Tuesday, 17 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Terror suspects get £600,000 handout for 'living costs'
Some of Britains most dangerous suspected terrorists have received more than £600,000 of taxpayers money to pay for their living costs while they have been under surveillance by the security services.
Daily Telegraph (17-Nov-2009)

We will rein in the ASBOs: Tories plan instant penalties to control yobs
A Tory government would use instant penalties on teenage yobs instead of relying on Asbos, the party said yesterday. Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, said he favoured quick intervention against teenage yobs through grounding orders, community punishments and property...
Daily Mail (17-Nov-2009)

Christopher Maume: 'The British National party is right about one thing: the country is filling up'
I am not a fan of the BNP, honest. Nick Griffin, patron saint of the benighted and cross-eyed, is as about as high on my list of People To Hug Before I Die as Melanie Phillips or the Grimes twins...
The Independent (17-Nov-2009)

Immigration: The word that won't just go away
By: KLN and Agencies Immigration has returned to the heart of British politics with a bang! With an election due next year, the results may well turn on how the indigenous population votes on this...
Kenya London News (16-Nov-2009)

What's going to be in the Queen's speech?
Key bills expected to be in the government's programme of legislation, together with a summary of what the Conservatives would do if they were in...
Guardian Unlimited - Politics (16-Nov-2009)

Londoners must join forces for the Battle of Barking
Earlier this year, while preparing a Radio 4 series on Britishness, I spent a day in Leicester interviewing its citizens about national identity. Much the most striking encounter I had was with a young Indian-born...
Evening Standard (16-Nov-2009)

BRITISH JUSTICE HAS BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD BY LABOUR
THE famous figure of Justice at the Old Bailey must be weeping tears of despair behind her blindfold. Instead of protecting our society, the legal system has now become a conspiracy against the British public. We live in a land where the state metes out punishment to the innocent, neglects the vulnerable and.
Daily Express (16-Nov-2009)

FURY AT CASH FOR EVIL NANNY
A SADISTIC baby killer who was caged for slaughtering a 17-month-old boy was sent back to Malaysia with £4,500 of taxpayers cash. Immigrant Agnes Wong, 29, got a five-year sentence in 2008 for the horrific killing of the toddler she was...
Daily Star (16-Nov-2009)

I'm sorry, Gordon, but if you must apologise, what about the things that ARE your fault?
Before I start, please let me apologise. For... oooh, I dont know, just about everything including what follows below, along with anything I might have done in the past which might conceivably have damaged or offended...
Daily Mail (16-Nov-2009)