did by graham

Links and things that I have followed and found interesting. Many of these will be around my own blog - Plymothian Transit, Plymothian Bridges, Penguin Food, Stop That Now, and Moronic Quotes.

Enjoy!

Dec 2
“Harman revealed it had been Brown’s campaign coordinator who had recommended she seek a donation from the proxy of David Abrahams, the controversial businessman who has secretly bankrolled the party with £600,000” Harman implicates Brown | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Posted at 3:51pm

Nov 29
“But the agony was not over. Vincent Cable, the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, said in his voice like a sheep with a tummy ache: “The house has noticed the prime minister’s remarkable transformation in the past few weeks - from Stalin to Mr Bean.” From Stalin to Mr Bean, in just a few weeks | Comment | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Posted at 6:56am

“Mendelsohn was forced to issue a detailed public statement trying to explain why he had written an apparently warm and conciliatory letter to Abrahams when he now says the arrangement between the donor and the party was “unacceptable”. Moving to distance other senior party figures from the crisis, Mendelsohn said he had told no one in the party of his concerns because Watt had assured him the arrangement was lawful” Brown left exposed by donor row | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Posted at 6:53am

Nov 25
“Ministers have performed a controversial U-turn on one of Britain’s key Olympic targets - to get two million people around the country more physically active by 2012 - so that they can channel millions of pounds into producing world-class champions” U-turn on ‘sport for all’ pledge | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Posted at 5:26pm

Nov 23
“Revenues & Customs official told the National Audit Office it would not filter the data of 25 million people to omit personal details because it was too costly, it was revealed today” Revenue refused to omit personal data | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Posted at 6:42am

Nov 22
“The Tories have demanded that Gordon Brown reveal the “whole truth” about the loss of the personal information of 25 million people after it emerged that senior Revenue & Customs officials authorised sending the sensitive data to the National Audit Office. Alistair Darling has blamed the loss of two CDs relating to child benefit claimants on a “junior official” who acted alone in breaching procedures” Tell the whole truth about data loss, Tories tell Brown | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
Posted at 6:52am

“The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, urged ministers yesterday to review the amount of data they intend to amass on the national identity register, and Labour backbenchers previously supportive of ID cards backed his view.”

Data fiasco forces ministers into ID cards review | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, urged ministers yesterday to review the amount of data they intend to amass on the national identity register, and Labour backbenchers previously supportive of ID cards backed his view.

Gordon Brown will come under further pressure from the thinktank Demos, which will shortly publish a report on privacy. It is expected to urge the government to reopen the debate on ID cards before pressing ahead
Posted at 6:50am

Nov 13
“Gordon Brown declared last night that Britain “will lead” the international campaign to stop Iran’s nuclear programme, calling for new sanctions on oil and gas investments in the Islamic republic if it fails to comply with UN resolutions.”

Brown: UK will lead tough Iran strategy | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

Funny how he forgets that its His and Tony Blairs fault that Iran feel the need to obtain nuclear weapons
Posted at 6:49am

Nov 11
Families accuse government of being ‘ashamed’ of victims of war in Afghanistan and Iraq as British Legion has to tell them guidelines do not allow serving soldiers to take part in Remembrance Day march past

Families accuse government of being ‘ashamed’ of victims of war in Afghanistan and Iraq as British Legion has to tell them guidelines do not allow serving soldiers to take part in Remembrance Day march past

Posted at 9:28am

Nov 9
“The Government’s proposed ID card is likely to cost at least £100 when it is introduced in two years.
New calculations from the Government show that the total bill for the Home Office will be about £5.5 billion over the next 10 years. The figure is £2.4 billion higher than when the Government floated the idea in 2004. The total cost to the public could be many times that figure, as the sum relates only to start-up and running costs for the core project.” Cost rise will price ID card at £100 each - Telegraph
Posted at 6:30am