Posts Tagged ‘TWAT’

I was intending to do a bit of almost-live blogging about this breaking news yesterday, but unfortunately my broadband went down about 5.30pm and has only just returned, albeit in a rather unreliable state (expect a rant about Virgin Media shortly). So, 21 hours late…
High drama in East Dulwich this yesterday afternoon, as a suspect [...]

Just time for a quick post about two very troubling stories that have appeared in the last day. The first is a report in the Times which reveals that Ministers are to consider plans for a database holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK.
A massive government database holding details of [...]

I think this is the first time I’ve actually typed an entry from the comfort of my bed; I’m not doing so because it’s late (although it is), but because it’s bloody freezing here. The builders arrived here on Monday to begin some rather major work on the place, and as a result there’s currently [...]

I’m still wondering quite why the BBC broadcast The Path to 9/11, given how controversial it has proved to be (see Washington Post article). Defective Yeti has compiled a list of a few minor errors and inconsistencies in the docu-drama, including:
The finale, in which Bush crashes Airforce One into a remote Afghan stronghold, emerges unscathed [...]

Easy to overlook amidst the wall-to-wall images of Bush gurning in front of patriotic backdrops and the numerous docu-dramas on TV (including the rather revisionist ‘The Path to 9/11′ made by dodgy right-wingers that the BBC is currently airing), but September 11th also marks another anniversary: the 33rd anniversary of Pinochet’s US-backed military coup against [...]

If you didn’t see it last night, Channel 4 News’ piece on the two reports into the July 7th bombings is well worth watching online, particularly for the interview with two of the survivors and the husband of another. Apparently the reports make no direct references to the war in Iraq (robust allied action), which [...]

Obsolete has a very interesting take on the Clarke/Prescott news.
Meanwhile, the Register has a piece on a disturbing report by Statewatch (PDF). Apparently arms manufacturers have been put in charge of forming European civil security policy and strategy.
Responsibility for the formation of civil security policy and strategy have been given to the European Association of [...]

So, today’s the day when we get to find out how few MPs have any principles or backbone left, as the Government seeks approval for its most appalling assault on civil liberties yet:
After a succession of U-turns and mixed messages, ministers have decided to stick to their original plan to give the police unprecedented powers [...]

I’ve just been reading David Mery’s account of his arrest on the tube. Not only was he arrested and placed in a cell, but some of his personal possessions were confiscated, his flat was searched, computer equipment and data were removed, and his fingerprints and DNA were taken (to be stored indefinitely). His crime? Carrying [...]

Over on Bloggerheads they’ve been doing their bit to make Legoland’s Westminster display more realistic. Of course for total authenticity they ought to have some little plastic cops dragging him away for protesting peacefully.

Every so often I feel moved to send in comments on BBC programmes; sadly I have yet to have one selected for their site, and my comment on Monday’s The New Al-Qaeda was no exception (Update: my comment subsequently appeared on the site). The first part of Peter Taylor’s series was BBC documentary at its [...]

Following the initiative to get everyone to store their next of kin’s phone number in their mobiles under ICE (In Case of Emergency), Bloggerheads has details of the ICIGSITBOTH initiative:
Eight out of ten people aren’t carrying information that would help if they were accidentally or mistakenly shot in the back of the head. Storing next-of-kin [...]

When the server suffered a disc failure at the weekend it wiped out all the posts I’d made following the bombings in London. Rather than try to recreate what I’d written, I’ll just add the two main links I’d mentioned:
The London News Review published A Letter To The Terrorists, From London which summed up a [...]