Bloggers are often accused of being narcissistic people who write some really irrelevant rubbish. Now, I know a lot of British bloggers and most of them are highly intelligent and interesting individuals. But there are times you think about some people: my god, really, you’re obsessed by that?...

Andrew Gilligan has written an article in the Evening Standard titled: ‘Change the record, Ken - and we might listen to you again‘. I doubt a journalist so intent on smearing Ken can be taken seriously on that claim, especially when Gilligan doesn’t actually do serious journalism. ...

it's been quite the week.  am happy the weekend is almost here.  haven't much planned apart from an eye doc's visit (have to get my eyes dilated), might see "slumdog millionaire", a little card playing, and I really want to see a friend's puppy, Bjorn, who is a ...

This isn’t just one of Jon Stewart’s best rants; it actually illustrates the emptiness of the American financial punditry, who basically refused to believe the shit was about to hit the fan. This isn’t just a few bolshy investors trying to make a quick buck. This is a microcosm of ...

I like Dominic Grieve - he’s a nice guy. In fact I’ve seen him at so many Asian events that you almost forget he’s a Tory MP. In a speech today he will say: Mr Grieve will refer to “a decade of courting self-appointed heads of minority groups and pandering to special interest...

Safeguarding victims: Prevention and Protection in Practice Forced Marriage & ‘Honour’ Crimes FREE Conference Open to Public & Voluntary Sector Service Providers & Community Activists Tuesday 17th March 2009 at City Hall, Cardiff, Wales. SAFEGUARDING VICTIMS : PREVENTION &...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067767.html Jewish World / Can U.S. Muslims and Jews work together to change the world? By Haaretz Service and Leadel.NET...

That was the essence of what the man from the Today Programme asked me the day before yesterday, the result of which came out in this article on blogging and the Orwell Prize on good writing. No, I said, basically. Blogging won’t be mature unless it starts sustaining a few people and becomes a...

Thanks to Sunder for highlighting this. An article in the Daily Mail says: However although the figures from the Government’s Office for National Statistics show an increase in numbers of foreign born people they still fail to record the true impact of immigration because they record their chi...

Islam4UK, the latest reincarnation of the banned Muslim extremist group Al-Muhajiroun, is now advertising their meetings on the Sun forums! Ace! (via Dave Bones). If that isn’t evidence that they’re (crazy) media whores who love the attention, I don’t know what is....