Top Stories and Blog Review Thursday 26th March


11:11 am - March 26th 2009

by Neil Robertson    


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‘NOT SURE’ ON INHERITANCE TAX

Nationwide
Energy plan chaos as wind giant backs out
Abortion clinics to advertise on television
Comic artists take on the government
Iraq war inquiry will be held in private

International
Israel accused of phosphorus use in Gaza
India is stealing water of life, says Pakistan
Pentagon: China ‘shifting balance of power’
Glacier melt forces border rethink in Europe

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Neil Robertson

The Refugee Council on the sorry state of Labour’s 8th immigration Bill. Fun fact: this lot have made as many immigration Bills since ’97 as Newcastle United has had managers. Make of that what you will.

BenSix probes the consequences of ‘the surge’ in Iraq.

Dave Semple reminds Pat McFadden that Labour should spend more time telling the country what it’d do with a fourth term, and less time scolding trade unions.

Hopi Sen thinks through the implications of Mervyn King’s intervention in the debate on fiscal policy.

Alex Massie probes the comparisons between Obama & Tony Blair.

At Crooked Timber, Henry asks: what kinds of posts do blog readers leave comments on, and why?

Lesbilicious savages Lesbian Vampire Killers and points out that it’s even worse than you might’ve imagined.

Across the pond, The Nation reports on an LBGT victory in Florida.

And in The New Yorker, Woody Allen describes what happens when Bernie Madoff’s former clients are reincarnated as as lobsters.

Not done yet? You could always browse through previous Netcasts.

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Neil Robertson is a regular contributor to Liberal Conspiracy. He was born in Barnsley in 1984, and through a mixture of good luck and circumstance he ended up passing through Cambridge, Sheffield and Coventry before finally landing in London, where he works in education. His writing often focuses on social policy or international relations, because that's what all the Cool Kids write about. He mostly blogs at: The Bleeding Heart Show.
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