Top Stories and Blog Review – 2nd February
Nationwide
Wildcat strikes over foreign workers to spread
Carol + David = new Tory strategy for maths fun
Unite defends ‘British Jobs for British Workers’
Labour seeks House of Lords reform
International
Iceland’s PM marks gay milestone
Hamas praises Iran’s help in Gaza ‘victory’
Deadly strike on S Lanka hospital
Tokyo cops to try smoking ban for interrogations
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Happy Imbolc/Candlemas Everyone!
Stephen Tall on LDV tells you 25 things you never knew you wanted to know about the Lib Dems – including the leadership’s criminal tendencies!
Mark Pack (also on LDV) has found an extremely useful tool for anyone who is interested in developments in their local area.
Charlie Brooker has some neologisms for us all to learn. I like auntiepathy best, I think.
Costigan Quist has some tips for the government to avoid throwing £18 billion down the toilet again next year.
I discuss the top story mentioned above. Lots of interesting comments, too.
President Baroness Ros Scott had had tea and buns. Millennium WILL be jealous!
Eddie Mair has a big pile of snow pictures, but none of them are as cool as Web of Evil’s first one.
MatGB details the true horrors of living with me (WARNING! Not for the faint-hearted).
And if that hasn’t put you off ever following a link ever again, Philobiblon has this week’s Britblog Roundup.
Top Stories and Blog Review 1st February 2009
Here’s your bumper Sunday Edition!
National
Bank of England institutionally sexist shocker.
Bees disappear. We’re all screwed.
Children of Thalidomide still suffering.
Mandelson rides to the rescue of the P Off but skewers the unions.
Nurse told not to push religion on patients
Brown criticises wildcat oil strikes
Tesco to launch own-brand clothes website
International
Turnout 51% in Iraqui elections.
Catholic Church loves homophobes as well as Holocaust deniers.
111 Dead as petrol taker explodes in Kenya.
Putin faces mutiny in own government.
Gaza runs desperately short of food
Babies caught in Sri Lankan crossfire
My Sister’s Keeper: Lesbian’s Paradise
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Tom Feilden fanboys David Attenborough in a celebration of the start of Darwin Season on the BBC. You can watch the programme Tom is talking about tonight at 9. There’s more on this in the Graun, too.
Mr Quist outlines the horns of the elected official’s dilemma – to do what’s objectively right, or to do what’s popular? (this is my main reason for being against an entirely elected House of Lords, btw)
Political Betting and UK Polling Report are predicting a Scottish election soon.
Stephen Tall continues the discussion about the meaning of the word “progressive” on LDV.
Robin Lustig wonders if it’s time to ban the bomb.
The Honourable Lady Mark is fanboying Nick Clegg.
The Daily Mash has yet another exclusive.
Septicisle has the usual links roundup, and Andrew Hickey has some more.
And if all that is just too depressing for you, Lucas Weatherby wants you to convert to Buddhism
Top Stories and Blog Review – 31st Jan
Nationwide
Mediators called in as UK oil strikes spread
Cruddas: This is a race to the bottom
Will women bear the brunt of job losses?
Cameron: We’ll stand up to the corporations
International
Republicans elect first black chairman of party
Tony Blair – bring Hamas into peace talks
Vladimir Putin calls for end of dollar stranglehold
Holocaust-denying bishop says sorry to pope
Washington’s Democrats push Obama to the left
SATURDAY VIDEO / by Sunny
Top Stories and Blog Review – 30th Jan
Nationwide
Legal threats over lack of rape support
UK energy saving policy ‘failing’
Taxpayer faces bigger bill for 2012 Olympics
‘Cameron’s solution doesn’t add up’
International
London Review of Books – Israel’s Lies
Japanese production ‘unprecedented’ fall by over 10%
North Korea tears up all agreements
U.N. leads evacuation from Sri Lanka
Iran: Ready to work with Obama
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Angela Saini: Thinks countries can be successful, whatever the weather.
Clairwil: Is trying to recover from Blogger’s Block. First Friday Fun.
Daily Mail Watch: Taken From Grandparents, Given to Gay Men.
Hagley Road to Ladywood: Money makes you a better person. Apparently.
Jamie Saddler – Is the Russian bear already responding to a change in Washington?
MediaWatchWatch: Don’t kill God!
Nosemonkey: Has some good advice for new bloggers. But it applies to everyone. So it’s your second Friday Fun.
Natalie Bennett: Women need to keep hold of their jobs.
Our Kingdom: On Australia Day 2009, Ben Wellings had tea with the Republicans.
Whipped Senseless – A former Bushie defends torture and condemns Obama’s torture-free approach.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 29th Jan
Nationwide
Heathrow third runway vote passed
Parents to get advice on kids drinking at home
Secret papers face faster release
Britain opens door to 36,000 Gurkha veterans
International
Revealed: letter Obama team hope will heal Iran rift
US passes $819bn stimulus plan despite GOP opposition
Iraqi women vie for votes and taste of power
World gets its first gay head of state
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Himmelgarten Cafe wonders where the evidence is for the advice to not allow kids under 15 to drink any alcohol…ever. I shall have more about the CMO’s comments later.
Mark Reckons in party politics outrage shocker!
CiF/Simon Jenkins claims that stupidity is the ruling order of the day with our government.
Stephen’s Linlithgow Journal applauds the freedom fighters within the BBC trying to get the DEC message out.
Chicken Yoghurt is rightfully disgusted at the government’s sidestepping of democracy to give private companies a free ride in nuclear decommissioning.
Sim – O is keeping score in the game of religion.
Political Betting provides some Sarah Palin based comedy. What? It’s not a joke?
Top Stories and Blog Review – 28th Jan 08
Nationwide
Minister for terror: Gaza will fuel extremism
Paul Stephenson to become new Met boss
Directors of Lloyds asked for a pay rise
Cameron urges new lords sanctions
International
Red Cross: Crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka
Bleeding banks prompt talk of new big U.S. bailout
Don’t call us dogs, say Slumdog protesters in rampage
Mexico’s appetite for climate change clunkers
GOP-Obama love affair fizzles
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron
Just a quicky today…
Hagley Road To Ladywood – Making the case for scrapping the House of Lords.
Stephen Tall/LDV – Yeah some Lib Dem donors aren’t whiter-than-white, but hell this is political fund-raising…
The Sun Lies – septicisle delivers his verdict on Rebekah Wade’s Hugh Cudlipp lecture.
No right turn – As Israel attempts to prevent its “war-criminals” from international justice, a group of anonymous Israeli human rights activists have broken cover.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 27th Jan
Nationwide
Revealed: 139 peers act as paid consultants
Tories regain lost ground as faith in Brown wanes
Tougher regulation call for peers
Public gives £600,000 to Gaza appeal
International
Gaza war gives bigger lift to Israel’s right than left
US envoy starts Middle East push
America goes green
Japanese workers get time off to procreate
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Matt Wardman is playing like a mad scientist in the world of web statistics, and finds that the first place for news about Tory MPs is Lib Dem Voice.
Obsolete on why appointing Sarah Payne as “victim’s champion” is a despicable move for safety and justice.
Jock Coats isn’t so sure we should join the Euro in our time of need.
Ros Scott gives her view from the inside on the “Cash for Amendments” scandal.
Political Betting can’t imagine the Prime Minister is enjoying his breakfast.
CiF/Hugh FW continues his campaign against intensively bred chicken.
Shiraz Socialist succinctly details why the new extreme porn law is a load of whipped balls.
Whipped Senseless reports on the latest press release from the Obama camp about negotiations with Iran.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 26th Jan
Nationwide
Ken Clarke clashes with Cameron over crisis
Darling plans new rescue package for economy
Cannabis law change ‘illogical’
Extreme porn becomes illegal from today
International
Israeli PM in war crimes pledge
Boycotting Israel is doomed to fail
In Pakistan, radio amplifies terror of Taliban
Obama to reverse Bush’s climate change policies
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Lynne Featherstone wants geeks and techies to help her out. Go on, you know you’ll get a sense of smug satisfaction from it 
Speaking of geekery, Chris Ball has helped to make remote desktop co-operative (entry complete with geek-squee-inducing video)
President Ros Scott, the Blogging Baroness has an insider’s view of the Cash for Amendments allegations. Web of Evil also has some thoughts on this.
Catherine Townsend talks about what women want in the bedroom.
Mark Pack wonders if Progressive London is a front to get Ken Livingstone re-elected.
UK Polling Report discusses another double digit Tory poll lead.
Stephen Glenn welcomes in the Chinese New Year.
Mark Easton examines the recent NEF survey and finds it worrying.
Top Stories and Blog Review Sunday 25th January
National
Return of the Three Day Week?
Council Tax used to fill pension black hole.
Women hit twice as hard as men in recession job market.
15 year old boy stabbed to death in London.
International
Belgians discover new stuff about Dinosaurs! YAY!
Obama unveils recovery plan.
Tamil Tigers driven back to last bastion.
Catholic Church loves Holocaust deniers.
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Eddie Mair wishes us all a happy Burns Day, with appropriate poetry.
The Award-Winning Alix Mortimer examines uses of the word “progressive” in politics on LDV (she also has a few words to say about the cash for questions thing).
Lee Griffin examines Gordon Brown’s question-answering record (maybe we should bung him a couple of hundred grand? Oh no, that’s just to ASK questions, isn’t it, not answer them…).
Hagley Road to Ladywood points out the obvious with regard to modern degrees (not that I’m bitter. Oh no).
Andrew Hickey is unimpressed by the Lib Dem’s eCanvass tools.
Costigan Quist wonders if it’s the government’s job to make us happy (perhaps not, but I’d say it’s not their job to actively pursue ways of making us UNhappy too).
James Graham discusses abortion.
Stephen Glenn has congratulations for a Tory.
And as always, Septicisle has more.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 24th Jan
Nationwide
Fears over stop and search powers
City Minister in furious attack on bankers
CoE schools with only Muslim pupils
Court fees plan ‘tax on debtors’
International
Washington feels the whirlwind of change
Obama changes foreign abortion-funding policy
Bolivia nationalizes BP subsidiary
Obama freezes Bush on emissions, food-labeling
WEEKEND VIDEO / by Sunny
Top Stories and Blog Review –
Nationwide
City watchdog head demands change
After offending Indians, Miliband soft on China
Frustration over mixed-sex wards
British Gas defends ‘measly’ price cut
International
Fatah fears Gaza conflict helped Hamas
UN fears “systematic war crimes” during Gaza
Gaza chemical weapons inquiry begins
Obama urges Israel to open Gaza borders
Sweden’s fix for banks: nationalize them
Sri Lanka presses rebels, but mounting cost
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah
Blairwatch: America sent an email to the world this week… Friday Fun.
Bleeding Heart Show: Is Appealing For Gaza.
Harry’s Place: Journalists are planning to go on strike.
Indigo Jo: Obama will allow us to Google the White House website.
MediaWatchWatch: Reports on an unfair prosecution.
New Humanist: Obama had to retake his oath. Without a Bible. Oops…
Stumbling and Mumbling: Does money help people avoid going bankrupt? Apparently not.
The Langar Hall: How does the economic downturn affect immigrants?
Top Stories and Blog Review – 22nd Jan
(photo courtesy of Zoriah)
International
Obama begins to close down Guantanamo
Al-Qaida members linked to 7/7 detained
Iceland’s biggest political protest for 60 years
Elsewhere
British Gas to cut prices by 10%
Brown’s U-Turn on MP Expenses
Police enter another Tory MPs office
Cost of Olympics rises again
Poor government guidance on crime statistics leads to errors
FSA calls for more banking regulation
Pay as you throw “dead in the water”
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Lib Dem Voice was one of the first of many bloggers to rejoice at Brown’s MP expenses U-Turn.
Chicken Yoghurt is getting spammed by Labour, are you?
Norfolk Blogger has an exclusive of a terrible CPS cock-up.
Shami Chakrabarti thinks we should take the initiative of Obama and make this year the one for positive liberal change.
Cato @ Liberty details why the closure of Guantanamo is a good thing for justice.
Carons Musings is a little concerned that MPs aren’t making best use of their time to introduce new bills to parliament.
Alix Mortimer reluctantly writes about identity politics
Mark Reckons that the 10% staff bonus for Northern Rock is a slap in the face for tax payers
Top Stories and Blog Review – 21st Jan
Nationalise RBS And Lloyds?
Nationwide
Fresh bid to reform monarchy Catholic law
NHS constitution being unveiled
Rape trio sentence to be reviewed
9k arrested in Christmas drink/drive campaign
Financial crisis
‘Sell any sterling you have. It’s finished’
Mervyn King paves way to start printing money
Stricken UK banks shunned by overseas lenders
Downturn ‘hitting women harder’
Inauguration
Jubilation and resignation as world reacts to Obama
Obama halts all regulations pending review
Obamas first inaugural dance to Beyonce
Wall Street shares plunge on inauguration day
Elsewhere
UN chief demands investigation into Israeli attack
Few Israelis near Gaza feel war achieved much
New hope for lifting women in science
Tensions in the Mideast reverberate in France
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by ….
Top Stories and Blog Review – 20th Jan
It’s Inauguration Day
Dr Martin Luther King on a black President
2 churches, black and white, see inaugural hope
Obama’s Legoland Inauguration (video)
Authorities mount record security effort for safety
Lincoln Memorial Inauguration Concert (pics)
Crowd to test cell phone networks
Wall Street’s inauguration rally
Shoes thrown at Bush on final day
John McCain to seek higher-profile role
Obama may reverse abortion policy early
In McCain country, acceptance of Obama grows
On first day, Obama to dive into foreign policy
Nationwide
Full state takeover of RBS as stock crashes
Bloodbath of the banks (part two)
HSBC: we do not need state aid
Church may ban BNP members
Britain to suffer ‘deepest slump since 1946
A good day to bury bad news?
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Desi Pundit – Posts extracts from a 50-year-old speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Dyslexia Debate has been hotting up. John Rack and our Unity (cross posted at my place) both agree that Dyslexia is very much a DisAbility.
MediaWatchWatch: Genoa has banned the Atheist Bus.
Natalie Bennett: Margaret Cavendish was definitely a ferminist.
New Humanist Editor: Why Christians have a problem with Super Mario.
OpenDemocracy: The Open Democracy writers offer their thoughts on Obama.
Shiraz Socialist: Would be happy to be proved wrong about Obama.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 19th Jan
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.
Top Stories and Blog Review Sunday January 18th
Nationwide
RIP Tony Hart 
Smith Cracks Down on Immigrants. Again.
Boris calls Gordon Gutless Over Heathrow…
… although He’s In Bother Again.
“Unnecessary” Childbirth Inductions on the Rise.
International
Five Die in Kabul Suicide Bombing.
Obama Begins the Journey to the White House.
Robert Mugabe’s Wife Beats Up Times Photographer.
European Regulators Go After Microsoft. Again.
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Sexual Intelligence has some tips for the new US surgeon General.
Mark Pack reviews a book about the internet on LDV, with special reference to how politics is affected.
UK Polling Report dissects the latest YouGov poll.
El Presidente Ros Scott made a speech in the Lords on transport the other day, and reproduces it at her blog.
Junkfood Science is a bit annoyed at the government’s Change4Life campaign.
Mr Gladstone is slightly miffed that Mr Darwin’s bicentennial is recieving rather more attention than his own (there’s a lot of dead bloggers about, these days, isn’t there?).
And, as usual, SepticIsle has more.
I’d coded most of this before I realised someone else had already done the news review part because normally I do it myself on a Sunday, and if not the post is waiting for me in Drafts; today it appears to have posted itself. For your edification then, the original person’s news picks are here. You can now have fun comparing and contrasting
Top Stories and Blog Review – 18th Jan
Nationwide
Fury over runway lobby links to No 10
Boris used public funds for conference hotel
Insurance aid plan for UK banks
UK Pensions hit by Nortel collapse
International
Israel declares cease-fire; Hamas says it will fight on
Can Hamas still walk tall in Gaza’s streets?
Fresh evidence of Israeli phosphorus use in Gaza
Defiance amid destruction in Gaza
Poll finds faith in Obama, mixed with patience
Top Saudi cleric condones child marriage
Disney CEO 2008 compensation: $51.1M
Five die in Kabul suicide attack
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by ….
Top Stories and Blog Review – 17th Jan
Nationwide
Sainsbury’s to ban battery eggs
Brown orders banks to come clean over loans
Heathrow backers got special BA privileges
UK press ‘biased towards Israel’
International
New evidence of Israeli phosphorus use emerges
At least 1,138 Palestinians dead in Gaza
MSF: Aid doctors can’t reach Gaza victims
White supremacists watched for Obama inauguration
Thailand denies whipping refugees on beaches
Americans, feeling the love overseas
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by ….
Top Stories and Blog Review – 16th Jan
Nationwide
UK Muslims urge end to anti-Semitism
Tory blueprint for green economy
MPs’ expenses exempted from FOI
Opponents vow to fight plan for third runway
International
Hamas after the Gaza war
Outrage as Israel bombs UN
Ireland nationalises Anglo Irish Bank
Somber Bush says farewell to the nation
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Blairwatch: Who’s really to blame for Afghanistan?
Blood and Treasure: A list of donors to Obama’s inauguration ceremony. Friday Fun.
Hagley Road to Ladywood: Claude disagrees with our James Hooper.
Nosemonkey’s EUTopia: Publishes some results of the 2008 Weblog Awards.
Rahila Gupta/New Humanist: Vulnerable women need protection provided by the government, not by God.
I have started a new debate over at Same Difference, thanks to our Unity and Letters From a Tory. Is dyslexia a DisAbility? I think it is, but your views are always welcome.
Sunny/CIF: Hamas are not heroes.
Victoria Brignell/New Statesman: Three columns from Victoria this month, asking: Who is the most dangerous DisAbled person in history?
…an finally, in under the wire, Jennie recommends you visit Himmelgarten Café, where Mr Quist takes the logical approach to religious hysteria about sex.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 15th Jan
Nationwide
Whitehall departments to share personal data
Snub to Osborne as Hague named Tory ‘deputy’
Broadband for all to be funded by the industry
Big Brother database a ‘terrifying’ assault on freedoms
Mayor to lead legal fight on Heathrow expansion
International
Privatisation ‘raised death rate’
Guantanamo agents ‘used torture’
War on Hamas saps Palestinian leaders
Hopes of ceasefire as Hamas replies to truce plan
Chávez reopens oil bids to west as prices plunge
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Diary of a Palestinian Mother, Fares Akram and RafahToday are all blogs worth reading to get some insight in to the effect of the Israeli slaughter happening in Gaza.
Himmelgarten Cafe explains the way forward for tackling youth crime and “feral” behaviour.
Rodney McAree thinks, rightly, that people shouldn’t be so readily jumping on Baroness Vadera.
Chris Doidge thinks business has Labour over a barrel.
Obsolete just can’t understand what drives Labour to be such shits.
Five Public Opinions dissects Madeline Buntings recent railing against the athiest bus. (hattip: Max Dunbar)
Newer Labour on not getting your knickers in a twist.
Freemania lets us know of SCIENTIST ACTION FIGURES! Just for fun, you know…
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» Obama is right to slam BP – and why capitalists should too
» Why does Phillip Blond see civic cohesion as a security issue?
» So what if the Labour candidates went to Oxbridge?
» Last night’s Labour hustings: will it get interesting or turn to torture?
» It’s now down to Ken to win London for Labour
» The Labour people need
» Blog Nation: what would you like to see discussed?
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» In defence of these fraternal nominations
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