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Homosexuality Is Not an ‘Abomination’ 2008-06-08 18:19:35 In an amusing turnaround for DUP MP Iris Robinson, wife of the new Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson, following a complaint by Gay and Lesbian Across Down (GLAD), she is to be investigated by police for hate speech. Presumably in her radio interview she thought that being a Christian made her immune from consequences [...] Read more:Abomination
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Doctor Who 4:9 (Spoilers) 2008-06-07 15:54:41 “Forest of the Dead“
This really is about as good as it can get. TV doesn’t get better, Who doesn’t get better, and I can’t really imagine Moffat doing any better. Where RTD has often coasted the series, Moffat gives it an almighty kick, laying perhaps some groundwork for his 2010 run as executive producer and [...] Read more:Doctor
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Religious Homophobia on the March 2008-06-07 05:00:04 I’ve already written about Lilian Ladele, but she’s far from alone as a Christian intolerant of homosexuality. In response to the news of a violent homophobic attack in Newtonabbey on Stephen Scott, Northern Ireland’s DUP MP Iris Robinson (wife of the new First Minister) said:
“I have a very lovely psychiatrist who works with me in [...] Read more:Homophobia
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Home Office Attacks John Major 2008-06-06 14:20:07 In yet another sign that the current Home Office
is completely mad, Home Office Minister Tony McNulty has actually said that former Prime Minister John Major
doesn’t understand what he’s talking about in rejecting 42 days for holding suspects without charge. Instead he suggests MPs should listen to the police. As in the police who [...]
Change We Can’t Believe In 2008-06-05 15:23:10 Who on earth does John McCain have advising him? The pundit in the video who says this isn’t a contest about speech making is dead wrong - 2004 proved that without much doubt. Bush’s and Kerry’s natures were laid bare before the electorate, and perhaps more than on the issues or perceived issues they chose [...] Read more:Change
Save Jojo Jako Jacob 2008-06-05 12:43:47 It’s an alarming refrain isn’t it? Having constantly to issue pleas to save gay Muslim asylum seekers from deportation from this country to an almost certain death. Rather than issue a moratorium on any further such deportations after the reprieve for Mehdi Kazemi, the Home Office instead no doubt expects that that could trigger a [...] Read more:Jacob
No To Hillary as VP! 2008-06-04 06:41:39 Now I started out this process as a fervent Hillary
Clinton supporter, but as the primaries rolled on it became abundantly clear that she didn’t just have serious problems as a campaigner, but she also was seriously problematic as a candidate. The ‘3am ad’ was a mean thing to do, and although it brought in [...]
Doctor Who 4:8 (Spoilers) 2008-06-03 14:48:43 “Silence in the Library“
And this is the reason why Steven Moffat is going to kick so very much ass as Doctor
Who executive producer and lead writer in 2010. The Doctor and Donna arrive at the Library, a planet comprised entirely of books and all the knowledge of the universe, having been drawn there by [...] Read more:Spoilers
Prossy Kakooza Must Stay 2008-05-29 00:26:09 You can help by going to this page right now and accessing the various campaigning materials there, including a petition to send to the Home Office.
Stop the War Press! 2008-06-10 10:43:19 A quickie but it’s worth knowing. The Stop the War Coalition have organised a protest in Parliament Square for Sunday 15th June at 5pm against the final state appearance of George W Bush as he continues his ‘Good Riddance Bye Tour’. The Metropolitan Police (who’ve tried and failed at this wheeze before) have banned it.
I [...] Read more:Press
Jesus Chris, Iris! 2008-06-09 16:55:20 DUP MP and MLP Iris Robinson is now comparing gay people with murderers. Don’t believe me? Watch the video - I nearly died of laughter! With the way she’s going it’s hardly surprising that she’s now got a second police complaint levelled against her. She’s also got Peter Tatchell and Outrage! wound up enough to [...] Read more:Chris
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Doctor Who 4:11 (BIG Spoilers) 2008-06-21 20:35:24 “Turn Left“
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BAD WOLF. What a blindingly timed broadside. BAD WOLF! Rose Tyler is back and she knows what BAD WOLF is really about! After all this time RTD is going to retcon his failure of series 1 and tie everything together. The theories are going to be true - nothing that we’ve seen [...] Read more:Doctor
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Jesse Spencer - Hot! 2008-06-21 07:56:21 I’m sure I’m not alone in my concern that this blog frequently gets too serious for its own good. Accordingly I offer you this video of JesseSpencer
for your enjoyment. Here he is bowling with Hugh Laurie, both in character as Dr Robert Chase and Dr Gregory House respectively - it’s a clip from [...]
British Government vs. Liberty 2008-06-21 04:06:42 I saw him try this on The Politics Show on Sunday, but Andy Burnham’s now formally smearing the government’s opponents, in a vain attempt to win the argument on civil liberties which is now fully out in the open because of David Davis’ actions.
Burnham said: “To people who get seduced by Tory talk of how [...] Read more:British
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Doctor Who 4:10 (Spoilers) 2008-06-18 17:14:13 “Midnight“
For an episode which started out so painfully camp, it sure improved in a hurry. An episode grounded in paranoia and fear, questioning human nature, albeit a little clumsily. On the planet Midnight the Doctor
rides a space truck to observe a phenomenon never seen before. But it’s ambushed by a life form never encountered [...] Read more:Spoilers
Will Freedom Survive? 2008-06-18 13:39:29 You know the world’s gone mad when a high profile Conservative MP chooses to resign his seat at the height of his party’s popularity to fight a battle of conscience which, whilst being vital for the wellbeing of the country, is likely mostly immaterial to most prospective Tory voters. But in response to his failure [...] Read more:Freedom
Doctor Who 4:13 (Spoilers-R-Us) 2008-07-05 17:39:40 “Journey’s End“
Journey’s End indeed, this season finale being RTD’s swan song on the ongoing series, and what a contribution this man has made, even just this week. The amount of media interest and fan speculation has dwarfed even that of series 1. And certain theories from last week were entirely correct, if a little out [...] Read more:Doctor
, Spoilers
Salute to Israel 2008-07-04 19:01:52 These are my photos from last weekend’s Salute
to Israel
parade and festival in London, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel. It was a very good natured event, with a large attendance from a healthily diverse crowd. It also attracted some significant counter-protests by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some photos of whom I’ve [...]
Race and the EU 2008-07-04 05:43:12 Maybe Ireland was right to slam its door on the Lisbon Treaty and didn’t even realise it. Maybe really nasty issues of race are bubbling away in the EU, as the credit crunch bites, and then as history has always shown, people start looking for scapegoats. I’ll just demonstrate France and Italy, given recent stories; [...]
Religious Homophobia Running Rampant 2008-07-02 12:32:21 It’s far from just Iris Robinson, but let’s remember what she, as Chair of the Northern Irish devolved assembly’s health committee said. After boasting that her pet ‘ex-gay’ psychiatrist could ‘fix’ gay people from being gay, saying:
“I have a very lovely psychiatrist who works with me in my offices and his Christian background is that [...] Read more:Homophobia
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Film Countdown: Quantum of Solace 2008-07-01 17:47:04 Set one hour after ‘Casino Royale’, with a great director Marc (’Finding Neverland’, ‘Monster’s Ball’, ‘The Kite Runner’) Forster, I can’t see how this could go wrong. October 31st in the UK and one week later in the US.
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“The Stolen Earth“
So Ten is killed by the Daleks eh? I guessed as much.
The Earth is stolen by Davros and transported into the Medusa Cascade along with 26 other planets, which the Doctor
discovers operate as an engine when aligned correctly, when he visits the Shadow Proclamation for assistance in finding the Earth. The purpose [...]
Protect the Children! 2008-06-28 10:01:31 This world is weird. Not only do a few hundred nutty puritans decide that two men kissing is so offensive that they have to complain that it’s ‘inappropriate’, but:
A mother who wanted to give a birthday cake to her son featuring a photo of him as a baby was forced to have it censored because [...] Read more:Children
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Spouses for Life 2008-06-28 05:20:36 The world is changing. We have just marriage on equal terms in California, we have an equality bill in the UK (although it must surely only represent a start, given that 70% of businesses in the economy won’t be covered by it), and even Ireland is instituting a civil partnership bill. It’s a relief that [...]
Jacqui Smith is Offensive 2008-06-26 02:34:35 Sebastian Rocca, Executive Director of the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) has branded Home Secretary Jacqui Smith
as ‘offensive and ill-informed’, following her outright refusal to institute a moratorium on deportations of lesbian and gay asylum seekers to Iran. Her continuing insistence that gay men and lesbians who are ‘discreet’ face no danger [...] Read more:Offensive
Sam Sparro: Black and Gold 2008-06-25 02:26:54 In an effort to continue to lighten the mood on this blog, here’s Sam Sparro with ‘Black
and Gold’.
Gay, out, a soul voice to die for - I suspect he’s going places fast. So does the Guardian. I like this a lot and if you do too, and haven’t already, then buy it here.
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Of Demons and ‘Negative Foreign Cultures’ 2008-07-18 18:14:40 A war of prejudices is being played out at the Lambeth Conference, or more precisely through the absence of key bishops, ostensibly on the grounds of homophobia. That they dress it up as justified under a ‘post-colonial settlement’ doesn’t make it any less bigoted or unjustified, and the thing is most of them are African. [...] Read more:Demons
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Torture 2008-07-17 07:00:20 At the time of this video (2003) Omar Khadr was 16. We are supposed to be at a stage where we try to rescue child soldiers, not deprive them of all of their human rights. That the Canadian government continues to make no effort to repatriate him is a disgrace, as is his continued detention. [...] Read more:Torture
For the Bible Tells Me So 2008-07-17 02:43:49 On Monday I went to the Queen Elizabeth Hall to attend the British premiere of ‘For the Bible Tells Me So’, a film detailing the painful relationship in the US between Christianity and homosexuality, which was followed by a question and answer session with the man who was the main focus of the film - [...]
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