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• One-Liner Week 12 December 2010

  By Russell Pollard on December 13, 2010 • ( 1 )

  Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is arrested on the grounds of sex charges brought by the Swedish authorities. He is in prison in the UK. Unlike the UK which is experiencing extremely low temperatures, Israel prays for rain after months… Read More ›

• English Defence League – too Posh for Peterborough?

  By Russell Pollard on December 12, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  The EDL ventured to close their 2010 tour of England at the lovely cathedral city of Peterborough in the rural heartland of Cambridgeshire. It was news to me that this was a hotbed of radical Islam – although I was… Read More ›

• Cancun Climate talks: Global Turd Polishing

  By Russell Pollard on December 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  After the debacle that was the Copenhagen Climate conference, there followed the Cancun conference attended by 20,000+ people which used as much energy as a small UK town uses in a whole year. The science on the subject is so… Read More ›

• Students tuition fees protest: Victory or just violence?

  By Russell Pollard on December 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  30 days after the original, almost now iconic, student protest at Millbank Tory HQ, was the 4th protest which coincided with the day of the vote in the House of Commons. The lead up to this day has seen much… Read More ›

• Nick Clegg: The Perils of Power

  By Russell Pollard on December 6, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  The heady days of Cleggmania must feel like a different world back in April when the British public discovered Nick Clegg. He shone above the weary politics of the well-polished Tory David Cameron and the dour and depressing Gordon Brown…. Read More ›

• One-Liner Week 5 December 2010

  By Russell Pollard on December 6, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Wikileaks website goes public with millions of cables and documents revealing diplomatic, or otherwise, information. England fails to secure the 2018 World Cup – receving only 2 votes – allegations of vote rigging or sour grapes? Spain’s financial crisis begins… Read More ›

• UK Uncut protest: Careful with that Tax regime.

  By Russell Pollard on December 5, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  The UK Uncut (#ukuncut) organisation is gathering momentum throughtout the country and is being fuelled through the benefits of social networking, principally through Twitter and Facebook. This is clearly going to be a fascinating development in how democracy can be… Read More ›

• Climate Change – science definitely not settled!

  By Russell Pollard on November 30, 2010 • ( 4 )

  

  The whole issue of climate change, or global warming, ( the terms seem to be used interchangeably without much sense), has now reached a fundamentalist level. Either one believes in the single model, and all of the consequences that brings,… Read More ›

• Heavy-handed Police tactics at EDL demo in Preston

  By Russell Pollard on November 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  For me the EDL demonstration in Preston was less an event about the EDL, and what they were demonstrating about, more about the Police tactics and actions on the day. I have no issues with the Police, and have always… Read More ›

• Students protest in London for 2nd time over University Fees

  By Russell Pollard on November 26, 2010 • ( 0 )

  

  For the second time this month, students were on the streets demonstrating against the proposed increase in University tuition fees. The event a few weeks ago was focussed on London- this week there were protests throughout the country so the… Read More ›

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