PC madness – one woman per fire engine
AC | December 30 2008UK fire engines will have to have at least one firewoman on board in order to meet diversity guidelines, town hall leaders claim. The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that at at least 15 per cent of those in operational roles should be female. Telegraph.co.uk
Britain’s triumph of the inept
AC | December 6 2008ANYONE who doubts that, at least from the cultural point of view, the former Soviet Union won the Cold War in Britain hands down should attend a conference organised for doctors about impending organisational changes in the National Health Service. Theodore Dalrymple
Excommunicating Obama voters
AC | November 18 2008Cranmer speculates about the same standard being applied in the UK. “Labour has done more in the past decade to erode the Christian foundations of this nation than any monarch or prime minister in centuries.” Archbishop Cranmer
BBC rapped by its own watchdog over biased Thatcher show
AC | November 18 2008The BBC broke impartiality rules in documentary about Welsh politics that attacked Margaret Thatcher, MailOnline
The progress of Sharia law in the UK
John Styles | October 17 2008ConservativeHome’s Parliament Page has a thread on Muslim Arbitration Tribunals.
UK Labour losing its core voters fast
Australian Conservative | September 27 2008Vicki Woods on the “curious bit of rebranding” in Gordon Brown’s conference speech in which he only once referred to “New Labour’s famous hard-working families”. More
Prince Charles plunges into politics
Australian Conservative | August 17 2008
“The latest outspoken attack by the heir to throne on the controversial issue of GM foods is remarkable not just for its passion, but also for its serious political implications,” Harry Reid writes in a forum article on the new Australian Monarchist League website. More
Brits doubt cause of climate change
Australian Conservative | June 23 2008The Guardian reports that climate change campaigners have been shocked by a poll that finds most Britons do not believe climate change is caused by humans. More
