Read this when you are bored with the politics of fear! http://www.two4tea.org Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:52:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://two4tea.org/http://www.two4tea.org/images/stories/dw_logo.jpg This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317314/ The Open Rights Group (ORG) will not verify the result of London’s May elections. Saying, "There is insufficient evidence available to allow independent observers to state reliably whether the results ... are an accurate representation of voters’ intentions." The elections for the Mayor of London and the 25-member London Assembly are... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/189/41/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317316/ Is Gordon Brown Machiavelli reincarnate? Hardly. From Wikipedia : "Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 June 21, 1527) was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its political component, most widely known for his treatises... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/187/56/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317318/ Twice in the twentieth century, competition between France and Germany had been major factors in turning Europe into a charnel house. The war in Europe 1939 - 1945 produced death and destruction on a scale never before seen. As many as 60 million dead and just about every major European... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/184/51/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317322/ In our liberal societies we normally only curtail individual liberty if there is a good reason to do so. Therefore, this question becomes "Is there good reason to ban smoking from public places?" To answer this, the debate on passive smoking needs to be visited. PASSIVE SMOKING Passive smoking is the act... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/185/40/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317323/ This week saw Jack Straw unveil the government's plans (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2007772,00.html) to finish the reformation of the House of Lords. As the UK is one of the few places in the western world where the value of having a democratically elected legislator is questioned, it is worth visiting the... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/181/41/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317324/ There is a TV ad campaign in the UK to deter Brits from committing benefit fraud. Characters rationalise their criminal behaviour with statements such as: “So what if I’m working? It’s not benefit fraud if I only do it now and again, is it? Anyway, everyone is... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/180/55/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317325/ Approximately 100 people turned up for the demo in Parliament square yesterday. See Rachel (http://rachelnorthlondon.blogspot.com/2006/09/mass-lone-demonstration-report.html), The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1862573,00.html), The BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5303558.stm) Technorati tags : Activism (http://technorati.com/tag/Activism), Civil Liberties (http://technorati.com/tag/Civil+Liberties), SOCPA (http://technorati.com/tag/SOCPA) Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/177/40/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317326/ In Parliament Square for tomorrow, Thursday 31 August at 6pm Demonstration held within one kilometre of Parliament Square must be licensed. So each protester has applied for a lone protest licence. The idea is to highlight the ridiculous nature of this law by causing police... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/176/40/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317327/ I feel so much safer now. (http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/?p=119) Technorati tags : Stupidity (http://technorati.com/tag/Stupidity), Stupidity (http://technorati.com/tag/Stupidity), More Stupidity (http://technorati.com/tag/More+Stupidity) Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/172/40/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoForTea/~3/369317328/ Recently British Muslims leaders sent a letter (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4786159.stm) warning that current British government policy risks putting civilians at increased risk both in the UK and abroad The response has shed some light on the confused thinking behind ‘The War on Terror’. One... Two4Tea http://www.two4tea.org/content/view/170/52/