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offsite link Record 111,000 Claims From Asylum Seekers in Labour?s First Year Thu Aug 21, 2025 19:04 | Toby Young
Applications for asylum were up 14% on the previous 12 months after a surge in migrants reaching Britain in small boats, according to official figures. So much for Labour's promise to "smash the gangs".
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offsite link GCSE Pass Rate For English and Maths Lowest in Decade Thu Aug 21, 2025 17:00 | Toby Young
Just 58.3% of all pupils across the UK passed their maths GCSE this year, down from 59.5% last year and the lowest since 2013. But the percentage of students getting the highest grades was higher in free schools than other schools.
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It is simplistic to blame the recent spike in wildfires on climate change, writes Paul Homewood. A more likely cause is the rewilding of uplands, supposedly to cut carbon emissions, and poor management of forested land.
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offsite link Lucy Connolly and Ricky Jones: the System Worked as Intended Thu Aug 21, 2025 13:00 | Nick Rendell
Lucy Connolly's jail sentence versus Ricky Jones's acquittal shows not two-tier justice but two-tier laws ? the system worked as intended, says Nick Rendell.
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The Guardian, of all papers, has acknowledged that predictions about the disappearance of Arctic sea ice may ? just may ? have been exaggerated. Paging Gore Vidal: Can we have that prize back please?
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international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday May 14, 2009 16:48 by Ronoc   text 11 comments (last - tuesday june 02, 2009 10:36)   video 5 video files
A Guardian journalist has been arrested for taking a photo at this years Bilderberg meeting.

"You know your day's gone badly when it ends with you being shouted at in a Greek police station."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/14/bilderberg-...patch

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dublin / politics / elections / other press Thursday May 14, 2009 12:16 by Joe Higgins.eu
There will be live streaming of a debate between the candidates for the Dublin Euro Elections 2009, organised by the European Anti- Poverty Network. 14.00-16.00 today, Thursday 14 May 2009. Confirmed speakers: Joe Higgins (www.JoeHiggins.eu), Eoin Ryan MEP, Gay Mitchell MEP, Proinsias De Rossa MEP, Mary Lou McDonald MEP, Senator Deirdre De Burca.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday May 14, 2009 10:34 by Joe Higgins   text 11 comments (last - wednesday may 20, 2009 21:15)
As venture capitalists seal their plan to smash 1,150 jobs at SR Technics by selling off the Landing Gear and Auxiliary Power Unit, the Irish Government and trade union leadership are in a state of pathetic paralysis. They simply stand by and allow the dictatorship of the market to lay waste to an invaluable industry and source of jobs. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / other press Wednesday May 13, 2009 16:30 by Joe Higgins.eu
The first two election leaflets of Joe Higgins’ Euro Election Campaign are now available online.

The first, the black and red one, is solely focused on the Euro campaign and has been distributed around the city by volunteers. The second, in full colour, is for both the Local and Euro elections, and has been distributed in Dublin West, in the Castelknock Ward in which Joe is also standing for the local election. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 22:47 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.   text 4 comments (last - wednesday may 13, 2009 14:22)
A denunciation of the atrocities perpetrated against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, of the distortions fed by its government to the international media and of the need to step up solidarity with the Tamil people in their struggle for self-determination. Please show your support tomorrow Wednesday 13th at 13,30 in the dáil, Kildare Street in a protest organised by the Stop the Slaughter of Tamils Campaign.
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dublin / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 20:38 by Socialist Party
Videos from the launch of the Socialist Party's local election campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 18:09 by Ram Puniyani   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 13, 2009 11:29)
The article below shows that the Talibans terrorisation of Sikhs is not justified by the Quran.

The Taliban’s capturing of Swat valley and other parts of Pakistan are accompanied by the news of their atrocities in the region, which not only include the brutal killings of innocent citizens, mostly Muslims, on the ground of their belonging to different sub-sect of Islam, but also there has been imposition of Jizya, on non Muslims, Sikhs. While many Muslims have been killed and abducted many on various flimsy grounds, many a Sikhs have fled from the area. The failure to pay the full Jizya has caused Sikhs dear, while some of them have been kidnapped and others’ households-properties have been confiscated. Taliban’s logic is that they are imposing this as per the tenets of Islam.
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international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 17:56 by A. Faizur Rahman   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 13, 2009 09:18)
Here you will find an exposition of the truth about what is mandated by the Quran and how this is twisted and ignored by the fundamentalists.

About a month ago the world media reported a shocking decision by a Saudi judge in which he refused to annul the marriage of an 8-year old girl to a 47-year old man. But to those who are already familiar with the so called Islamic laws of Saudi Arabia this ruling was merely the latest in the sequence of several such cases of human rights abuse in the name of the shariah. The question is: does the Islamic law really uphold child marriage?
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 11:37 by Red Banner
The ‘Hidden Connolly’ articles published in Red Banner, previously unavailable to the general reader, are now available from the magazine’s website read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Tuesday May 12, 2009 01:18 by Nap Peter   text 11 comments (last - thursday may 14, 2009 16:17)   image 1 image
So what will we, the people of ireland vote, when we are told to vote again of the first vote is not good enough. YES or NO???Propaganda is everywhere! The history of the EU is interesting. Who knows whats happening?

Following is an interesting article by Philip Jones in Copenhagen. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Monday May 11, 2009 13:57 by insurance scammer
Anyone lucky enough to catch episode 5 of the 13th series of "South Park" will already have digested the idea that Somalian pirates could be directed by a little fat kid with an attitude problem. But now the Spanish radio station "SER", acknowledged through its long list of leaks for its links to the intelligence services, has broadcast fresh claims, it says is based on a leaked briefing from European military intelligence that the pirates are being guided from London. & not just a bedsit in Dalston - but rather insiders in the maritime transport industry and insurance sectors. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Sunday May 10, 2009 14:15 by Miriam Cotton   text 4 comments (last - monday may 11, 2009 15:20)
A Youtube of film-maker Quinn reading his letter on the upcoming occasion of its 40th anniversary - 14th May 2009. Approx 4 mins long. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday May 09, 2009 23:47 by indo   text 2 comments (last - sunday may 10, 2009 23:37)
May 9th. "Irish Independent" ........As work/life balances go, he (Martin Sheen) seems to be onto something, looking at least a decade younger than his 68 years. The most recent arrest was less than two years ago, and related to trespassing on a nuclear test facility in Nevada. He has, he says, no plans to add to his impressive tally as he tours around Ireland this weekend with his grandson. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday May 09, 2009 23:04 by vendeval   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 10, 2009 20:16)
In the report on the annual police operation in Berlin delivered by local district German Federal Police chief Dieter Glietsch, we may read the usual justification for expenditure on kevlar, praise for "garda management", plea for more than this year's 6000 officer deployment, attention brought to the 450 of them who reported injuries and then one little jewel of intelligence.

a 24 year old police officer who is normally stationed in Frankfurt Airport was arrested after not only throwing cobble stones at Berlin plod but then having a fisticuff go at resisting arrest.

He is now suspended from duty. read full story / add a comment
Joe Higgins introduces Mouseland
national / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday May 09, 2009 22:15 by Joe Higgins   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 10, 2009 13:38)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Joe Higgins presents the animated tale of Mouseland, a politicial satire which looks at the false choices presented to working people in elections, narrated by Tommy Douglas. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday May 08, 2009 16:28 by Socialism or Barbarism!
Review of blasphemy law's implications read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday May 07, 2009 21:53 by pat c   text 8 comments (last - tuesday may 12, 2009 15:05)   video 1 video file
Once again the USAF has slaughtered civilians in Afghanistan. But hey its OK! Hillary says shes sorry! Full story at link.

On the eve of a tripartite summit in Washington which the Obama administration has organized with the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports from Afghanistan indicate that US air strikes in western Farah province have killed and wounded scores of civilians, many of them women and children. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday May 06, 2009 21:12 by babycham   text 2 comments (last - friday may 08, 2009 22:27)   image 2 images
Yesterday the unionist parties of the Spanish state of both ruling leftwing PSOE and rightwing opposition PP, who have never agreed on anything other than pay-rises, united to elect the leader of the Basque branch of the PSOE as first minister of the Euskadi region for their loyalist commitment to the project the PP saw a young up and coming member (before only noteworthy for her thoughts on condoms [she'd never use one]) appointed speaker of the Basque parliamentary house. The Lehendakari (taoiseach) of the last ten years of the PNV majority centre right nationalist party who have always held the post thus passes into history. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday May 06, 2009 19:36 by Kat
I would just like to forward this article from the Dublin SPCA website.
I feel this issue is not getting enough media attention. see story below.
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