The Rt. Revd. and Rt. Hon. The Lord Carey of Clifton, formerly the Archbishop of Canterbury, is opposed to kinky sex. That doesn’t just mean he doesn’t want to partake of kinky sex; he doesn’t want anyone else to partake either.
Writing in the News of the World1, George Carey comments on the fall-out of Max [...]

A little while ago, I wrote a post here and on the Wardman Wire called ‘Help Zimbabwe from your chair’.
Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, respectively the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Unions (ZCTU), were being charged with ’spreading falsehoods prejudicial to the state’. Those falsehoods are, in fact, criticisms they [...]

I rather like the suggestion from the Home Secretary that people who are caught carrying knives should be taken to hospitals’ A&E departments, to see the families of stabbing victims and to prisons to meet people who have been convicted of these crimes to see the effects of stabbing. Unfortunately, it’s been met with less [...]

The Sun opens its story “Nazi terrorist is caged for 16 years” on the conviction and sentencing of Martyn Gilleard, would-be promoter of a race war, with the line:
A CROSS-dressing Nazi racist was jailed for 16 years yesterday on child porn and terrorism charges.
Let me begin by saying that I am delighted that Gilleard [...]

Like many young people, Mehdi Kazemi came from Iran to study English in London in 2005. While here, he discovered that his boyfriend, back in Iran, had been charged with sodomy and hanged. He applied for asylum but was refused, although the Home Secretary agreed to review his case. He has now been granted asylum [...]

Section 42 (4) (b) (ii) of the Counter-Terrorism Bill, as it seeks to extend detention without charge to forty-two days, has attracted some considerable criticism. Unfortunately, it is not the only part of the bill that is, at best, distinctly ill-considered and with considerable scope for abuse. Serious consideration must also be given to clauses [...]

Two British newspapers have admitted something quite remarkable; lying. The Daily Express and the Daily Star have respectively published apologies to Kate and Gerry McCann for publishing stories for which there was “no evidence whatsoever” (Daily Express, 19 March). It’s a shame that they didn’t print something in their apology with a greater degree of [...]

The Rt Rev Joseph Devine, Bishop of Motherwell, has come out with some particularly putrid comments. According to The Scotsman (via New Humanist via Stroppy) and the BBC, the Bishop has said
“It is ever-present at the service each year for the Holocaust memorial, as if to create for themselves the image of a group of [...]

Through the good offices of Sunny Hundall of Liberal Conspiracy and Anthony Barnett of OurKingdom, an open letter in opposition to the 42 days proposal is on Comment is Free.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy addressed newspaper editors and publishers with these words:
We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent [...]

Raymond Horne (not, as the Daily Mirror insists on calling him, Raymond Thorne) is to be deported from Australia on his release from prison in a couple of weeks. Horne is a paedophile; I would venture that if he is still a ‘clear and present danger’, it might be best for him to remain in [...]