizations and nations or governments that harbour them." ______________________________ The following quotation has been drawn to our attention .. equally significant during the Afghanistan conflict .. which originated at a dinner-party at Marl Bank, Little Malvern, hosted by Sir Edward Elgar, in the company of George Bernard Shaw and 'Lawrence of Arabia' .. "Better
the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly.
Markets The FTSE100 rose in contrast to the Pound, led by mining stocks
Main trades_
And in the US_
Commodities Airbus A400M rescue plan
has Britain vs Spain at loggerheads over job losses Over the week
Currencies After one week's trading _
ISK - the Icelandic Króna (100 aurar)
The Pound might stretch
further when you go abroad, even after the recent fluctuations,
depending on your destination. The BIG one - the start of the Euro devaluation - is yet to come.
Independent Kidderminster
Hospital and Health Concern is a registered political party with the
Electoral Commission, within the United Kingdom, using the
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Dr. Taylor
11 March 2010