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Jan 12 2009 12:26PM
'Hanging wont stop nothing. You check?

So said Bugie, a gang member from St Kitts according to an article in Saturday’s Daily Mail. Well Bugie, you and I may well disagree on several matters but on this one we’re in agreement. I check! The Daily Mail’s three-page feature on...

Jan 11 2009 9:37PM
Tiken Jah Fakoly singing for freedom (video)

Go to youtube url here . Enjoy! This inspiring video feeds my new year's hopes for an end to immigration control. Reggae superstar, Tiken Jah Fakoly, singing here, was featured in the documentary film, 'An Independent Mind', directed...

Jan 9 2009 8:55PM
Has the Human Rights Act Molested the Memory of Diana?

That's just one of the hilarious headlines generated by Daily Mail-o-matic , which gives you a new Daily Mail-style headline every time you hit the refresh button. "Now updated to include 2009 bogeymen!" the site cheerfully tells us...

Jan 9 2009 1:23PM
2009 and a that

I had a lovely three weeks off around Christmas and New Year. Didn’t do much except enjoy the good things in life – food, drink, books and company. So my initial response to the alarm clock on Monday morning was that surely here was a...

Jan 9 2009 10:10AM
Gaza: are Israels pilotless drones powered by British-made engines?

The conflict and the killing in Gaza continues. Worryingly, Amnesty has uncovered evidence, reported in the Guardian today, that the specially-designed engines for ‘drones’ – small, unmanned aircraft used by Israeli forces to target...