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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Now it can be told: my experience of allegedly dodgy welfare-to-work company A4e
Schadenfreude It would be dishonest for me to pretend I am not experiencing a touch of schadenfreude at the recent revelations concerning multimillionaire Emma Harrison and her so-called ‘welfare-to-work’ company, A4e. In 2003 I worked at two of their branches, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged A4e, asylum-seekers, emma harrison, ESOL, fraud, outsourcing, privatisation, privatization, racism, refugees, teaching English, TEFL, TESOL
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Ten questions for election candidates
Scottish Local Government elections will take place on 3 May 2012. With this in mind I am suggesting that Occupy Edinburgh asks candidates some or all of the following questions and the answers used to decide which candidates to endorse. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Clare Galloway, council elections, council estates, David Erdal, Edinburgh City Council, elections, housing schemes, inequality, justice, Kate Pickett, Katherine Trebeck, local authorities, local authority, local elections, Morag Livingstone, municipal elections, Occupy, poverty, Richard Wilkinson, Wester Hailes
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Caustic soda into the wounds: BBC unrepentant over platform offered to supporter of Pinochet atrocities
[This is No.5 in a series of blog posts on Paul Johnson's statement on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he admired Chilean mass-murderer General Augusto Pinochet because he 'saved Chile from civil war'. You may read the others … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Chile, Desert Island Discs, General Augusto Pinochet, Isabel Allende, Kirsty Young, Paul Johnson, Salvador Allende
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Of love, litter, ordure and Occupy (oh, and Bob Dylan’s alleged plagiarism) – Valentine’s Day musing
Infuriated/irritated by Radio 4 I must confess that I am a bit of a Radio 4 addict, although as anyone who has seen my recent postings on the Paul Johnson episode of Desert Islands Discs will know, this doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Auld Reekie, bankers, banking, BBC, Bob Dylan, Book of the Week, Bruce K. Alexander, Clare Galloway, council estates, dog waste, Edinburgh, exclusion, Frank Sinatra, housing estates, housing schemes, inequality, Kate Pickett, Katherine Trebeck, litter, littering, longevity, Occupy, Occupy Edinburgh, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall St, Occupy Wall Street, poverty, Radio 4, Richard Wilkinson, Robert Zimmerman, telomeres, The Equality Trust, The Globalisation of Addiction, The Globalization of Addiction, The Spirit Level
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Pickles is wrong: secularism is good for religion.
I am irritated by the current stooshie about Bideford Council in Devon being ordered to take Christian prayers off the official agenda of their meetings. Even Tory Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles has weighed in with his pennyworth. I think any defender … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bideford, Christianity, Eric Pickles, laïcité, religion, religious freedom, secularism
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Another letter to BBC re Pinochet’s ‘peacekeeeping’.
[This is No.4 in a series of blog posts on Paul Johnson's statement on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he admired Chilean mass-murderer General Augusto Pinochet because he 'saved Chile from civil war'. You may read the others … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged BBC, BBC Radio 4, Chile, Desert Island Discs, General Augusto Pinochet, Kirsty Young, torture
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School for torture but no civil war? More on BBC allowing Paul Johnson to praise Pinochet unchallenged.
[This is No.3 in a series of blog posts on Paul Johnson's statement on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he admired Chilean mass-murderer General August Pinochet because he 'prevented civil war'. You may read the others here: No.5, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged BBC, Desert Island Discs, General Augusto Pinochet, Kirsty Young, Paul Johnson, torture
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RBS poster campaign takes off!
I am delighted to report that since I wrote this blog piece, more RBS ATM posters have appeared, and the story has attracted the interest of a journalist. The timing couldn’t be better as a Move Your Money campaign has … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged bank bonuses, bankers' bonuses, ethical banking, Ian Fraser, Occupy, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland
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Guest post: Kids ‘drugged up to keep the peace’ – teacher says Ritalin not answer to Attention Deficit
I recently Tweeted about this fascinating article, in which a psychologist argues that Ritalin and other drugs are not the answer to Attention Deficit Disorder, and that they have no long-term benefits. I subsequently received an unsolicited email from a … Continue reading
A promotional video for Disruptive, the book that forms the basis for a child-abuse case against Notts County Council.
This is self-explanatory – enjoy!
Posted in My books/commissions, Synchrony Books, Videos
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