Recess on the horizon
Welcome to the Thursday casting the net slot. The parliamentary recess is soon to be underway and we had our last PMQs, so bring on the months of benign news! A request from myself, if you have a blog that you would like to have checked for posts let us know on tips[at]liberalconspiracy[dot]org. We have plenty of liberal and Labour blogs, but less so of more independent ones! As usual this, along with a few further links, will be up on my blog.
Gl0rfy! – Seven years ago Blair backed the brutal actions of Genoese police, actions that have yet to be punished.
CiF/Libby Brooks – A woman is (rightfully) asking for issues of rape to focus on the offender, it only took an hour for someone to undermine the point in the comments. Is this progression?
Peter Black AM – Peter Black points out some very hypocritical views in the Welsh assembly.
Millenium Elephant – House of Lords reform? Not if Jack “never make a decision” Straw has anything to do with it!
Linylooz Muze – Adding to the voices of concern about Cameron’s qualification for making certain statements, Linda wonders how much he can do for Black fathers.
Bloggasm – Simon has done some poking around to find some stats for blog readership in the US. Anyone want to do the same for the UK? continue reading… »
Hard Facts from the 1980s
Welcome to Wednesday’s NetCast. Tips very welcome in the comments, or sent to tips[at]liberalconspiracy.org
Stephen’s Linlithgow Journal - The UK still treats HIV as if it were the 1980s. Hadn’t we got past overt discrimination?
Remembering the Ability in DisAbility - wonders whether a parent really needs a CRB check to transport their own child.
BorisWatch - The Mayor of London appears to be adjusting to a post-Livingstonian capital. About time.
Dave’s Part - How does death through dangerous knifing differ from death through dangerous driving?
Five Chinese Crackers - explores the liberal-left, the screaming-right, and their relative reactions to knife-crime.
Harpymarx - finds New Labour’s attempts to address that knife-crime very unsatisfactory, as does James.
Philobiblon - Underneath all the talk about the housing crisis lie some very hard facts about the legacy of the 1980s.
Bears defecate in the woods surrounding the Vatican, and…
Caroline Lucas launched her campaign for leadership of the Greens yesterday. So, a (mini)-theme:
Peter Cranie - makes sure that Caroline will have at least one vote.
The Daily (Maybe) - What does the candidate’s website say about the launch of Lucas-Aid? Credible radicalism seems a theme.
Scribo Ergo Sum - Lucas began her campaign positively. And Derek Wall, as is his wont, reponded negatively.
Daily Kos - Back in real (fantasy) world politics, Republicans manage to accuse Obama of elitism and the 16% of the population of incurable stupidity in the same rant. Come again?
Jock’s Place - The Cornish Liberal Democrats look increasingly illiberal. Lee agrees.
Slugger O’Toole - The Catholic Church takes upon itself to interfere in the political process in Scotland. My, what a novel approach for it to take. Soon, bears will begin to use the Vatican as a toilet…
The F-Word - on a load of patriarchal old wank.
Our Kingdom - Could Athenian-style sortition work in the House of Lords? Anthony Barnett and David Marquand discuss.
A Bit Eclectic Today…
SnapsThoughts has a photo essay on the fraughtness of union links with Labour. Each image is accompanied by some thought-provoking words. Highly recommended.
Douglas has news of a sexist Tory. In other news, bears are Catholic and the pope poos in the woods.
Spirit of 1976 discovers his inner Clarkson and feels DIRTY.
Sexual Intelligence Blog reports on John McCain’s reluctance to discuss sexual matters. Not in front of the children, dear.
Jonathan Calder is rather cross about curfews, and people who hail them as a success before they even start.
Lee Griffin has some praise for the home secretary’s plans on knife crime.
Feminist SF covers the finale of the most recent series of Doctor Who.
That’s all folks. Tips to the usual address, and I’ll see you Sunday.
White Rabbit Time
I’m late, I’m late… (again) Nobody has emailed us any tips today, and the blogosphere seems oddly quiet, so the links today are a little sparse:
Andrew Ducker wants to know how often his female readers get unwanted attention from men. I’m a barmaid. I may have skewed his results a little.
Spirit of 1976 has a somewhat visceral reaction to June Sarpong’s “Politics and the City” exercise in patronisation website, which I have to say I agree with completely.
Millennium Elephant weighs in on the case of the registrar who won’t do civil unions.
Liz W is worried about the moral compass of the Labour party.
And I have comment on the latest furore in sci-fi fandom over at my blog. With extra added racism!
Scrap tax credits and protectionism
Welcome to our daily web review. As always, feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments.
Clairwil – The first step to ending poverty is scrapping tax-credits, that most convoluted and expensive waste of resources. The lowest paid shouldn’t pay any tax whatsoever.
Dave Hill – Some choice cuts from the list of questions submitted for next week’s Mayoral QT. (Doug takes a closer look).
…Millennium Dome, Elephant – On the rather delicious spat between Sarkozy and Mandleson, and how French protectionism is the enemy of progress. Amen.
Westminster Wisdom – Gracchi toys with the idea of a peaceful compromise in 1776, where America and Britain remain unified. How could things have panned out differently?
Paul Linford – Will DC bring DD back into the inner sanctum? continue reading… »
Judgement
Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review. As always, please feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments. There are some excellent posts around the internets today, here is just a taster…
*** GL0RIFY! *** – In the longest trial of its kind in history, an animal rights activist has been jailed for 4.5 years. The presiding judge’s hobbies include “shooting, smallholding, gardening and fishing”. An appeal, based on his apparent conflict of interest, has been launched.
The Daily (Maybe) – There was a by-election yesterday, apparently. JimJay brings us the rundown.
OurKingdom – Anthony Barnett commends Davis’ performance, and takes a swipe – again – at the “sneering” BBC.
Rachel North – Rachel debated liberty on the eve of the election. Here is her speech. continue reading… »
Of overstatement and lack of liberty
Welcome to the July 10th edition of casting the net. Contributions as usual to tips[at]liberalconspiracy[dot]org to let us know of the amazing works being posted around. This has been a quiet week, maybe it’s just the weather, but with a hilarious Harriet Harman performance in PMQs, a communities bill announcement, the G8 summit and (of course) the H&H by-election I expected more. Bad bloggers, must do better! As usual my extended round up will be up shortly on my blog.
The Register – OK, not a blog but Sunny will poke me with sharp, hot things if I post where I got this link from. Jacqui Smith and the government start a propaganda site to indoctrinate our children in to ID cards. Fails spectacularly.
Andreas’ Blog – Someone is a little critical of those calling themselves liberal these days.
A Lanson boy – Who do those liberals think they are, telling our children to be off our streets by 9pm?
Though Cowards Flinch – David is unimpressed with the politics of fear, especially the Tories hypocritical role in it.
Lib Dem Voice – Who said what now? Certainly it seems David Davis is in the clear despite many Lib Dem supporters anger. continue reading… »
A strange return to the 1790s (Early Edition)
Very early, today. There’ll probably be an update at an unspecified time in the afternoon.
Dave Hill - Gender stereotypes affect everyone. Badly.
The Daily (Maybe) - The Guardian may have made a little mistake. Stick to public-sector advertising, perhaps?
Stumbling and Mumbling - examines the root of knife crime. And, yes, it’s (roughly) the economy, my dears.
Penny Red - A wail of despair for desperate Londoners afflicted by the curse of BoJo. And cites Blake, and so is consequently worth a visit for that alone.
Back Towards the Locus - Melanie Phillips regurgitates bile. As usual.
Splintered Sunrise - proves a surprisingly good ventriloquist.
Scribo Ergo Sum - What links a 214-year dead tyrant and the Prevention of Terrorism Act? Hint: It’s not the economy. For once.
Tips to the usual address (tips[at]liberalconspiracy.org) or in the comments.
X doesn’t understand Y
It’s not yet 8AM and I’m posting. Something is very definitely wrong.
Tygerland - Brown doesn’t understand Russia.
Huffington Post - America doesn’t understand Obama.
Harpymarx - Blunkett doesn’t understand prisons. Or people.
Feministing - Brian Sewell doesn’t understand reality.
Kubatana - Countries with more HIV/AIDs sufferers receive less funding for treatment. Largely because of (unelected) leaders like Mugabe, it seems. Unfair, I think so.
The F-Word - Of Eucalyptus, monocultures and feminism. And a fascinating report showing the links.
James Grieves - paid a visit to Marxism 2008, and discovered the Revolution may not be happening just yet.
And now I must be off. Tips to the usual address (tips[at]liberalconspiracy.org) or in the comments.
The super quicky one
Jennie seems to have dropped off the interwebs, so I’ll post a quick web review and she can post over me if she surfaces unscathed.
Chicken Yoghurt – Brown’s statements about us lot stopping wasting food has received short-shrift across the blogs. Justin explains that it’s not a bad idea, it’s just…
Stumbling and Mumbling – And then Chris weighs in with some elementary economics for Gordon.
Remembering the Ability in Disability – Jumping deep into the sticky argument that is inclusive education. Forget participating in every activity, it’s about being around everyone else and socialising.
Amused Cynicism – Yay! The latest Britblog roundup is upon us.
Cassilis – Polly wrote about relative poverty at the weekend. Liam responds.
The Daily (Maybe) – JimJay asks for calm in the debate on knife crime. Law and order related outrage is rarely the best way to tackle social problems.
Right, that’ll do you for now. I hope Jennie’s okay! *UPDATE* Jennie is fine, she suffering a “dicky” internet connection. Phew.
And I’d Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Hadn’t Have Been For Those Darn Bloggers…
A short one today, I’m afraid, since I was up until stupid o’clock last night and am knackered
Purple Cthulhu and prominent Brussels-ite Nick Whyte both report on the sneaky Tories being sneaky and urge you to write to your Euro MP before they introduce a Euro Law which could take your internets away. Andrew Ducker has already written, as have many others.
UK Polling Report has realised that young people can’t remember living under the Tories and thus are less likely to be prejudiced against them. In other news, the sky is blue and the Pope shits in the woods.
Jonathan Calder praises the Sunday Times for praising Lib Dem Economic Expertise.
Septicisle approves of an article in the Daily Fail shock!
Smashboredom examines the G8 in group blog Powerswitch.
And The Prydonian Academy has an end of series poll for Doctor Who.
Women, Wimbledon and Wonderful Inventions
As the US wakes up after its Independence celebrations, the UK prepares to mark the third anniversary of the 7/7 terrorist attacks. Also not forgetting, we have to get through Wimbledon’s finals weekend. But for those who aren’t tennis fans, here is something to read instead. Your suggestions always welcome below or at tips[at]liberalconspiracy[dot]org.
Pickled Politics: Clairwil asks us to save an innocent woman from deportation to Nigeria, where she faces death for the unforgivable crime of… falling in love.
Rahila Gupta/CiF: My favourite feminist, Rahila, suggests a long-term solution to sex trafficking.
Remembering The Ability in Disability: While waiting to go on holiday in a crowded airport lounge, a sensitive engineer realised that some could use a stylish wheelchair. I’ve published a picture, and a great review, at my blog.
Between East And West: This post is a little old – and a bit short – for this round-up, but as it’s the weekend before 7/7, I think it’s appropriate.
Aqoul: Publicises a Turkish soap opera which is, apparently, provoking divorce.
Clive Davis: Agrees with the Taliban’s taste in Western popular culture.
The Daily (Maybe) – “Labour has a choice. The death of Brown’s premiership, or the death of the Labour Party.”
All sorts of nonsense
The kids are being particularly chimpish this morning, but that hasn’t prevented me from bringing you today’s freshest links from around the net. As ever, go ahead and serve up your own discoveries in the comments.
Freemania – Tom picks out the prime cuts from Parliament’s buffet of select committees.
Tim Collins – The 42-days vote was a victory for the terrorists, and utterly futile in fighting terrorism. But we knew that, right?
Political Betting – The Times is running with the story that the National Audit Office has rejected the Treasury’s accounts. Remember that bank, Northern Rock…
Earthpal – Writing a Birthday Card to the NHS. It may be rudderless and structurally flawed, but at least it doesn’t check your insurance status before it will treat you.
Chicken Yoghurt – Gordon Brown is the right man to be PM, because let’s be honest, a man so utterly unable to answer a straight question would never get a job in the real world.
Mick Hartley – On visiting Hayward Gallery’s 40th anniversary show, named “Psycho Buildings”. Well it’s culture, init? Well, actually it sounds a bit crap.
*Martin* Bright – Interviews Ed Balls MP.
What, no VED fallout?
Welcome to the Thursday casting the net. Surprisingly there is no analysis I can find of yesterdays Finance Bill vote. This is ok though as you should be able to check back at my blog site after 6pm and see my analysis of what I thought was an all round shoddy debate. Meanwhile, on to the good stuff, as always more links will be posted shortly on my site, and links can be sent to us at tips[at]liberalconspiracy[dot]org.
OurKingdom – Anthony Barnett asks what is next for those that are interested in democracy with the H&H by-election looming. Make sure you put aside 30 minutes to read this!
Crooked Timber – Henry wonders about the impact of blogs and participation on them in the political process amongst other things. A truly interesting article that doesn’t come around often.
The Yorkshire Gob – Jennie was one of the first to comment on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s poverty findings, and is actually not doing too bad in her impoverished state, thankyouverymuch.
Obsolete – There is a darker side to CiF, and this analysis of the treatment of Majid Ahmed (refused entry to Imperial because of a theft conviction) on the site shows it plain as day.
continue reading… »
Religion, fascism, war, tyranny, incompetence…
Welcome to Wednesday’s Netcast, slightly later than usual. Tips and/or gratuitous abuse in the comments, or to tips[at]liberalconspiracy.org.
Mike Tuffrey AM - damns BoJo with faint praise. If that.
Peezedtee - Are liberals paying enough attention to Afghanistan? Proably not.
The DisAbled Feminist - Shouldn’t women be allowed to play 5 set tennis too? Seems fair…
Huffington Post - The far-right has a problem with patriotism. (A tip: For the hyperbolic, it’s usually known as fascism.)
Scribo Ergo Sum - James considers the Anglican schism with uncertain eyes. And calls me an anti-clericist, which seems about right…
Johann Hari - thinks we should allow religious discrimination. And lots of it!
BlairWatch – on the depressing reliability of the African Union.
And now, off to find a job…
Not Pretty
Welcome to Tuesday’s netcast. Tips and/or gratuitous abuse in the comments, or to tips[at]liberalconspiracy.org
Pickled Politics – Has Bishop Nazir-Ali just destroyed his base amongst Anglicans? I do enjoy a good schism…
The Daily (Maybe) - Nominations for the Green Party Executive are now open. Oh, and wish a happy second birthday to the blog.
Robin Lustig - Considers a mess in the Middle East. And no, it’s not pretty.
Open Democracy - On Disability vs. the Government.
Dave’s Part - How do you summarise Brownism? Three Words: Triangulate, triangulate, triangulate.
Adrian Ramsey – Illustrates why David Davis is as unconvincing a champion for civil liberties as Thatcher.
Obselete - Will churnalists please, please take to heart their own articles?
Someone Is Wrong On The Internet
Sorry the netcast is a bit late today, folks. I got caught up in emailing Woman’s Hour and lost track of time. As always, tips to the usual address (although we give no guarantees you’ll be included) and hope you find something of interest in this.
Paul Walter has a handy précis of ConHome’s “How to become a Tory MP” guide. Essentially it involves throwing lots of money at it. *I* thought that was supposed to be the *Labour* way…
Lynne Featherstone calls people who don’t support Harriet Harman’s proposal to allow positive discrimination “Tory Boys”. Thank, Lynne! I assume the penis and blue rosette must have been lost in the post…
Lee Griffin is a Tory Boy like me, then. I particularly like this rabid right-wing point: “If schools want more male teachers then incentives are necessary to increase numbers, not putting a worse teacher in charge of educating our children for the sake of some equality figures.”
Anthony Hook thinks that the age discrimination proposals might be ill-thought-out too. continue reading… »
Reactions to Doctor Who Broke My Brain
I have spent about five hours so far collating reactions to last night’s Who and am still not done yet, so if this is a bit disjointed, blame Russell T Davies. When I’ve finally done I’ll be making Liberal use of this and picturing Rusty in the role of Boss.
Tips to the usual address: all submissions will be considered, although there’s no guarantee of inclusion.
Andrew Hickey has a great post about why the Lib Dems’ current strategy is completely arse-about-face, which neatly encapsulates my own feelings on the matter and chimes with Mike Smithson’s recent post too.
Stuff White People Like dissects Godwin’s Law: “all human beings can be neatly filed into one of two categories: People I Agree With, and People Who are Just Like Adolf Hitler.”
Shakesville reports on a fiscal fly in John McCain’s soup.
On my blog there are tips for those who wish to pile the pressure on Heinz like Lynne F. continue reading… »
The Daily Outrage
Welcome to the netcast.
The Curvature – A son removes his aged father from a home where he had found a lover. Both father and his partner suffered from dementia. The thought of the two of them having sex was too much for the son. A beautiful, complicated article.
Left of Centrist – Robert imagines a world without gays and lesbians. Sounds bloody boring.
Norfolk Blogger – Nich gets himself banned from direct.gov.uk – simply for trying it out. Beware government IT initiatives. BEWARE!
Bad Science – Ben Goldacre’s latest example of “bad science” is from the front page of The Daily Outrage Express.
PDF (NSFW) – This will make you giggle (and possibly clap). But please, don’t visit this site if you’re at work.
Obsolete – Continuing our Daily Express theme, septicisle has news of a front page Muslim-outrage story that isn’t quite what it seems.
e8voice – Hug-a-hoodie wasn’t just a sound bite, it’s a serious rehabilitation project. Hugs work, apparently.
You can read articles through the front page, via Twitter or rss feeds.
» How bad is the feline obesity crisis?
» Why don’t MPs pay back tuition fees instead of increasing ours?
» 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?
» The Labour leadership’s token contender.. and it’s not Diane Abbott
» In defence of these fraternal nominations
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