Top Stories and Blog Review – 8th February
Nationwide
Hidden records show MMR/Autism truth
Spy centre will track you on holiday
Cover-up in Iraq: Shooting the messenger
Support for Brown’s Labour falls to 28%
International
United on climate change: Obama’s Chinese revolution
Israeli elections: Be afraid. Be very afraid
Biden signals U.S. deal with Russia on missiles
Sri Lankan rebel leader missing, thousands flee war
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Peter Black, AM, points out the flaws in the government’s PFI Welfare to Work schemes.
Amused Cynicism, meanwhile, highlights more problems at the DWP: their benefit-cheat-catching scheme doesn’t work.
Jane Merrick has some bears-are-catholic, pope-shits-in-the-woods news: the MOD are lying to people.
Political Betting wonders if Jacqui Smith is toast.
Ben Goldacre helps us all to spot the flaws in polling data.
Rhetorically Speaking has a great example of nowtrage in (surprise surprise) the Fail on Sunday.
Hagley Road to Ladywood accuses Silvio Berlusconi of necrophilia.
And, as ever, head on over to Septicisle for more. My pick of his picks is definitely the one from 5 Chinese Crackers about the Drunken Sailor nowtrage.
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