The Summer Olympics are coming to London in 2012. However, it may not be much fun if you like civil rights.
The justifiable fear of terrorism will probably bring the enforcement of anti-terror laws known as Section 44. That means the police can search the public at underground and railway stations without cause.
In a way, many [...]

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The United Kingdom’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission has dove into the legality of gender-specific clothing in the public schools.
Gender-specific, in this case, refers to skirts.
What is so bad about skirts? It is all about discrimination.
The Equality Bill now working its way through Parliament is likely to be extended from the general public to schools, and [...]

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In the UK, some local councils are trying to raise extra money with aggressive parking enforcement. A parking ticket is an easy thing to write, and it is usually paid without much contest. For most local government, it is a nice revenue enhancement.
That is true except when the local government issuing the tickets is ticketing [...]

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If Western civilization is in the hand of the British police, we may all be in trouble. Two actors from a children’s television show were held under the UK’s anti-terrorism laws while police checked out their story.
The actors were filming a promotion for “Dork Hunters.”
It does not get any better after that.
The actors, Anna Williamson [...]

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Massive protests in the tiny Atlantic Ocean nation of Iceland have caused its President to issue only the second presidential veto in 66 years of Democratic rule.
Iceland’s banks were deeply involved in the questionable lending practices that led up to the economic collapse of 2008. British and Dutch investors lost billions.
For the last year, the UK [...]

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John Jenkins, the UK’s ambassador to Iraq, warned that the possibility of a military coup in Iraq is a “real possibility.”
Today, members of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party remain in command positions in the Iraqi army. While these officers have the necessary experience and competence to lead the military, their loyalties are suspect.
Jenkins pointed out that the [...]

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The North Kent Police Station in the UK is supposed to be a beautiful work of art. At $49.5 million it should be.
It is environmentally friendly with a large atrium, restaurant and a spacious interior. Heating and cooling comes from a built-in geothermal system. The station has even won an award as a public building [...]

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The British town of Poole has designed its own Christmas tree using 2009 health and safety guidelines.
There is no trunk to blow over, no needles to scratch the skin, no branches to break off, no decorations to fall off and no religous symbols to offend. Basically, it has a metal frame with artificial grass.
Richard Randall-Jones, [...]

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It does not look that bad to me, but many residents of the British town of Ilfracombe are not happy with the town’s new logo.
Many residents claim that the swirl above the “I” looks like a sperm.
Ilfracombe spent £5,000 on the redesigned logo meant to boost tourism by giving the town an image that will [...]

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It appears that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was trying to add a personal touch in his condolences to the mother of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan. Brown wrote a handwritten note to Jacqui Janes, except he misspelled her last name as James.
That is not a good way to begin a letter, but it [...]

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