Tag Archives: protests
Hints of Spring
Wandering around Tokyo over the last day or two and the weather has definitely felt a little warmer, not that we are breaking out the flip-flops just yet, but if you have to take off a mitten for a minute … Continue reading
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Indirect action
Updates to ten minutes hate have been few and far between lately, for which I am sorry, although in my defence, the situation is as yet nowhere near as bad as it was this time last year when I was … Continue reading
Filed under Minipax
Toerags unite!
If you haven’t read The Road to Wigan Pier yet, now might be a good time to add it to your reading list. It isn’t just a searing indictment of everything that had gone wrong in the economic policies of … Continue reading
Filed under Miniplenty
The worst cut is the deepest
Septic Isle has a really good post over here, mentioning that: cynics are suggesting that it’s chosen 6 Music and Asian Network specifically because it knows that they have such a dedicated following that the uproar at their disappearance will … Continue reading
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The offence of being cocky
I suspect that some Police Community Support Officers (PSCOs) might need retraining if, as demonstrated in this Guardian video, they believe that being “cocky” is now an offence and justification for arrest. Italian student Simona Bonomo was stopped under anti-terrorism legislation for filming buildings … Continue reading
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Say what you see
Despite earlier proof of arse-elbow location difficulties, Rod Liddle was caught in a rare act of sense-speaking this weekend in his Sunday Times column. He hasn’t always used his own freedom of speech in such a sensible manner, but his … Continue reading
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Fighting fire with fire
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that police acted in self-defence in Genoa but the family of killed protestor Carlo Giuliani have been awarded damages because of the Italian state’s failure to hold a proper inquiry into the … Continue reading
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