Mavis Masarirambi had agreed to be repatriated after her asylum bid was rejected, and had been staying at a property in Cobridge provided by a Government contractor. But last Thursday she was told she would have to leave the house…
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Oh, Dominique, I Think You Do Know….
…you just don’t want to say it out loud: A new obstacle to scientific literacy may be emerging, according to a paper in the journal Science by two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Oh, really? In an experiment mentioned in the…
The Right Way To Deal With Complaints And Protests…
…and it’s ‘No surrender!’ for once: On Thursday afternoon, without any official notification, we found out through the press that the members of the Spanish branch of Animal Equality have been bombarding media outlets with a brash statement revealing their…
I Haven’t Laughed So Much Since…
…well, since the last blue-on-blue: Staff are striking in Amnesty offices across the globe, and a vote of no-confidence has been passed in its leadership. Ahahahahahahahaha….. *breathes* …hahahahahaha! The increasingly bitter crisis comes as cuts of £2.5m are being implemented…
They’ll Probably Still Spend Longer Playing With The Box It Came In…
Rebecca Schil on the latest ‘must have’ toy for Christmas in every ‘right on’ Islington household: The debate surrounding the “Breast Milk Baby”, a doll that allows children to pretend to breastfeed, highlights how confused we are about breastfeeding. I’m…
It’s Not Often I Agree With Mary Dejevsky….
…but she’s spot on here: Last week was half term; streets teemed with children, offices were parent-free zones, and the airwaves throbbed with indignation about Jimmy Savile, Welsh children’s homes and the stratagems deployed by high earners to keep their…
Coming Soon, To A Police Farce Near You?
The police should be given greater powers to hack into private computers in their efforts to combat cyber crime, according to a concept briefing for parliament… What..?! … by justice minister Ivo Opstelten. Oh. Whew! No need to worry that…
You Must Respect Us As You Hand Us Your Money!
So sayeth Magatte Wade, who decides to use the pages of CiF to heap scorn on those who do claim to do good works. Not because the money gets diverted and subverted, but because she loathes the attitude with which…
Don’t Do As I Do, Do As I Say (African Version)
Chibundu Onuzo relates tales of life in modern Nigeria: On my last trip to Lagos, I drove past a new supermarket in an upper-middle-class part of the city. It was a huge concrete thing with sliding electronic gates, CCTV cameras…
Well, Are All Civilisations Equal?
Pierre Haski’s article in CiF on the French elections contains this little gem: But Le Pen’s success is also, as Hollande suggested in his first speech on Sunday night, the responsibility of Nicolas Sarkozy who played with fire in his…
A Bad Taste In The Mouth…
…that’s what I have this morning. And no, it’s not through overindulging last night, either. It’s from reading the ‘Guardian’: “It is unacceptable to us,” said Rakesh Sonawane, Bidve’s brother-in-law. “They say the investigation is still pending, the charge sheet…
What Political Correctness Is Leading To…
Via Ed Driscoll, a look at what faces us in the future: “Moments Of Startling Clarity” Dr. Stephen L. Anderson “The picture is horrific. Aisha’s beautiful eyes stare hauntingly back at you above the mangled hole that was once her…
Whew! Thank Goodness This Doesn’t Happen Here!
Images from the park show groups of young people carrying colourful water guns and having fun soaking each other in the 40C heat, according to Radio Free Europe. But when images of the event were posted online they upset the…
America Abandons Europe
Sixty-one years to this day since the film clip that follows was made, the US Secretary for Defence, Robert Gates, now retiring having served under both George Bush and Barak Obama, has given notice that the US can no longer…