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Oct 10 2007 10:41AM
Tasers - Chief Constable does about turn

Despite his commitment - only days ago - not to proceed with deployment of Tasers until human rights and equality concerns were met, Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde has now done an about-turn and aims to pilot the devices regardless. The...

Oct 9 2007 2:51PM
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Watching the number of people joining our new online campaign edge ever closer to 10,000 just ahead of the official launch in Birmingham this morning took me back to the days when similar excitement could be had by tuning in to Blue...

Oct 8 2007 2:35PM
Iraqi refugees get lost in media circus

So this afternoon, up stepped the PM to face the snarling media pack all desperate for blood. And their fascination? The Election That Never Was (ETNW). Sometimes you wish the media would get a grip. The ETNW dominated while the story...

Oct 8 2007 2:29PM
Harmonious Society?

How does the Communist Party justify its power? The Communist Party propaganda slogan is Harmonious Society. How does the CCP set up its harmonious society? Political and civil rights are brutally suppressed by the CCP power. Li Heping...

Oct 6 2007 6:11PM
Bonus blog: Burma demo

Yes, a bonus blog today! Im just back from the big Burma demo in Trafalgar Square - a fantastic, moving event. The place was swathed in red: armbands, headbands, flags and plenty of Amnesty banners. Check my flickr pics here. There...