You are a back room bully, a man with no backbone, a man without honesty, a man who would rather use covert politics, who uses his network of charities and quangos to do his work secretly behind closed doors, you are a thief, a thief of our liberties, a thief of our sovereignty, and you a man who runs away at the first sign of trouble. In short you are a cowardly oppressor of free people. Your nicknames of Stalin and McCaverty are well earned.   more »

Let these names forever be associated with the word "cowardice." They "were only following orders." Let's hope they are never given worse orders to follow. Witness statements submitted to the inquest into the death of the schoolboy Jordon Lyon describe how Andrew Furnival, 24, and Helene Weatherburn, 20, "just stood there" after an angler pointed to the spot where Jordon had gone under the surface. They "were only following orders." tell us that Britain is now on the slippery slope to a form of socialism that is disgusting and abhorrent. History teaches us that 'only following orders' is no excuse.   more »

The government has suppressed for more than six months an overwhelmingly hostile reaction by judges and legal experts to proposals to restrict the appeal court's powers to quash convictions. Senior appeal court judges, the council of circuit judges, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) and, in a personal response, its chairman, Graham Zellick, all lambasted the plans in unpublished responses, the Guardian has learned.   more »

The Common Purpose programme – what is it? Interest is now growing in the term Common Purpose. There has been extensive search interest on Google using the Common Purpose search string, throwing up what appears to be a massive network of sinister and secretive collaborations. Questions are now being asked in the House, and you can see here that an MP in particular has been querying how much each department has spent on Common Purpose.   more »

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority unveiled the design for the world's first public launching and landing site for space vehicles, Spaceport America, future home to Virgin Galactic and the X Prize cup   more »

Southwest Airlines said it will apologize to a passenger who was told he would be removed from a flight if he didn't change clothes, the second time in recent months the budget carrier has been forced to do so. Joe Winiecki, of Largo, Florida, boarded a Southwest flight in Columbus, Ohio, wearing a fictional fishing shop T-shirt which featured....   more »