Cllr. Gavin Ayling

The results of my non-scientific poll came out strongly in favour of Denmark:

78% for Denmark
12% for Islamists
9% for Sitting on the Fence

I have, therefore, set up a new poll to the right - enjoy!

Blatant plug time — I haven’t made one since January so:

A fascinating Written Answer if ever there was one:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the research projects being undertaken by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

I’ve had a quick look around the blogosphere and I cannot find anyone saying what I am about to say… I am surprised.

The News of the World are, by publishing that video, inciting the people of Iraq to attack our young men. Imagine your son or daughter was out in Iraq and you saw that video. Is your child now more vulnerable? If your child is subsequently kidnapped, tortured or murdered should you have a right to blame the News of the World?

The government has been accused, not least by me, of becoming increasingly authoritarian. And yet, they didn’t see fit to censor this publication! They willfully put our soldiers at greater risk. Propaganda has its place — though not necessarily in raising domestic morale. The press has an obligation not to put our troops in extra danger. The News of the World and the BBC and anyone else who reproduced it are reneging on that obligation.

Thanks Leanne:

You Are Sunshine

Soothing and calm You are often held up by others as the ideal But too much of you, and they’ll get burned You are best known for: your warmth Your dominant state: connecting