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Entries from January 11th, 2006

The big (non-)event

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on The big (non-)event · Politics

Tonight there is an extraordinary council meeting which is being held in the Hawth theatre because of the expected crowds. It is all about travellers of course. The council’s executive voted last year to go ahead with two sites, a permanent one and a transit one. One of the them at what is called the […]

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Respect?

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on Respect? · Politics

Although I am not instinctively in favour of everything in this new ‘respect agenda’, I could probably be persuaded if I thought it would prevent families getting to be like the Hudsons. Its a perfect illustration of how abuse and violence is a cycle fed by deprivation. Quite how financial sanctions like cutting benefits helps […]

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Thats more like it!

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on Thats more like it! · Politics

Yesterday’s Guardian had a whole page of quotes from Tony Banks, showing that he was, indeed, capable of far wittier comments than the famous “foetus” or “sex-starved boa constrictor” lines. Even the “pig’s bladder on a stick” comment gained a lot by being put in context. In true political style, although he had plenty to […]

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