Top Stories and Blog Review – 19th Jan


10:38 am - January 19th 2009

by Jennie Rigg    


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HE’S BACK

Nationwide
Tory chief’s firm cost councils £470m
New bail-out worth billions for banks
Govt stake in RBS to increase, as bank unveils losses
MPs: Police need to control leaks

International
Hamas joins fragile Israeli ceasefire
The ‘narco bling’ of Mexico’s drug gangs
Obama’s green revolution
Saudis deport Chinese labourers

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg

Andy Worthington looks back at what has happened to Binyam Mohammed on the (hopeful) eve of his release from Guantanemo Bay. I feel sick to my stomach that my government, a government that many people reading this will have voted for, had a hand in this.

Unlock Democracy has a plan on MPs Expenses, but they need you to help, and before Thursday.

Costigan Quist wonders about the end of racism.

Charlie Brooker has some healthy living advice: [b]eating your way through a flank of riot police to smash down a government building with a sledgehammer burns off thousands of calories.

Chicken Yoghurt compares the value of a life to the value of Gordon Brown’s kitchen.

Andrew Hickey discusses equality of opportunity, with a little comment on this site.

Alas, a Blog! talks about the Krispy Kreme Abortion Doughnut.

This week’s Britblog Roundup is up at Is There More To Life Than Shoes.

And if you can spare an hour at any point in the next few days? Watch John Mortimer: a Life in Words and mourn the passing of a genuine liberal last week.

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