Published: February 12th 2009 - at 10:15 am

Top Stories and Blog Review – 12th February


by Sunny Hundal    

DEEP RECESSION

Nationwide
Lloyds faces new loans allegations
Hundreds march at station over foreign labour
Dutch MP banned from entering UK
Plan to scrap council tax dropped

International
Tsvangirai sworn in as PM
Guantánamo inmate Binyam Mohamed close to release
US banks defend bail-out spending
France faces revolt over poverty on Caribbean islands

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin

Wardman Wire. The first rule of government is: Jacqui Smith (or her department) is breaking the law and getting away with it.

Mark Reckons. The second rule of government is: Jacqui Smith (or her department) is breaking the law and getting away with it.

Lib Dem Voice/ Mark Pack casts his doubts on the “public belief in evolution” poll.

Disgruntled Radical posts his thoughts on the nuances of being a Liberal Democrat, sparked by this discussion started by Charlotte Gore.

Potlach thinks carefully about copyright and protectionism for industries that rely on it.

CiF/Yvonne Bradley is Binyam Mohamed’s lawyer and wants her client home and away from the torturers he’s been subjected to. Jacqui Smith (or her department) would comment if not too busy breaking the law.

Lib Dem Voice/Alix Mortimer likes the ring to “Say-anything-do-nothing Prime Minister.”

Extended list up on my (slow) blog due to increased quality of writing out there!

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Wow. Even more opinionated summary than our piece ;-)

Well, it’s getting ridiculous now isn’t it?

I wonder if at some stage the whole house of cards of all these laws will just collapse.

M.


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