Dispatches tonight broadcast a documentary about fundamentalist Christians in the UK. Stephen Green was the prime target so his website is the title link. Never let it be said that I do not give my opponents a fair chance to reply even in the form of getting their revenge in first. Today at least, his website heads up with a reference to Jeremiah 46. Presumably, he endorses this chapter of the bible. I do not suggest he endorses my citation of the St James' version (which qualifies as...
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This is the extraordinary case of RP v Nottingham City Council. It is a child care case and, as previous posts make clear, I do not believe that these are always handled correctly. That is not the focus here. John Hemming MP has engaged in a totally misjudged and ill-considered attack on the professional integrity of solicitors, barristers, social workers and experts. Lord Justice Thorpe has administered a thoroughly justified rebuke. In my view the Court of Appeal judgment calls into...
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Another victim: SOPHIE LANCASTER"Sophie, 20, was booted in the face and left in a coma as she tried to protect Robert Maltby, 21, during the totally unprovoked attack in a park. The couple were so badly beaten that medics and police could not tell which was which as they lay side by side unconscious in a pool of blood." Another victim: DAVID MORLEY "Mr Whitehead described lying on the pavement and putting his hands around his head while he was kicked and punched in the ribs and head. He...
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There has been a lack of posts this month despite my unending resolutions to post more often for my dwindling audience of one; me. The audience is dwindling because I just write into the ether without much bothering to read the result. Gosh, this site is turning into therapy. However, I have a better excuse this time. I have spent two spells in hospital recently. I will not bore you with the details but they involved lots of drips into my veins and trying to enable me to eat again. It is...
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This is a simple matter. Should we use them to save lives? The answer to the question is yes.
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This is the extraordinary case of RP v Nottingham City Council. It is a child care case and, as previous posts make clear, I do not believe that these are always handled correctly. That is not the focus here. John Hemming MP has engaged in a totally misjudged and ill-considered attack on the professional integrity of solicitors, barristers, social workers and experts. Lord Justice Thorpe has administered a thoroughly justified rebuke. In my view the Court of Appeal judgment calls into...
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Another victim: SOPHIE LANCASTER"Sophie, 20, was booted in the face and left in a coma as she tried to protect Robert Maltby, 21, during the totally unprovoked attack in a park. The couple were so badly beaten that medics and police could not tell which was which as they lay side by side unconscious in a pool of blood." Another victim: DAVID MORLEY "Mr Whitehead described lying on the pavement and putting his hands around his head while he was kicked and punched in the ribs and head. He...
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There has been a lack of posts this month despite my unending resolutions to post more often for my dwindling audience of one; me. The audience is dwindling because I just write into the ether without much bothering to read the result. Gosh, this site is turning into therapy. However, I have a better excuse this time. I have spent two spells in hospital recently. I will not bore you with the details but they involved lots of drips into my veins and trying to enable me to eat again. It is...
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