Top Stories and Blog Review – 25th Dec
Nationwide
SNP calls for spaceport in Moray
Cameron under pressure over treasurer
Police expected to close 1,200 brothels
Shoppers flock online on heavy discounts
International
Thousands greet Guinea coup chief
U.S. falls deeper into recession
Gaza rocket fire intensifies
Somali president decides to resign
Merry Christmas
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Harpy Marx spins an excellent Christmas tale.
David Semple provides his thoughts on the way of life and how capitalism fits in to it now.
Jeremy Seabrook/CiF discusses the pope’s recent comments.
Schmoo on the run has a wishlist for a better credit crunch busting formula.
Liberal England gets to the bottom of why we want white Christmases.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 24th Dec
Nationwide
Millions stranded in trains fiasco
Flu ‘heading for nine-year high’
Recession deepens in the UK and US
Conservative treasurer admits non-disclosure
International
It’s the end of the line for S.U.V.s
Pope ’spreading fear’ of homosexuality
‘Green’ jobs compete for stimulus aid
Katrina’s hidden race war
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
Our Kingdom - Does data protection inhibit basic rights of expression?
Wired - on RIAA’s latest attempt to choke the internet.
Scribo Ergo Sum - James thinks the Pope’s problems extends beyond homophobia into a more general misanthropy.
Huffington Post – on Obamania in Hawaii.
BlairWatch - Losing an election has only increased Sarah Palin’s capacity for self-delusion, it seems…
Top Stories and Blog Review – 23rd Dec
Nationwide
Counterterrorism chief under pressure to quit inquiry
Government buildings emit more CO2 than Kenya
Voters revolt over taxes, Labour polls drop
Britons stay at home over Christmas holiday
International
China to send warships after pirates
Plot to kill Bolivian president foiled
Clinton moves to widen role of State Dept.
India offers Pakistan proof of gunman’s letter
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
Tygerland - loves those Saudis so much.
Machine Gun Keyboard - The Internet Watch Foundation continue their particularly unpleasant expansion. All the way to Australia.
Adam Bienkov - Racial politics isn’t dead yet.
The Enemies of Reason - on Labour’s war with everyone but the rich.
Hagley Road to Ladywood - The Pope feels homosexuality is as great a threat to humanity as climate change. As does more or less the rest of the Vatican, too.
StroppyBlog - has a report on the day of action to free the Shministim.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 22nd Dec
Nationwide
Purnell u-turn on social fund interest charges
Tata leaps in to rescue Jaguar, Land Rover
Police chief accuses Tories of dirty tricks over Green
Blackouts will be common in 7 years
International
Some Arab women find freedom in skies
China protest decries custom of eating cats
U.S. no longer supports Zimbabwe power deal
Israel’s Livni, Netanyahu vow to topple Hamas
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Love and Garbage has a very moving post about Lockerbie 20 years on.
Andrew Hickey wonders why people are shocked that Obama has selected a gay-basher to bless his inauguration.
Lynne Featherstone wonders how deep the Haringey rabbit hole goes.
Chicken Turkey Yoghurt gets all exercised about the possibility of new powers for bailiffs.
Hagley Road to Ladywood wonders if Simon Cowell is killing music.
Mark Pack on Lib Dem Voice has more on Brian Coleman.
Will Howells dissects a typical Doctor Who rumour article.
Amused Cynicism has this week’s Britblog Roundup, and Malc in the Burgh has the Scottish Roundup.
Top Stories and Blog Review – Sunday 21st December
Nationwide
Brown Ally Hopes for June Election.
Stonehenge Solstice Celebrations.
Meanwhile Church Attendance is Collapsing,
and Labour MPs Back Disestablishment.
International
Warner Music pulls out of YouTube.
More violent Clashes in Athens.
Obama Cranks up Green Policies.
Shoe-Thrower was Brutally Beaten in Iraq.
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Zombie Darwin has been picking up his science news from an interesting source…
Hal Duncan is gambling with his immortal soul (and swearing lots as he does it)!
Jonathan Calder is also swimming into dangerous waters.
The Honourable Lady Mark is getting into ethical shopping.
236.com have exclusive pictures of the message written on the bottom of the shoes thrown at Bush (geek note: the shoes with the message on are Converse, you can tell from the soles. If you’re GOING to fake something… Still funny, though).
Similarly convincingly, StuffUCanUse has exclusive proof that the moon landings really were faked.
And, as usual, if you have time to kill you can hop on over to SepticIsle for more.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 20th Dec
Nationwide
500,000 firms to close over Christmas
Councils dumping 200,000 tonnes of recycling
Boom in sales of board games and cuddly toys
Most ‘do not believe in nativity’
International
After 30 years, economic perils on China’s path
Belgian government offers resignation over deal
Drug violence puts Mexico on edge
Wounds heal, but grief lingers in Mumbai
SATURDAY VIDEO / by Sunny
Top Stories and Blog Review – 19th Dec
Nationwide
Postal workers’ strike called off
‘They tore my nails out. Then I was interrogated’
Watch your words, Tories told
Mandelson and Treasury at odds over Jaguar
International
Guantanamo Bay closure plan ordered
On Wall Street, bonuses, not profits, were real
Iraqi journalist sorry for throwing shoes at Bush
High culture meets ‘homophobia’ at inauguration
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
1820: The X Factor song with a difference.
Ala Abbas/Pickled Politics: The shoe-thrower’s real crime was… insulting a guest.
Bartholomew’s Notes: Shoe-throwing through the years.
Chicken Yogurt: Spot the festive changes at Justin’s. Friday Fun.
EUtopia: Looks back at the French EU Presidency.
Feministing: Courtney shares a story of forgiveness.
IKWRO: Publishes an open letter to the IPCC on Banaz Mahmod.
The Lay Scientist: excellent article concentrating on public perceptions of disease, but which could easily apply to public perceptions of politics also.
New Humanist: Mark Steel on who he would rather celebrate than Jesus this Christmas. Friday Fun No 2. (No offence intended).
Top Stories and Blog Review – 18th Dec
Nationwide
Secret plans for second Gatwick runway
Unemployment rockets towards 3million
Ministerial aide quits over Royal Mail sale
Clegg: Learning how to be taken seriously
International
Time Magazine: Obama is ‘person of the year’
Southern Africa launches aid for Zimbabwe
Priest: Playboy cover ‘blasphemous’ and ‘desperate’
Iraqi official quitting over shoe-tosser status
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Himmelgarten cafe speaks common sense on the issue of “narratives” in political parties, particularly the Lib Dem’s.
Liberal Bureaucracy on the failures of targets.
Moments of Clarity muses on the idea of a coalition based government next time around.
Obsolete thinks the future is pretty grim, regardless of the party colour of our leaders.
Chris Doidge talks infrastructure, and how Labour here in the UK are missing a trick.
Same Difference is pleased with the progression of gifts for disabled people.
Boris Watch documents the London Mayor’s creep away from helping stop rape and helping rape victims.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 17th Dec
Nationwide
Brown faces Labour revolt on post plans
Family courts set to be opened up to media
Doctor guilty of Glasow car bomb attacks
Planning targets ‘creating bias’
International
US rates slashed to nearly zero
‘Thousands made slaves’ in Darfur
Explosives found at Paris department store
Sicilian mafia ‘decapitated’ by mass arrests
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
Back Towards the Locus - compares a terrible band with a terrible party.
Daily Kos - on participatory democracy in food activism.
Feministing - wonders if the internet is more important than sex.
Peter Cranie - provides another reason to reduce our dependence on oil.
Pickled Politics - Apparently, Anthony Browne didn’t mean it. Yeah…
StroppyBlog - Are we on the verge of seeing a renewed prudery in the media?
Top Stories and Blog Review – 16th Dec
Nationwide
Darling: UK facing severe downturn
Ministers apologise for misleading over police
50,000 jobs at risk in Royal Mail break-up
Iraqi sewed up mouth to avoid deportation
International
Arctic melt passes the point of no return
Shoe-hurling Iraqi becomes a folk hero
Britain adds 300 soldiers to support Afghan force
US rate cut towards zero expected
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
Green Ben’s Kemptown Blog - wants free school meals for all.
Two Doctors - doesn’t understand why anyone still uses Internet Explorer.
The Daily (Maybe) - reports on the recent HOPI conference.
James Grieves - Why do so many conservatives have such a deranged position on sex?
Peter Cranie - thinks we need more honesty about NHS service provision.
Obselete - on murderous tabloids.
BorisWatch - on why blogs are important.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 15th Dec
Nationwide
Barclays sees UK house prices falling further
Missing GP to return to the UK
Virgin Media broadband to go to 50mb
Two banks exposed to ‘$50bn con’
International
Gaza families eat grass as Israel locks border
Japanese business sentiment dives further
Turkish academics in apology to Armenians
Rich-poor rift adds hurdles to climate deal
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Martin Robbins thinks effective democracy is contingent on the importance of science. Why is the government cutting funding to it again?
Unlock Democracy is celebrating 20 years of charter 88.
Anton Vowl asks what Frank Spencer can teach us about the Iraq conflict.
James Graham shows why he got Lib Dem Blogger of the Year a couple of years ago with three great entries: on Brian Coleman, Lembit Opik and equality of representation in politics.
PC Bloggs proves that amongst the weaponry employed by modern police officers are irony, sarcasm, and biting wit.
XKCD made me crack out laughing aloud today.
As did the video of shoes being thrown at Dubya, which you can see hosted by Jonathan Calder here.
And Mr Eugenides has this week’s Britblog roundup.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 14th Dec
Nationwide
The 50 Most Ludicrous Britons (vote for them).
Value of pound is slipping below the Euro.
British doctor freed in Bangladesh after marriage plot.
Ed Stourton lashes out at BBC after sacking.
International
Bush pays farewell visit to Iraq.
Retd British army officer on the Greek riots.
Basque separatists go to war over environment.
White House u-turn over car firms bailout.
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Obviously the big story is who won the X Factor. Meral Ece is pleased; Andy McSmith less so. Meanwhile, James Graham is joining the campaign for anyone other than the winner to be Christmas #1. Lets roll! Rickroll, that is.
Spirit of 1976 gives a frontline social worker’s reaction to the Baby P March that our Lynne went on.
Mark Pack delves into the hypocrisy of Brian Coleman. More on this from Mat later, if I can get him out of bed 
El Staplador has tips for how to have a Recycled (and thus, less consumerist) Christmas. Gordon Brown (who wants us to spend spend spend) would be appalled.
UK Polling Report and John Rentoul analyse the latest from ComRes.
Lib Dem Voice reveal that Unlock Democracy have a cunning plan for a Private Member’s Bill. I think this is worth getting behind. It could be *gasp* a proper Liberal Conspiracy.
Hagley Road to Ladywood has come over all Jim Royle about the De Menezes verdict.
And, as usual, head on over to SepticIsle for more.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 13th Dec
Nationwide
Menezes: Did the police lie?
A victory for irony, Elton John loses libel case
EU leaders claim historic agreement on pollution
Emergency plan for British motor industry
International
Firebombs in Greece for seventh day
Dancing girls of Lahore strike over ‘Taliban’ law
Japan’s automakers at risk if Detroit fails
Son disappears: ‘Mom, I’m in Somalia’
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sunny
No links, only a video for you this Saturday
Top Stories and Blog Review – 12th Dec
Nationwide
Barclay brothers dislike democracy in action
UK blocking European Congo force
Fresh calls for Iraq war inquiry
Fall in stabbings after knife crackdown
International
Auto bailout dies in U.S. Senate
Germans seek to buy British out of Eurostar
Island nations slam slow progress on climate
Iraq bomb kills 48 in volatile north
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Angela Saini: Darwin would have been 200 now. But what would he say about the state of the world today?
Bartholomew’s Notes: Evolution has been removed from the school curriculum in Romania.
Clive Davis: Dave Chappelle on chicken and watermelon. Friday Fun No 1.
Feministing: Courtney reflects on Eleanor Roosevelt’s legacy.
Hagley Road to Ladywood: Claude today analyses Purnell’s “shake-up”, the use of lie detectors and the issue of whether they’re going to be used on the right people.
Liberal England: Johnahan’s Eight Wishes for 2008. How many came true? Friday Fun No 2.
MediaWatchWatch: 250 Christian activists protested at a poetry reading. After reading the poem, I’m not surprised.
OurKingdom: On the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights.
Robert Sharp: What should the First Lady wear to the inauguration? Friday Fun No 3.
Sunny Hundal/Pickled Politics: I couldn’t decide between these two posts at Pickled Politics, both by Sunny, so you can have them both. The first’s on Obama, the second’s on Banaz Mahmod.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 11th Dec
Nationwide
Brown adviser quit over human rights record
Labour to tighten rules on benefits
Grim outlook for Woolworths – get 50% off!
£1 tumbles towards €1
International
Scientists agree: man-made global warming real
Germany isolated on key EU policies
U.S. passes bill to bail out big 3 auto makers
Zimbabwe death toll jumps, Mugabe pressured
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
Harpymarx is one of only a few in the blogosphere today to actively condemn the type of thinking that has led to Purnell announce his regressive white paper.
Mutant blog is bemused as to why Jack Straw wants to water down the HRA, on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of all days?
Small town scribbles is a bit angry with relatives and the amount of faith unduly given to them. Should parents have to earn the right to be viewed as knowing what’s best for their own child?
CiF/Dave Hill reminds us that in light of recent child protection cases, it’s time to drop previous strategies from “Every Child Matters” and start afresh.
Cornish pips with his view on Suicide.
Freethink doesn’t believe that a post Lisbon-treaty EU would be any better with their foreign policy than they are now.
Hagley road to Ladywood muses on the suggestion that rather than bail out the banks, we should all have been given £1000.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 10th Dec
Nationwide
Iraq withdrawal ‘begins in March’
Purnell: Benefit claimants ‘must do more’
Clegg: Freedom taking a battering under New Labour
Tesco to be world number two by 2012
International
New Deal: Business likes Obama plan
Funeral leads to more Greece mayhem
Writer poised to lead Canada’s Liberal Party
India identifies Mumbai attackers
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
The Daily (Maybe) - Why doesn’t the media promote best practise rather than simply squeal that sex is dangerous?
Back Towards the Locus - thinks an invasion of Zimbabwe wouldn’t work.
Earthpal - A few delayed journeys now are better than no journeys at all in the future.
Ten Percent - on the whitewashing of the de Menezes case.
Jennie – worries that the remit of the IWF is about to increase.
This is Zimbabwe - There is nothing for Zimbabwean’s to celebrate on human rights day.
Machine Gun Keyboard - Bart Simpson is now legallly a “person” in New South Wales.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 9th Dec
Nationwide
Tories and Lib Dems to boycott Green inquiry
Baby P official fired without pay
Retail sales ‘fall still further’
Obama spending pledges boost FTSE and markets
International
America’s NY Times, LA Times in crisis
Bush hands out jobs at the last minute
Taliban ‘noose’ around Kabul
Alleged 9/11 plotters offer to confess at Guantánamo
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
Splintered Sunrise - thinks the reaction to the Karen Matthews case is overblown.
The Daily (Maybe) - rounds up posts on Plane Stupid. Are they becoming the Fathers 4 Justice of the environmental movement?
Socialist Unity - Why bother with bowdlerism?
Rhetorically Speaking - Why does Melanie Phillips not understand the disconnect between assaulting the minority rights of homosexuals and defending the minority rights of evangelicals?
Stroppyblog - mourns Oliver Postgate.
Bart Jones - Chavez is no saint, but not is he the monster depicted in the Western media.
DAILY BLOG REVIEW *EXTRA* / by Aaron
anticant’s arena – A brilliant round-up of the regressive stances taken by Ratzinger’s Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church here. Hard-line conservatism bordering intolerant fascism would be my take. Important.
Obsolete – The recent fury over the Virgin Killer album cover highlights the unchecked power of Internet Watch Foundation.
The Barnet Eye – Rog is amazed by the changes made in kiddies version of The Oxford dictionary. Are we really seeing a fledgling Newspeak via the famous tome?
Clairwil – The Karen Matthews incident has little or nothing to tell us about the benefits system as a whole.
Hagley Road to Ladywood – The government’s latest assault on the humble fag is to force it underground. Well, under the counter, anyway.
The Sun – Tabloid Lies – On The Scum’s coordinated assault on the Plane Stupid protesters.
Wot, yer still want more? Our Neil has a selection of links over at The Bleeding Heart Show.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 9th Dec
Nationwide
Traditional subjects go in schools shake-up
Ministers rush to defend Speaker public rebuke
Deep price cuts bring shoppers back to stores
Irish pork contamination probed
International
Will Keynes save the world again?
Police shooting sparks riots in Greece
Pakistan’s spies aided militants tied to Mumbai
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
The Award-Winning Alix Mortimer has a date with Steve Webb on Lib Dem Voice, and you (yes, YOU!) can be a gooseberry if you like.
Millennium Elephant is sick of the lauding of “hard-working families” and thinks we should work to live, not live to work. Hear, hear.
John Rentoul dissects the figures from the Obama campaign and comes up with some interesting conclusions.
Jonathan Calder reacts to the loss of a Lib Dem member.
James Graham was less than utterly impressed by the Climate March.
Hagley Road to Ladywood bemoans the hypocrisy of the press.
Political Betting examine the situation in Canada.
And Ros Scott has a bunch of (unpaid, natch) job adverts for Lib Dem committees.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 7th Dec
Nationwide
London doctor is held as forced marriage hostage
Bill to allow Commons searches with no warrant
Ministers fight to keep late abortions secret
Welfare mothers to be forced to work
International
Obama pledges public works on a vast scale
Thieves winning online war, maybe in your PC
Indian Muslim protest against Mumbai attacks
World Bank warns of possible Gaza bank collapse
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Andrew Ducker reports on the secret censoring of the internet by UK ISPs, with clickable examples. Comments to this are worth reading too.
Lynne Featherstone has news from Zimbabwe.
Political Betting examine the story that one of Gordon’s Cabinet might be leaking to the Tories.
Aldabra has pictures of yesterday’s climate march.
The Honourable Lady Mark has tales of job cuts in the civil service, and what this will mean for the Man on the Clapham Omnibus.
Millennium Elephant’s daddies have been having a bit of a rough week, but they were all cheered (as I was) by the recent British Space Mission.
Peter Black dissects the DNA database, with a little help from Chris Huhne.
And this week’s links from Septicisle appear to be a Karen Matthews special…
Top Stories and Blog Review – 6th Dec
Nationwide
BAE accused of £100m payments
Gang-rapists of girl, 14, are named
Two held over BNP member list leak
Johnson ditches London’s bendy buses
International
At least 22 dead in Pakistan blast
Most non-U.S. troops leaving Iraq
Castro expresses willingness to meet Obama
Who Are the Taliban?
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sunny
No links today, just a video you may enjoy…
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