Crime and policing bill reaches the Lords

Quite a while back I wrote about the crime and policing bill, this horrendous piece of legislation has finally reached the Lords. None of the political parties sitting in Westminster are kicking up much of a fuss, although some amendments have been tabled, despite this bit of the mainstream media are finally starting to notice what a colossal pile of authoritarian shit the bill is. Even Mr Monbiot has decide its a bad thing – which tells you just how truly awful it is, as the Guardian usually quite likes handing the state more power to ban things. The good … Continue reading

Climatechanged the video

Following on from my previous post where I said the archive made a nice little slide show, I decided it should be put to music, enjoy… The melt water pools start forming around July 10th, reach the Buoy by July 19th (just), It’s not floating free (judging by how the buoy sits in the water) until July 25th, by July 27th it’s being pushed out of the water again and on July 28th it’s back on the ice. Yet July 22nd is when the climate changed apparently, I guess it got bored and changed back. Oh and via Watts up … Continue reading

It’s still not equality

Catching up on the news that’s happened whilst I’ve been traveling I note that the marriage “equality” bill has got through the lords. I put equality in quotes as it still doesn’t provide equality as I muttered about earlier. Apparently the evil wrecking amendment would extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, yep in a bill for equality asking that it actually deliver equality should be rejected because it would delay things and cost too much, cost not being a concern that I’ve noticed for the bill as it stood. If equality is the right thing to do then surely it’s … Continue reading