Top Stories and Blog Review – 15th Nov
Nationwide
Energy firms ‘profit from poor’
Toynbee: We need tax cuts for poor
Tories disown Thames airport on ‘Boris Island’
ISPs to be named and shamed over content
International
Attacks leave Gaza ceasefire near collapse
Congo soldiers turn to rape as a weapon of war
Clinton, Richardson on Obama’s shortlist
Indian probe crash-lands successfully on moon
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sunny
The big buzz this weekend is over Andrew Gilligan vs the anti-Boris blogs!
Tory Troll – Andrew Gilligan socks it to the ‘anti-Boris blogs’
BorisWatch – I bet they don’t play this song on the radio
Bloggerheads – Andrew Gilligan comes out scratching
And elsewhere…
The F Word – RIP Amy Leigh Barnes and Duanna Johnson
Chicken Yoghurt – Jon Gaunt gets it right. Oh, the irony!
Labour And Capital – Bank vs State. Tom, on the government’s involvement with banks
Top Stories and Blog Review – 14th Nov
Nationwide
‘Extra UK troops’ for Afghanistan
Facing a sperm donor shortage
Pound sinks to record low against the euro
Nintendo Wii Fit selling out
International
Increase in forced labour, rape in Congo
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae need more money
Rove: History favors Republicans in 2010
China startled by force of crisis
North Korea to cut S Korea links
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Ala Abbas – Doesn’t like the name Bitch magazine. Neither do I, Ala.
Angela Saini – Another post on the rise of the Internet.
Bartholomew’s Notes – Reviews Tuesday night’s Dispatches programme on Africa’s ‘Witch Children.’
Bleeding Heart Show – Reports on Parliament’s idea of increasing diversity among its members. DisAbility has made the list, for a change!
Clive Davis – Seven minutes of satire at its sharpest. Friday Fun.
Derek Wall – The rise (and rise) of the Greens.
EUTopia – Rules on straight bananas are being scrapped.
Harry’s Place – On a racist who claims he made a mistake…
Top Stories and Blog Review – 13th Nov
And more…
UK economy faces sharpest downturn for 30 years
3,000 post offices saved from closure
Performing miracles for bored youths
Indian navy showcases rising might
Obama to pioneer tech out-reach as President
Google search engine flags flu activity
Sarah Palin: I’m happy to help Obama
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron
Sorry the review is late today. It hadn’t occurred to me that it wasn’t up. Just a quicky then…
Mark Pack/LDV – How how much does negative tabloid coverage of politicians matter?
Chris Dillow – Is inequality to blame for the US financial crisis?
New Humanist blog – That horrid Stephen Green hasn’t gone away…
Bob Piper – On why Osborne’s head will not roll.
donpaskini – Where are the non-Westminster politically enriching jobs?
The Barnet Eye – The reality of the dwindling council housing stock.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 12th Nov
And more…
Cameron’s £2.6bn tax break rebutted
Narrow elite? Harriet Harman wants change
Congo “worst place to be a child”
Obama may reverse Bush policies quickly
Single men invited to adopt a child
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
BoRev - George Bush’s first priority in talks with Obama was that he refuse to work with Colombian human rights groups. What a surprise…
Dave Hill - on the launch of Progressive London.
Dave’s Part - Prohibition doesn’t work.
Kubatana - In Zimbabwe, matters have reached the stage that people are besieging banks for their money.
Philobiblon - has very fragile good news from Congo.
Plattitude - on an unusually cross-party campaign.
Two Doctors - Does Obama herald the fourth republic?
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 11th November
Elsewhere…
Mandelson: banks meltdown could save post office network
Now banks raise credit card costs
Tories ‘plan to cut business tax’
Pakistanis Mired in Brutal Battle to Oust Taliban
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron Heath
Mark Pack/LDV – Were the record turnouts just media hype?
Andy Worthington – Andy updates us on the strange case of Guantánamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, and his quest for justice.
Tim Worstall – On the 11th-hour of the 11th-day, Tim rues the erosion of our liberties.
Mr. Eugenides – The angry little tot brings us this week’s Britblog review: The Audacity of Hazel Edition.
Bloggerheads – Iain Dale wades into the justice system. Comedy ensues.
Index on Censorship – David Davis MP writes on how further curtailment of media freedom, in respect to matters of ‘national security’, would be a mistake.
Millennium Dome, Elephant – The Fluffy take on Ros, Lemit, and the “other one”.
Paying their respects :: Earthpal, Mike Power, Jennie, James Higham… if I’ve missed you, let me know in the comments.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 10th November
The Laws Bush is Trying to Push Through in his Last Few Months
Elsewhere
Council homes for life ‘to be scrapped’
Tax cuts worth billions in Pre-Budget Report
MPs seek to censor the media
China Unveils $586 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
Britain Backs Away From Disabled Rights
Bee Keepers Swarm on Downing Street
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Jon Ball wonders why Gordon doesn’t just sack Darling and appoint Vince, thereby cutting out the middleman.
Nicholas Whyte reports on the death of an Irish political party.
Our own dear Lynne Featherstone has been on the radio, and helpfully lets us all know how we can listen in case we missed it.
Speaking of LC-contributing MPs, Henry G Manson reckons that David Lammy is a fair bet for the next mayor of London. I’d best visit now while I can, if that’s the case…
Liz Williams was abroad for the American elections, and found the coverage on the World Service somewhat lacking.
A Lanson Boy thinks Iain Dale is right. But also that he’s an arse.
Andrew Ducker posts a very depressingly insightful Dilbert.
Amused Cynicism has a depressingly true-ringing pictorial post, too.
Chicken Yoghurt is also a cheery little butterfly today (WARNING! Link may induce wrist-slashing, particularly in combination with the previous two. Proceed with caution)
And James Graham discusses how US presidents affect sci-fi, which is OBVIOUSLY their most important effect on things.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 9th November
Elsewhere
Scandal of care at top children’s hospital
Baroness Ros Scott elected president of the LibDems by a massive margin (YAY!)
Traffic levels fall for first time in decades
Banks defy Gordon Brown over new interest rate cut
US: That huge voter turnout? Didn’t happen
Liberty launches 42 writers website
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
President-Elect Ros Scott reacts to her landslide victory; Lembit’s McCainishly gracious reaction is here; Chandila’s rather less gracious reaction is here. The Lib Dem blogosphere has exploded over this. Here’s just a sample: Lib Dem Voice, The Honourable Lady Mark, the Real Iain Dale, Jonathan Calder, Caron, Mr Quist, Duncan Borrowman, Bridget Fox, Moments of Clarity, and James Graham.
Speaking of the gravelly-voiced sex pot, James Graham picks apart Trevor Philips’s arguments about race in British politics.
Alas, a Blog! has two posts on the weird reaction of the gay lobby in California to the prop 8 vote. Why are they apportioning blame due to race, and not crazy fundamentalism? Silly people.
Mark Pack at Lib Dem Voice has picked out yet another bit of Hazel Blears’ speech that should get us all righteously annoyed (pun intended).
If you want another reason to get pissed off at Blears, Bridget Fox has one here.
Cookery: Junkfood Science despairs of our political masters deciding it’s more important to hector people about being fat than to pay for cancer specialists.
Speaking of getting fat, I’d like people to recommend me a good food pub in London so that I can continue to do so, since my old favourite has apparently been altered beyond recognition.
Showbiz: TV.com tell us that the BBC have nixed another rumour about who is to be the 11th Doctor, and say they definitely won’t decide till next year anyway (How do they know it’s not going to be Colin Salmon if they haven’t decided? Still, there’s time for my campaign for Kulvinder Ghir to really get going, I guess)
Randomness: Pickwick is eschewing politics and being entranced by clouds – hullo clouds! Hullo sky!
And, as usual, if that wasn’t enough links for you Septicisle has many more.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 8th November
would block British Obama
Elsewhere
Tesco boss put pressure on Bank to cut rate
Palin: I’m not a diva
School collapse in Haiti
UK criminals ‘behind £500m Ireland cocaine haul’
Japanese Stores Take Convenience To a New Level
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron Heath
Alix Mortimer – Possibly the most impressive blog post in the history of everything. Alix should be placed in shrinkwrap so that she’s never spoiled by this horrid, horrid world.
Paul Linford – In a week of elections, Paul opines on the contrast between the victors.
Liberal England – A National DNA database? Yeah, the Tories would be so much better on issues of civil liberty. Not.
Back Towards The Locus – BenSix argues that the activists that helped Obama win his presidency, now need to hold him to his promises.
The Daily (Maybe) – Yeah, he’s black – but he means so, so much more. Jim as ever, is right on the money.
Obsolete – Characteristically insightful analysis of the the Glenrothes by-election. Also, beware the rise of Poppy fascism.
HuffPo – Palin lashes out at the “jerks”.
Hat-tips to Justin and Jennie, who unknowingly helped put together today’s review.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 7th November
Elsewhere
Shock victory puts the bounce back into Brown
Britain labelled ‘cocaine capital of Europe’
Obama prepares to spike euphoria with reality
DR Congo accuses UN over killings
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
Ala Abbas – They said this day would never come…. then it did.
Bartholomew’s Notes – There’s trouble at New Statesman…
Clive Davis – America’s First Couple go global… already! Friday Fun.
Derek Wall – Tells us why a concert was cancelled in Switzerland.
Dr Strangelove – The World Is Changed.
Feministing – Why we should hang on to the word Feminism.
Liberal England – Jonathan is a tad irritated.
New Humanist – It’s time for the historic poll we’ve all been waiting for…
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 6th November
Elsewhere
Obama Starts to Build His Team for Transition
SNP predicts another election earthquake
Is Hazel Blears right to accuse bloggers of undermining democracy?
Republican post-mortem begins
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
UK Liberty thinks Blears, and others, need to get their own house in order before criticising bloggers. I agree
Mutant blog gives his analysis of the new dawn thanks to the election of Obama.
Liberal England joins in on the hate for the BBC election coverage. It was indeed dire, but Gore Vidal and John Bolton stole the show with amazing performances.
Question That gives a good breakdown of some places to find analysis and views on the fallout of the election.
Lynne Featherstone was invited to a very American party for the election. Ah, Mr Smith, with these whoppers you are spoiling us!
Mike Power notes that the real winner on US election night was potheads.
Progressive politics highlights an epic fail in the understanding of liberalism by a Labour supporter.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 5th November
And more…
Brown hails ‘inspirational’ Obama
Why Obama won
GOP: Deep in the Wilderness
Times: Full video and text of speech
Elsewhere…
UN caught in new DR Congo clashes
Stocks rise after Obama victory
Trauma rife in Afghanistan troops
Devolution body to take evidence
Election Netcast Special / by Douglas Johnson
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! (Ahem.)
Next Left - tries to find the essential reads of the election.
Shiraz Socialist - The Reagan Coalition is dead. At last!
Plattitude - exercises the inner Obama.
Penny Red - rather sums up how I felt last night.
Pickled Politics - has pictures from an Obama office on election day, and a fitting reaction to victory.
Bob Piper - wishes that we had the same chance to vote for change in 2010.
Socialist Unity - Obama isn’t Blair, and this won’t be a New Labour style disappointment; the campaigns were different, and so will be the terms.
Stroppyblog - Melanie Phillips isn’t happy. Oh dear. (YES!)
The Yorksher Gob - has three pleasing open letters.
Rayyan Mirza - has some thanks to say.
Daily Kos - has pretty pictures.
More later, when I’ve had some sleep. Tips very welcome in the comments!
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 4th November
Election Live Blog
The Live blog has moved here, for archiving.
News Stories
A Sea Change for Politics as We Know It
Final Thoughts…
Thriller in Wasilla: Town abuzz over election
Polls Show Obama With Clear Advantage
Obama’s grandmother dies of cancer
US elections: time for America to decide
America is jittery as election’s outcome draws near
The Boss gives Obama a boost
Remember, LC will be live blogging tonight. Watch this space…
Election Netcast Special / by Aaron Heath
The Plain Dealer Blog – Ohio’s largest newspaper, The Plain Dealer, takes a snapshot of blogger opinion in this important swing state.
Arianna Huffington – Whoever is victorious tonight, it’s the Internet that is the big winner.
Oliver Willis – Easily the best web video of the election. Super Obama!!!
Kos – It’s prediction time at Daily Kos. Obama FTW. I’m cautious about Florida and Ohio, but feel two or three red states may fall.
Freemania – Tom calls the election. He believes Obama will win and explains his reasoning.
Rachel North – Explaining why Obama must win. Excellent post.
Andy Worthington – War crimes: what the candidates don’t talk about. Important.
Resources ::
The final polls at RCP
Election twitter feed
BBC coverage
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 3rd November
And more…
British troops may protect aid in Congo
MPs revolt over third Heathrow runway
Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress
Poll gives John McCain glimmer of hope
Possibility of heavy job losses at HBOSLloydsTSB
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Rhythmaning reports on a new twist on JS Mill’s maxim that while not all conservatives are stupid, most stupid people are conservative.
Peter Black and Chicky Yog both report on the fact that Gordon Brown himself has admitted that government databases can never be secure. I think it’s a bit optimistic to hope that this is the final nail in the coffin of ID cards, though…
Brad Hicks has a nice long entry about electoral fraud in the US.
The Award-Winning Alix Mortimer is being a voice of reason in an inter-LibDem spat, bless her.
Mark Pack on LDV reports that the Tories are having spats too.
I have a rant about the recurring Winterval Myth (some good links in the comments too) in response to this entry.
And this week’s BritBlog Round-up has been done by the very lovely Jonathan Calder, so if you need (lots) more links, head on over there.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 2nd November
And more…
Candidates Make Their Final Push on Reshaped Map
Republicans Ramp Up Negative Attacks
BBC is told to starve its fat cats
David Mitchell dissects the Brand/Ross/Sachs furore
China’s toy makers face bleak Christmas
UK calls for urgent aid for Congo
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Adrian Sanders MP (with a little pointer from the sainted Vince) knows how to get us out of recession.
Rhythmaning’s grandad was a pre-war Labour party candidate. Here he presents some scans of his grandad’s election materials. It’s one of the most illuminating posts I have seen in months.
Nich Starling has a spirited and pin-sharp defence of the BBC.
Steph Ashley, meanwhile, reminds us that not all prank calls are bad and wrong and evil.
The Mustard Seed reminds us that female and black have both been qualities of American candidates since the early seventies. The embedded documentary is fascinating.
CNNBC has a news bulletin from the future.
The Filthy Smoker has an interesting guest post on Devil’s Kitchen.
My fiancé Mat Bowles has a good rant about bad signposting. He got lost on the way to Yorkshire regional conference, and nearly missed the bloggers’ interview with Nick Clegg, poor lamb.
The Honourable Lady Mark Valladares made it to conference, though, and is very proud of his missus.
And if that’s not enough links for you to be going on with, head over to Septicisle’s place…
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 1st November
And more…
Specter of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops
McCain scraps town hall format as crowds becomes vicious.
Miliband flies to Goma as rebels advance
Surge in recruitment as support for troops rises
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron Heath
Stroppyblog – Janine makes the case for sacking Ross and Brand. On the grounds that they’re both crap.
Pickled Politics – Sunny reports on the ground war telephone operations of both parties.
Chicken Yogurt – Justin vents at a world where Tony Blair earns £12m a year and poor Lesley Douglas has to walk. Interesting debate in the comments.
Left of Centrist – McCain loses it as voters in Red States court Obama [video/humour].
Crooked Timber – The banking crisis pales in significance to the gargantuan environmental catastrophe that looms large over our tortured planet.
Earthpal – It’s the first day of the hunt. Don’t worry, the hunting ban is a meaningless law that’s not enforced. Tally-ho!
The Daily (Maybe) – And to finish things off, we have a review of the new Bond movie. Hurrah!
The awesome Jennie is up tomorrow, and I’ll be back for a special election review on Tuesday. Bye. *waves*.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 31st October
And more…
Somalia’s Pirates Flourish in a Lawless Nation
Rocked again: BBC all at sea in another storm
Bush’s Last Push To Deregulate
Barclays gets Middle Eastern money
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Sarah Ismail
In this week of religious festivals, today’s roundup has a slightly religious theme. I’ve never liked tricks much, so I hope you will consider it a treat. Happy Halloween! And, of course, belated Divali wishes to anyone who celebrated!
1820 – A two minute video clip for one of this week’s Friday Fun links.
Chicken Yoghurt – The public resigns over Brandgate. I couldn’t choose between them, so this week you get two Friday Fun links.
Harry’s Place – David T doesn’t trust the government on Islamism.
Indigo Jo – The Message, a film about the arrival of Islam, is being remade.
Manjula Sood/New Statesman – On the meanings of Divali.
Rahila Gupta/CiF – Wonders whether a film can lead to positive changes in India’s religious divides.
The Langar Hall – A voting guide for Sikh Americans.
Tory Troll – Adam has a question for our old friend Andrew Gilligan: are you being a very naughty sockpuppet?
Top Stories and blog Review – 30th Oct
And more…
House prices fall 14.6% amid 34-year sales slump
Obama shakes up Georgia’s Senate race
Jonathan Ross’s BBC career on the line as BBC committee meets
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin
So…Russell Brand prank calls an old guy, during a near recession, and it’s the PM and Leader of the Opposition’s job to wade in, sparking the BBC to suspend him, because of days of front page tabloid over-reaction. Hoax call a police force on the other hand and you get little more than slight coverage in the tabloids. I despair, as such here are my highly subjective links for the day…
5CC explains just how this Russel Brand story pervades in the Mail, while hoaxing the police (another publicly funded organisation) doesn’t get half the attention.
Septicisle continues on yesterdays analysis of the situation in the papers, even the Guardian is being bat-shit crazy over all of this…
Clawsfour thinks people are further getting their priorities mixed up when stating this “gag” is a perversion of the freedom of speech.
Wouldn’t it be scarier baffles at the numbers of complaints for this stunt, but more at the masochistic ends to which people endure to justify their complaints.
Pooter Geek on the benefits of a proper and nonsense free apology.
Wongablog provides us with our much needed light relief today.
Top Stories and blog Review – 29th Oct
And more…
BBC on defensive over Brand and Ross
Will McCain annoy independent voters?
Obama and McCain’s mobilisation efforts compared
Dozens killed in Pakistani earthquake
Iceland: Britain has devastated our economy
The killing fields of Afghanistan
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Douglas Johnson
The Daily (Maybe) - interviews Jean Lambert on workers’ rights.
Obselete - When Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross are considered key political material, isn’t something wrong?
Harpymarx - wonders what can be done about child poverty.
Daily Kos - In this election, states that haven’t mattered for years now have the chance to make a difference. Which the Republicans aren’t very happy about.
Feministing - shares issues with heteronormative dating.
Stroppy Blog - on women and the economic crisis.
Top Stories and Blog Review – 28th Oct
Elsewhere…
Cost of crash: $2,800,000,000,000
Extremists to be barred from UK
Skinheads ‘planned to kill Obama’
Republican Ted Stevens guilty
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron Heath
Unspeak – The always-excellent Steven Poole is distracted by the EU’s reluctance to release Peter Mandelson’s diary. The EU is claiming that the diary isn’t a “document”, even though the EU’s own definition would suggest that it is. *sighs*
Jock’s Place – Reportage from the Libertarian Alliance Conference. Parts One and Two.
Obsolete – The US has bombed targets inside Syria, killing 7 civilians. But why?
The Daily (Maybe) – The collapse of the Republican Party is making Jim so very happy.
Dave’s Part – Mr. Osler agrees with me in that there are limits to what we can expect from an Obama presidency.
Liberal England – Iain Dale is dead wrong if he thinks the Tories need another David Evans.
Pickled Politics – Sunny reports from the trenches. Now with added Pics!
Top Stories and Blog Review – 27th Oct
More on the economy:
Japan’s Nikkei stock index falls to 26-year low
Darling under pressure to avert sterling meltdown
The Graun profiles Vince Cable
Other news:
Mandelson denies charge favouring Russian oligarch
Who will Republicans choose to go forward?
Race increasingly difficult for McCain
American army thinks that Twitter users are terrorists
DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg
Wintrmute reports on the aussie government’s plans for total censorship of the internet. See also here, here, and here.
The Mustard Seed discusses the problems trans people face in Malaysia (WARNING: this is pretty harrowing. Hat tip: Alas, a blog!)
Chicken Yoghurt has spotted Jack Straw picking on those who can’t fight back. Again. (hat tip: Lynne Featherstone)
To Miss With Love, thought-provoking as ever, discusses the teaching of history.
I am cross about people who judge others for their sexual behaviour with consenting adults.
Charlotte Gore likens our economy to a battery chicken farm. Cluck cluck.
Cllr Tim Ball ruminates on the decline of public toilet provision and its effect on the elderly and disabled.
The Barnet Eye would like to bring himself to your attention. Clearly nobody has ever told him what Pterry says about multiple exclamation marks… 
The entry on sex education is good, though, and he looks like one to watch for those in the Barnet area.
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