Mind your language
It seems that the right wing tabloids have found themselves a new hero, a brave “patriot” upholding British values in the manner of the infamous metric martyrs.
This time our hero is “patriotic postmaster” Deva Kumarasiri, who banned people who were unable to speak English from his Sneinton Boulevard post office in Nottingham.
Mr Kumarasiri, 40, [...]
Barclays documents online
The Guardian may have lost in its attempt to lift the gagging order won by Barclays Bank preventing the publication of documents detailing its tax avoidence strategy, but the documents have now been published at Wikileaks. The reasons why these documents are significant can be seen here and it is estimated that the various scams [...]
An open letter to Barack Obama
Over at Liberal Conspiracy, Conor Foley has posted the following letter from Orzala Ashraf Nemat, an Afghan friend. I would recommend to anyone that they read the full text.
I witnessed a historical moment in Washington when I first learnt of Obama’s victory. I joined the crowed of victorious young and old on the streets of [...]