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Friday, 21 December 2007

Boyce v. Barbados: Victory at Interamerican Court of Human Rights

I couldn't find the recent judgment of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in Boyce v. Barbados on the official website, but Saul Lehrfreund and Parvais Jabbar, the London-based solicitors of the Death Penalty Project who took the case, have sent it along: The Court found that the mandatory death sentence imposed on all those convicted of murder in Barbados violates the right to life as it is arbitrary and fails to limit the application of the death penalty to the most serious crimes. The Court also held that the prison conditions endured by the applicants constituted cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Keir Starmer QC of Doughty Street Chambers, who argued the case earlier this year, said: 'This case has silenced the whispering of some states around the world which, in their attempt to cling onto the cruel punishment of the mandatory death sentence, suggest that their legal systems are different and fairer than others. Barbados has repeatedly emphasised its commitment to international law. Now is the time to demonstrate that commitment by abolishing the mandatory death penalty as required by this landmark judgment,'

Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Great Day in General Assembly: Death Penalty Moratorium Passes by 104 Votes

Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the death penalty moratorium resolution by a vote of 104 in favour, 54 against and 29 abstentions. This is a slight increase from the 99 who voted in favour when the resolution was adopted by the Third Committee of the General Assembly last month. Adoption of the resolution was praised by the new Secretary-General, who had stumbled at the beginning of the year with some rather ignorant remarks about the Saddam Hussein resolution. Now he’s got it right, and so does a comfortable majority of the General Assembly. The text of the resolution: For the press release, indicating elements of the debate:

Failure to Prosecute Crimes Against Palestinian Civilians

Israeli Defence Force statistics, provided to human rights NGO Yesh Din at the organization's demand, on results of Military Police investigations of criminal offenses in which IDF soldiers harmed Palestinians and their property since the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000 until June 2007, show that some 90 percent of these investigation files were closed with no indictment. Over nearly seven years 1,091 criminal investigations were opened following offenses which include killing and injury of civilians, abuse, damages to property and others. These investigations resulted in 118 indictments only, of which 101 led to convictions of the accused. The data also show that out of the 239 investigations on killing and injury of Palestinian civilians not involved in the hostilities, only 16 resulted in convictions: less than 7 percent of the investigations on this matter.
More detailed information appears on the five-page data sheet prepared by Yesh Din:
Thanks for this to Lior Yavne of Yesh Din, who is a regular reader of the blog.

Friday, 14 December 2007

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Much recent attention has been devoted to the relationship between human rights law and what is variously called the law of war, the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law. Traditionally, international humanitarian law declines taking a position on the lawfulness of any given war, so as to better address the behaviour of combatants on all sides. Many now suggest that human rights law adopt the same approach. Some recent examples are the refusal of the big human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, to take a position on the definition of the crime of aggression in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (see, e.g.,
My opinion is that this is all wrong, because it entirely overlooks the right to peace. One of the four freedoms first proclaimed by President Roosevelt and affirmed in the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 'freedom from fear'. Admittedly, the right to peace has been much neglected. But we can see manifestations of it in, for example, the obligation to prohibit propaganda for war set out in article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Aggressive war is a human rights issue.
My views on this are developed in a recent article, ‘Lex specialis? Belt and Suspenders? The Parallel Operation of Human Rights Law and the Law of Armed Conflict, and the Conundrum of jus ad bellum’, (2007) 40 Israel Law Review 592-613:

Local Relevance of Humanitarian Law: Call for Papers

Dr Shane Darcy, one of our graduates and now a lecturer at the Transitional Justice Institute of the University of Ulster at Derry, is organising a panel on the local relevance of international humanitarian law for an interdisciplinary conference to be held in Antwerp, 16-18 October 2008, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Shane says that in times of armed conflict, international humanitarian law may play a more significant role than human rights in the protection of the human person. There is considerable scope for its use at the local level, particularly given the increased focus on the prosecution of violations of such laws by the various international criminal tribunals. The contribution of each workshop participant should focus on a specific country or situation of armed conflict to which international humanitarian law applies; illustrative case studies include Colombia, India, Sri Lanka, Iraq (UK & US), Israel/Palestine, Chechnya, and Northern Ireland.
Submit abstracts to Shane at: Once an abstract is accepted, a full draft paper (max. 10.000 words footnotes incl.) should be submitted by Monday September 1 2008.
For further details about the conference please visit:

New Jersey to Abolish Death Penalty

Yesterday, legislators in New Jersey vote to abolish capital punishment. The governor has said he will sign the legislation within a week. New Jersey becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to abolish capital punishment in more than forty years. This is further evidence of the international trend, evidence of a trend within the United States, and another small but meaningful step towards universal abolition:
Thanks to Megan Fairlie for sending this one.

Thursday, 13 December 2007

Louise Arbour Praises Rwanda's Abolition of Death Penalty in Speech to Human Rights Council

Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has lauded the abolition of the death penalty in Rwanda. Along with Gabon, which also recently decided to ban the practice, Rwanda joins 'the vast majority of UN Member States that have already done so', she said. See: For her full speech to the Human Rights Council, see:
Thanks to Maria Varaki for drawing this to my attention

House of Lords Opens Door to Accountability of UK for Abuses in Iraq

The House of Lords has held, in a case concerning an individual detained by British forces in Basra, that the UK is responsible for such detention, and not the UN, as the British government had argued.
The House of Lords also considered the UK argument whereby when the Security Council acts under Chapter VII of the UN Charter and authorises an action through the phrase 'all necessary means', that this automatically means that a state can override all pre-existing international obligations that conflict with that authorisation. The House of Lords overturned Lord Justice Brooke of the Court of Appeal on this point.
While accepting that in some circumstances a Chapter VII authorisation can override human rights obligations, the Law Lords emphasise the very limited nature of this authorisation. Lord Bingham held that the UK 'must ensure that the detainee’s rights under Article 5 [European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right not to be held without due process] are not infringed to any greater extent than is inherent in such detention' (para 39). Baroness Hale went even further in emphasising that Mr Al-Jedda’s right not to be detained without due process had been 'qualified but not displaced' and that: 'The right is qualified only to the extent required or authorised by the resolution. What remains of it thereafter must be observed. This may have both substantive and procedural consequences' (para 126).
Whether or not Mr Al-Jedda can continue to be held without trial depends now on a further hearing to take place in the High Court early next year. Lawyers for Al-Jedda will challenge the intelligence that forms the basis of the decision of the UK Government that he continues to pose such a threat to peace and security in Iraq that it is absolutely necessary that he be detained there, rather than brought back to the UK and dealt with here.
In late August 2007, Al-Jedda’s lawyers in a different action obtained an order from the Court of Appeal that he could not be released or transferred from the jurisdiction of the UK Government without proper written notice to his lawyers. This would allow time for an urgent application to protect him from the risk of torture if he is handed over to the Iraqi authorities.
The ruling is available at:
Thanks to Andrea Breslin, a doctoral student at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, who is currently completing an internship with Phil Shiner and Public Interest Solicitors, who act for Al-Jedda.

Wednesday, 12 December 2007

ICTY Judgment on 'Terror'

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has a very interesting discussion of 'terror' as a violation of the laws or customs of war in the Trial Chamber judgment in Dragomir Milosevic, issued earlier today:

It constitutes an interesting development on the only other discussion of this issue, in the Galic Trial Judgment 'terror' was defined merely as 'extreme fear'. Both cases concerned the siege of Sarajevo. It appears that the Trial Chamber did not pick up on the call by the Appeals Chamber, in the recent 'Media Trial' (see yesterday's blog) to apply strict construction in criminal law.

Thanks to Joseph Powderly for this.

Extraordinary Rendition and Ireland's Human Rights Obligations

The Irish Human Rights Commission has just released its report on extraordinary rendition and Ireland's human rights obligations was published yesterday. It includes material obtained by the Commission from the Department of Foreign Affairs on diplomatic assurances provided by the United States. See:
Thanks for this to Aisling O'Sullivan.

French law journals on line

Our university library now has a number of French-language journals in law, the humanities and the social sciences on line. These can be accessed through the NUI Galway library website. Among them,
Revue internationale de droit économique
Revue internationale de droit pénal
Revue sur le droit et la politique de la concurrence

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Saoranach Eireannach

On 10 December I swore an oath of loyalty to the Irish State before Judge Mary Fahy of the Galway District Court, a condition of becoming a Saoranach Eireannach (Irish citizen, which literally translates as Irish freeman) . That evening, many of my PhD students as well as friends and colleagues joined me at Neachtain's pub in the centre of Galway for a little celebration.

Left photo: John Waddell (l), Morwena Denis, Sally Coyle, Philip Fogarty.
Right photo: Katrina Mansson, Katrin Kinzelbach, Sean Goggin, Kjell Anderson and Niamh Hayes.

Left photo: Jane O'Leary with fiddler.
Right photo: Aisling O'Sullivan (l), Michelle Farrell and Maria Varaki.

Left photo: Tom Kenny(l) and John Waddell.
Right photo: Tom O'Malley (l), Morwena Denis and myself.

Left photo: Tom Kenny (l), myself and John Waddell
Right photo: Jane Conroy (l), John Hinde and Pat O'Leary

Kathie Hinde (l), Jane Conroy and John Hinde. And in the background, Katrina Mansson, Katrin Kinzelbach and Sean Goggin.

Appeals Judgment in the 'Media Case'

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued its judgment in the 'Media Case' last week. We discussed this in our regular doctoral seminar in Galway yesterday evening. The judgment of the Appeals Chamber is only available in French right now, although an English-language summary appears on the website:
The Trial Chamber judgment, whose conclusions are seriously attacked in the latest ruling, had been heralded as a new development in the legal regulation of hate speech. The trial deals with personalities involved in the RTLM radio station and the journal Kangura.
Here are a few initial observations that emerged from our discussion:
1. Strict construction. Both ad hoc tribunals have been characterised by an interpretative approach that was large and liberal, tending to expand the definition of crimes so as to fulfil the purpose of the tribunals rather than interpretation that was strict and literal. But now, for the first time apparently, the Appeals Chamber professes its devotion to the principle of strict construction of criminal law.
2. The judgment strikes down many of the charges that had been upheld by the Trial Chamber. In effect, it knocks out the convictions respecting events prior to 6 April 1994, when the genocidal massacre began. With respect to pre-1994 acts, the argument is jurisdictional: the Tribunal cannot prosecute crimes committed prior to 1994, even 'continuous crimes'. Judge Shahabbuddeen dissents on this point. But as for events between 1 January 1994 and 6 April 1994, the Chamber simply considers these do not add up to incitement to genocide. This may effect a significant change in the narrative of the Rwandan genocide.
3. One of the big innovations of the Trial Chamber was to treat hate propaganda, even when it falls short of incitement to genocide, as the crime against humanity of persecution. The Appeals Chamber upholds this as a general proposition. Judge Meron writes a strong dissent, arguing that expanding the prosecution of hate speech threatens freedom of expression.

No Death Penalty for Drug Crimes

Yesterday, the International Harm Reduction Association published a report entitled 'The Death Penalty for Drug Offences - A Violation of International Human Rights Law': .

The author, Rick Lines, is a graduate of our LLM programme and is currently enrolled in PhD studies at the Irish Centre for Human Rights.

The report examines the use of the death penalty for drug offences and considers whether drug crimes constitute 'most serious crimes' within the context of article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The report argues that drug crimes do not constitute 'most serious crimes' and concludes that the execution of drug offenders violates international human rights law.

Monday, 10 December 2007

Three successful vivas

Three of our doctoral students successfully defended their PhD theses over the past few days. On 8 December, Hitomi Takemura defended her thesis on ‘The International Human Right to Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Individual Duties to Disobey Manifestly Illegal Orders', before a jury composed of Prof. Kevin Boyle, Dr. Vinodh Jaichand and myself. A real innovation was the fact that the defence was held at the Irish Cultural Centre, in Paris (see photo). We had all attended the conference in Paris the previous day on 'Diplomacy and Human Rights' co-sponsored by the Irish Cultural Centre, the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the Université de Paris II.
The following day, on 9 December, this time in Galway, Carlo Tiribelli successfully defended his thesis on ‘Surrender, Not Extradition: Transferring Offenders in a New International Context’, before a jury composed of Prof. Alexander Knoops, Dr. Ray Murphy and myself. And today, Noelle Higgins defended her thesis on ‘Regulating the Use of Force in Wars of National Liberation, the Need for a New Regime: A Study of the South Moluccas and Aceh', before Prof. Nigel White, Dr. Ray Murphy and myself.
Congratulations to the three of you. All three have busy careers in the area of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Noelle and Hitomi are university lecturers, and Carlo is a practising lawyer in Brussels.

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference

Two of our PhD students, Eadaoin O'Brien and Michelle Farrell, are organising a stream at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 18-20 March 2008. Sponsored by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, the theme is 'victims in international law'.
The stream particularly welomes papers with an interdisciplinary approachto the understanding of victims within international law. In light of the acknowledged role of the victim in proceedings before theInternational Criminal Court, and considering the active participation of indigenous peoples in drafting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this stream seeks to further explore the emerging centrality ofvictims in all facets of the international legal process.
The stream also encourages critical scholarship on the conceptualisationof the 'victim' in international law.
Themes addressing the following issues are particulary welcomed:
The Role of the Victim in International Criminal Justice
The Role of the Victim in developing International Law
Does the law speak to Victims?
Issues pertaining to the deceased in International Law
Gross Violations of International Law and Justice

The abstract should not exceed 400 words and the deadline for abstract submission is 5pm, 25 January 2008.

Contact and Abstract submissions to:
Michelle Farrell -
Eadaoin O' Brien -

Full details on all aspects of the conference can be found at

Monday, 3 December 2007

Swansong of Carla del Ponte

Carla del Ponte finishes her term as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the end of 2007. She has been appointed the Ambassador to Argentina of Switzerland. Her successor is Serge Brammertz of Belgium, who had previously been elected one of the Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court, but has since been seconded to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Del Ponte took over from Louise Arbour in September 1999, and her mandate was renewed (but not for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) in September 2003. Ed Vulliamy of The Observer published an interview with her yesterday:,,331427677-103645,00.html. Also of interest is a new book by Florence Hartmann, entitled Paix et Châtiment. Hartmann was del Ponte's press attache, and much of the book seems to be about the Tribunal through the eyes of del Ponte. Hartmann is very bitter about many aspects of the Tribunal, including the reluctance of many members of the prosecution staff to charge Milosevic with genocide.
The Observer also has a lengthy account of efforts to apprehend one of the outstanding fugitives of the tribunal, Radovan Karadzic:,,331427513-103645,00.html;,,331427512-103645,00.html ;,,331427515-103645,00.html;,,331427680-103645,00.html
Thanks to Niamh Hayes.


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

when silent is the best solution

i prefer silent
it's better than u find someone to talk

i prefer keep inside
rather than i talk much

when u have much to talk, when u have much inside your heart
but when u don't know how to express them out loud

i know people wouldn't understand
so i kept them myself

easy right?

try to hear this instrumental by hadad alwi.

i cant link the video inside, dunno why. just click the sentence above and listen..

can u feel something calm inside? :)

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Especially for the people that do not have Facebook and complain about us using it to store pictures (yes, you SoF!), here's the picture gallery of the coolest systems used for the HWBOT Country Cup 2012 overclocking competition. Enjoy!

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Sulfur (S) Nutrient Deficiencies

Even though sulfur is classified as a secondary nutrient, it is often referred to as the fourth major nutrient necessary for plant health, alongside nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Why Is Sulfur Important?

Sulfur is a nutrient that is required for the production of chlorophyll. The sulfur that is present in plants supports the formation of important enzymes necessary for the development of plant proteins. Sulfur is also a partner in the metabolism of nitrogen in plants. Sulfur is utilized by the plant to produce cells and seeds as well as hormones and vitamins including B1.

Identifying Sulfur Deficiency In Plants

 Sulfur deficiency results in yellowing of the upper, younger leaves. Leaf veins may appear lighter in color than the surrounding areas of the leaf. The visual symptoms of a sulfur deficiency are very similar to the chlorosis found in nitrogen deficiency. To decipher between the two, take note of where the discoloration is occurring. A sulfur deficiency should not be confused with a nitrogen deficiency, which appears first on lower, older leaves before spreading to the whole plant, wherein a sulfur deficiency will present itself first on the upper leaves.

  • New growth starts to yellow
  • New growth is stunted and small

How To Correct Sulfur Deficiency

Any time a nutrient deficiency is suspected, one of the first things to take a look at is pH balance, in both soil and hydroponic growing systems. A pH imbalance will block nutrient uptake through the plant’s roots. It is important to regularly check the pH, and to be sure to keep the pH within the appropriate range for soil or hydroponics. The optimal pH range for most plants is between 5.5 and 6.5. In this range, the nutrients present in the soil or water are soluble, and are easily taken up through the plant’s root system. When the pH level is outside of this range, even when the proper nutrients are present, they are not able to be absorbed by the plant.

If you discover that your sulfur deficiency is a result of a pH imbalance in your soil, it is best to flush your entire growing medium with fresh water that is at the desired pH level after mixing in nutrients, including sulfur. In a hydroponic system, some of the nutrient solution should be drained off and replaced with fresh water that is pH and nutrient balanced. This process should bring your pH level in balance with where it needs to be.

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Organic growers can add mushroom composts or most types of animal manure to correct the deficiency. Make sure to apply only well rotted manures to avoid burning the roots.

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holding space with hyenaz

Manon la Décadence

one month ago, at strangelove festival in antwerp, me and lu were invited to join hyenaz at their performance, as a so-called interlocuter. i had looked up the word and what i read felt familiar instantly, BUT i also knew that i would play/be this part during a very physical performance, so it didn’t make me any less nervous.

fortunately, to ease my nerves, it all started with paint. silver paint. i can’t believe what a big difference it makes for me, from being naked to covering my skin in just this tiny layer of color. this might be the mask that i need to be able to be truthful. pimp that battleground. anxiousness gone. well, almost.

i gained even more trust realizing i was with people who inspired me in so many different ways before, and holding hands with them and lu backstage was one of those moments you want to remember, because it reflects so much meaning and motivation; i don’t care why i am here exactly but it’s fine, it feels important and pleasurable and maybe even right.

walking from backstage to the venue, into the club, inviting others to join the ritual, looking at them, realizing i might be as intimidating as others have been for me in the past, but overcoming that gap with a smile and a talk, knowing i would need them as well as they would need me to deal with the awkwardness of being in a room with strangers looking at a stage listening to loud noises not knowing what would come next..it felt familiar, i love it.

when i try to hold space at my parties and events, i feel the same. i am not the one in the centre of attention, i am facilitating and i hope i can make anything happen and maybe even join in if i feel like it. i want my presence to say to others: you are welcome, i got your back, be my guest, go play!

during the ritual i noticed i shared my admiration for kate and adrienne with many around me and i saw them naturally pulling the people into their ritual bubble. it felt like most were comfortable, and some were even up for going beyond comfort. this is, i think, what holding space is about.

i held space, and at the same time i was somebody they/others held space for.
i am so grateful for this exercise/experience and I will take it with me everywhere i go. thank you kate, adrienne and lu ❤

Backstage photos by Jakob Ra. Thank you. With Interlocuters Hana Frisonsova and Tereza Silon

Underdogs Ballroom, Prague, Czech, hosted by MENU and HANA FRISONSOVA

20 May 2017

Interlocuters: Hana
Frisonsova and Tereza Silon

I want to thank firstly
those who helped make this show possible.

There was Hana
Frisonsova, of course, who has been with us for a long time, a
support and shining star, creating as well a weaving of our union, of
our partnership and reflecting it back to us in her designs. On
Friday we put on the clothing, we envelop ourselves inside the
clothing that she created from our disem/bodies. Our eyes, our legs,
our hands … our faces covered. It is a strange and beautiful
experience to see our love reflected back to us. At night we wear the
eyes, our own eyes, photographed, mirrored, reflected. I wonder at
what it “means” or what it says. For now I wear them with pride;
they are at least beautiful objects symbolizing third eyes,
possibilities for opening. For the show it only made sense that Hana
would dance with us and add her energy to the project.

We were also able to
invite one of my dearest friends and muses, Tereza Silon, whose
artistic practice I have long admired. She would be a natural choice
as a mover who both knows well her own body, how to live in her skin,
and also how to reach outside her body and connect with others. Not
only did she contribute as an interlocutor, but further, she provided
excellent textual translations into Czech for the visuals. These I
feel are so important, so that the ritual is as inclusive as possible
and so that it is not assumed that English predominates.

And last but not least I
want to thank Zdeněk Konečný, who organizes the MENU parties and
mixtapes, who put together a great lineup and found a wonderful venue
for this night.

The ritual was so full
this night, a feeling so strong of involvement from everyone, from
going deep in. At one point I realized that all 50 of the blindfolds
were being used, and that everyone had accepted this idea and were
going in with us. I had the feeling that the full show was slowly
taking shape, gaining maturity, gaining strength. That we were
beginning to believe that this could happen, that we could come into
a space that we do not know and face those “we do not know,” that
we could ask people who come for a concert to trust us as
facilitators on a different kind of journey.

There was a moment my
body came into contact with a very large white masculine presenting
body. And I realized that this was, is, for me, a kind of “other”,
a body that as growing up read as female, I have sometimes feared. I
have feared “his” presumed sexism, his presumed entitlement, his
presumed sexuality, his presumed entitlement to that sexuality over
mine. I realized in this moment that in our contact I was helping to
overcome some of my presumptions, some of my fears, or rather, that I
(already) had, through many years of practicing, become more powerful
and confident in my own body. And this allowed me to make contact
with him and to question a boundary. I felt that he responded to
this, by relaxing, by approaching just as tenderly and by shedding
some of his resistance. And this felt, these moments feel, very good.

I had a few people tell
me they were changed forever, that this was one of the most
influential moments of their lives. I was speechless at this, but
very very happy to think that I could be part of a transformation.
And certainly that the transformation is also in me each time I


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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

David Cameron Will Need to Beat the 'Forces of Conservatism'

David Cameron's speech this morning, which outlined a whole host of reforms designed to make parliament and the political process more relevant, was a welcome one. It contained some truly radical ideas. In fact, some of them are so radical a lot of commentators are having some difficulty believing he really means it. He is accused of making this speech as a knee jerk reaction to the events of the last two weeks. Fine, if you want to be cynical, you'll believe that. But you ignore the fact that several of the proposals he announced this morning were in Ken Clarke's Democracy Task Force.

What Cameron has done is provide leadership - again - in a way which leaves the other parties trailing in his wake. Even better, he will find that many of his proposals will have cross party support. Jack Straw on Sky News, who had been put up to criticise Cameron, did so in an extremely reluctant manner. Subliminally, he seemed rather impressed at the audacity of some of the measures.

My big fear is that if these proposals are all included in a Conservative manifesto, they will come to grief at the hands of what Tony Blair used to call the "Forces of conservatism". Can you imagine how difficult the crusty clerks in the House of Commons will make it for him? They will resist any change to their centuries old traditions and find 20 good reasons why something cannot be changed. So will the whips. So will the civil service. So make no mistake, David Cameron will have a fight on his hands if he is really determined to effect such radical changes.

I am delighted that he has come round to the idea of Fixed Term Parliaments. In October 2007, together with several others, I set up the Fixed Term website as a reaction to Gordon Brown's dithering over calling an election. We put the case for fixed terms, and if this has been accepted by David Cameron, it's a real step forward. I remain of the view that it is totally improper for a Prime Minister to call an election at the time of his or her own political convenience.

On Saturday I wrote a blogpost called How to Revive Parliament. It contained this paragraph...
When you get elected to the House of Commons any form of career planning goes out the window. You're randomly appointed to standing committees on bills you have no knowledge of or interested in. Indeed, if you do have knowledge of the subject you can be sure you won't be appointed to that committee, because heaven forfend that you should wish to table amendments or make a speech in committee. You role is to sit there for hours, preferably mute, and get on with your constituency correspondence, while the front benches do their pre-arranged stuff through the "usual channels". It's this which needs to change as lies at the heart of what's wrong with parliament today.

So when Cameron says he wants to end the "pliant" role of Parliament by giving MPs free votes during the consideration of bills at committee stage and to decide the timetable of bills, forgive me if I let out a little cheer. It's also good that he wants backbench MPs to choose the chairmen of standing committees and members of select committees.

But the one thing which he has announced which will meet firm opposition from Whitehall is to transfer competence for many areas away from Whitehall and back to local government. Just wait for the turf war battles on that one.

Read Camerons's speech HERE.

stuart said...

I'd like to see a new fairer voting system, but this is good stuff from Cameron and will improve our democracy.

I never fail to be astounded by the silence and lack of action from Brown. I mean, where is he? What have we heard from him in recent days? Maybe we'll see him at some point emerge to pin medals on the uniforms of small boys before disappearing once again into Downing Street.

VotR said...

Good luck to him.

At this point, Labour just need to go. If the Tory's make a hash of it if and when they are back in power, then that can be dealt with then.

But for now: Gordon & co, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

upbeatskeptic said...

Isn't it an irony that to make these things happen Mr. Cameron will have to use precisely those powers which, he claims, he wishes to gradually diminish. That is, to be able to push power 'downwards and outwards' Dave will probably, in light of the presumed resistance he will face from all quarters, have to assume as much power over Parliament as any individual PM has in a long time.

Anonymous said...

Agree with fixed terms. How about fixed number of terms for re-elected MPs as well - say maximum of four parliamentary terms, to be generous, for any person in parliament. Can't help thinking when I see the likes of the Wintertons that they had been around too long. I'm sure they've done some good things for their constituencies but inevitably people can get complacent.

Mike Thomas said...

Can you imagine how difficult the crusty clerks in the House of Commons will make it for him? They will resist any change to their centuries old traditions and find 20 good reasons why something cannot be changed. So will the whips. So will the civil service. So make no mistake, David Cameron will have a fight on his hands if he is really determined to effect such radical changes.How did they get Capone? Get some former civil servants on your side, get the inside track and then start making these 'vested self-interest' roles redundant and sack them. Those that are left, redefine their role, make them reapply and downgrade their pension to money purchase while they are at it too.

I don't think the public will be that bothered that a jobsworth gets the boot.

What is always guaranteed to raise the ire of the public is pointless the petty officialdom.

If Cameron starts wielding the knife and cutting back the size of the State I'm sure the public will be cheering on.

Anonymous said...

I think it is vital that more power is devolved to local governemnt and local governement is more accountable. That is one of the key differences between the USA and Europe. The US believes in small, local and accountable government; Europe believes in big, central and unaccountable governement. We must adopt the former.

Man in a Shed said...

There is a problem with all this.

Its no good arguing that MPs don't pay enough attention to their electors when you propose policies you haven't asked your party about.

Don't get me wrong - I think David Cameron is doing a fine job, I just don't ever remember hearing discussion of all this before or as a party member being asked.

Anonymous said...

Compare and contrast a speech by Cameron and Brown. Cameron is so interesting to listen to, but Brown just bores me silly repeating the same old rubbish. After a couple of minutes, I've had enough.

Plato said...

Cameron is making an excellent fist of this - I was open-mouthed when I read what he was planning to say in the Guardian.

He is getting a kicking in the comments there but no surprise there.

And where is Brown? It's like he's already on gardening leave.

Max Atkinson said...

It's all very well for Jack Straw to sound 'oh so reasonable' about constitutional reform on the World at One. But it was Blair, Brown, Straw & Co who so dismally failed to bite the bullet when it came to doing something sensible about the House of Lords.

Britain will never be able to take pride in its democracy so long as the House of Lords remains an unelected depositary for sundry cronies, bishops, superannuated MPs and former leaders of Blackburn Council.

Victor, NW Kent said...

So this young twit thinks it a good idea to vote for UKIP, a party that can never have any influence on the EU, even if its elected MEPs bothered to attend.

"We will therefore hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, pass a law requiring a referendum to approve any further transfers of power to the EU, negotiate the return of powers, and require far more detailed scrutiny in Parliament of EU legislation, regulation and spending.

And we will introduce a British Bill of Rights to strengthen our liberties, spell out the extent and limit of rights more clearly, and ensure proper democratic accountability over the creation of any new rights".

georgeorwellslittlesister said...

Stuart, what a wonderful picture you've painted.
It's a wet and windy afternoon; I've done my fair share of leaflet deliveries for today, so I've earned the right to hunker down and watch "Downfall" again.
And talking of the invisible - where art thou, Tone?
In the bunker giving advice, or holed up in a country lacking an extradition treaty with Britain?

Newmania said...

There real problem of the non representation goes un addressed though
Only 20% are Unionised and they are all Public Sector serfs , they have access to power though the Unions and the routes forged form the Labour Representation committee onwards . At the time the industrial working class was “Ordinary” . It no longer is accounting for only 16 % of output.
The same job of representation the early Labour Party did for ordinary people has to be done again. Where are the Estate Agents , Hairdressers , Builders , and Insurance Brokers ( largest Employer in the South and not a one ), where are the ordinary people ?

On the internet increasingly and naturally raging at the hypocrisy of establishmen . I have great difficulty imagining David Cameron supprting any real change to the People in Parliament , just the colour they happen to be.

Might be worng where can one read his suggestions in full ?

Anonymous said...

Could the man stop talking in a collection of soundbites. Perhaps he needs to realise that joined up thinking may actually need a fwe joined up and connected sentences.

Tomfiglio said...

How can handing back power to the kind of loud-mouth thickos that make up the councils here in South Yorkshire be a good thing? They're never held to account by the sheep who vote for them, and blame central government when things go wrong. It will just lead to southern taxpayers pouring even more money into areas of the north that refuse to stand on their own two feet.

Simon Lewis said...

Fraid the forces may be in the Tory party as well against this change. The centralisation of power came about in the 80s and it should never have happened then. I also do not believe that we will get fixed term parliaments. No way will that get support in the Tory party, it will never get through. I also do not believe in it as you may get a govt losing it's majority and you can get paralysis for a number of years.

Working Class Tory said...

I'm afraid I don't agree with fixed term parliaments at all. Obviously if it became law, you couldn't reverse it, because it would be such a fundamental change to our constitution.

My reasoning is:
1. The ability for a Prime Minister to call an election whenever he or she wants keeps the Opposition on its toes, always trying to formulate good policy. This is in contrast to an approach where by Opposition parties would only need to introduce popular policies in the 18 months or so leading up to an election, and could do what they like at the beginning of each term. This is inherently more democratic as it gives the voter more choice, rather than having an Opposition bereft of solid policies and principles.

2. Conversely, the party in government has the power to call an election whenever they want, and could use it to renew a mandate, or to gain an advantage over the Opposition.
2a). If the party in Opposition is in freefall, it's their look-out and the party in government, whether they be Labour or Conservative, has a right, and indeed a duty to maximise their vote share.
2b). If the ruling party wants to renew, or gain a new mandate, they can do so. Gordon Brown, had he called an election in 2007, would have stood on a fairly admirable platform of improving hospitals and public services etc etc - so it would have given his premiership a mandate, instead of this sorry excuse for an un-elected government.

EnCrYpTeD said...

Cameron's speech sounded great, just what the people of this country want.

The only problem is that it is just words, soundbites. Easy to say when you are not in power.

What will actually happen when the Tory's are elected?

Will Cameron keep his word, or will he like so many before him just keep the status quo and tinker around the edges.

Will we look back in 5 years and look back at promises that meant nothing?

Anonymous said...

Good stuff on fixed term parliaments, Iain.

I say make Magna Carta Day (15 June) the day of all regular elections on a fixed term basis.

Harry said...

Hmmm, I'll believe fixed term Parliaments unbder a Tory administration when I see it.

And dismissing PR out of hand as eltist, even though the Scottish experience shows that a majority of those who voted got the government they wanted and in two cases got the majority of their manifestos, via a colaition deal, too.
Sound sall too self serving to dismiss PR I'm afraid, just as it has been cowardly of Labour to bury theor own Jenkins Report until now.

But to tun a speech that would NEVER have been given, were it not for the expenses scandal at Westminster, into a slating of the EU (as if it has a separate life from teh Governemnts that created and sustain it) and judges, is just silly.

He's needs to look closer to home at stop tilting at those populist windmills in the first instance.

p smith said...

Please. More warm words and nice soundbites which he is very good at. Look carefully though and you will not find a single concrete commitment.

If I can draw a parallel it's like the Lisbon treaty. Cameron wants you have to the impression that he will offer you a vote on it but he won't actually give that commitment.

The true test is this. If Cameron comes into office and does f*ck all about fixed terms, whipped votes and the House of Lords, will he have broken a concrete promise? The answer is no.

pol-e-tics said...

Returning power from Brussels to Britain and from judges to the people are just two ambitions that stretch credibility. And local councillors have suggested to me NOT to put more power in petty councillors' hands.

However, as a political platform to fire the imagination and stir the voters it scores high marks.

Yes, we can

neil craig said...

I'm not sure that truly fixed terms are possible in a Parliamentary as opposed to Predidential system. If the government loses a vote of confidence & another government can't be formed you have to have an election to break the deadlock, The PM can thus choose a dissolution simply by not opposing such a vote.

The big power to the common people issue is PR & I can see Alan Johnson riding it into a 4th term if the Conservatives don't endorse it first.

johnny floating-voter said...

Someone asks where is Gordon, but we all know he is paralysed by the idea of an election.

If, in the wake of June 4th, Johnson gets the chance to run with the PR referendum idea, he will find it is very popular with the electorate.

So will Dave.

Boo said...

Have to say the more I see of this man the more I like.

Of cause with PM handing away power. I will rejoice when it's done.

DC is right to reject PR for the commons. I see what coalitions have done in Europe and do not want it. I also like to know the person representing me.

That being said PR might be useful for the house of Lords as long as it is a strictly a moderating chamber, scrutinising bills and investigating the government. Here PR could be of great value in holding the executive to check.

Blackacre said...

I do not see how de-whipping is enforceable - I am sure any government will find a way of indicating which way it expects its loyal yet independent MPs to vote. No sign of PR - a sure way to a more powerful House with a greater say in what is going on.

Paul Halsall said...

David Cameron today has been hailed for the "leadership" of speech on a new political deal. But he ducked the central crack in his party's internal politicals - the European Union.

Who in the Tory Party is willing to Defend the EU? Charles Clarke seems willing, but the rest of leadership, including Cameron just waffle. Above all, I doubt they want an election now - an election in October after the Irish have approved the Lisbon Treaty would in all probability suit them fine.

I once had some sympathy with the left wing/Bennite critique of the EU - i.e. that it represents a supranational power that cannot properly be controlled withing the parameters of representative democracy because the "European-wide Electorate" does not exist given the language and historical divergences of the Continent.

But now I think a winder historical perspective is worthwhile. After an 1600 year history of more or less continuous warfare, Europe achieved a high degree of peace and stability after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. But that Concert of Europe" was unable to deal the rising power of Germany, which initiated three major wars in 1870, 1914, and 1939.

The European Union has improved on the Concert of Europe by tying the continent together economically, and by spreading and maintaining a human rights agenda which has indeed given minorities protections they lacked in the narrow ethnic Nation-States of the 19th century.

Indeed, it has become one of the major engines of peace, prosperity, and co-operation in world history.

I can quite understand why educated Tories such as Cameron support it, but I find it annoying that neither they nor most Labour politicians will openly praise the EU for what it has achieved. Here all the heavy lifting is done by the LibDems (plus SNP and PC I suppose.)

I am quite willing to have a straight up and down referendum on "staying in Europe/leaving Europe" with a six month serious campaign.

Cameron's refusal to defend an EU that he actually seems to agree with seems to me to indicate his basic weakness as a leader.

kasou said...

Yes lets have PR, like the EU, more backroom selected M'u 'P 'ets, a few more quangos..then even GB can get a new job when his scottish pals throw him out...WAY TO GO PR or PURE RUBBISH... thats hat we get from the EU..

Oh ...maybe thats what we already have in the UK.........PR----PURE RUBBISH

Johnny Norfolk said...

Those that stand in his way to carry out the clear will of the people should be warned and then sacked if they do not jump to.

Roger Thornhill said...

Cameron's proposals will enlarge government, not shrink it, I suspect.

It is one thing being lorded over by 646 Westminster idiots, but even worse is being lorded over by 64,600 Village Idiots...on your doorstep.

I do suspect that Cameron will be an unwitting stooge (if he is benign) or an out and out traitor (if willing) in handing over more authority to the Regions. Wait for it, for his army of dim-bulb no-nothing "useful idiots" will be persuaded by some Federast to move power to the Regions and let them sort it out.

He will NOT, I repeat NOT be able to relocate ANY powers WHATSOEVER from the EU machine back to the UK UNLESS he leaves the EU. He will not, so any talk is pointless.

So, Cameron is going to move power from Westminster to the Regions (I suspect), who are EU lickspittles and beholden to the Brussels coin while not moving ANY powers back to Westminster.

It will be hollowed out.

Once the process begins, the call for each region to match the Scottish, NI and Welsh Regoinal Assemblies will become incessant - all funded, look you, with OUR money! OUR money used to fund the theft of OUR sovereignty and more of OUR money.

School For Scoundrels, in fact.

james said...

I think Cameron's doing a great job, but I'm afraid I don't agree with him about fixed term parliaments.

Could someone please explain to me the logic of calling for fixed term parliaments whilst simultaneously calling for an early election!? Maybe I'm missing something.

Looking at 'The Case' at fixedterm.org.uk, I see that the argument begins by implying that governments produce generous budgets before elections. Which is all well and good, but surely it would happen with fixed terms too?

Chris Saunders said...

I'm not a cynic but this is a load of poorly thought out bollocks that will enthuse nobody(yourself and ilk excepted).
What I expect from Cameron is tough, decisive leadership, not more of this condescending spin. He's learnt bugger all from the past two weeks and missed a golden opportunity.

Anonymous said...

Working class Tory: Well said. Clear and reasoned.

The Grim Reaper said...

You'd be right - Cameron would have a tough fight getting a lot of these measures through. But it's a fight he must be prepared to take part in.

Let's be having more radical ideas from him, please.

TonyHendo said...

I think one of the big challenges here is sorting out local councils. I have lived in the hardest of hard core Labour areas, the North East, and now live in a hard core Tory area, Surrey, and frankly its difficult to spot the difference.
My local council has increased council tax by above inflation and a neighbouring authority has imposed huge car parking charges for its town centre at the same time as shops are closing leaving the place like a ghost town. The impression is that both councils are being driven by unelected officers, who are paid huge salaries and simply want to milk local businesses and council tax payers to fund their pet projects. The controlling Tory groups are either to lazy to controll the officers or are happy to milk people. We come back to the problem that not enough people vote in local elections and many who can vote don't directly pay to fund the councils. I also suspect the quality of many councillors is poor. Cameron needs a root and branch overall of local authorities and the whole system they operate in before he passes more control and funding to them.

Andrew K said...

@ Paul Halsall

"I once had some sympathy with the left wing/Bennite critique of the EU"

Translation: I was against the EU when that was Party policy.

"But now I think a winder (sic) historical perspective is worthwhile."

Translation: but the Party has changed it's mind, and the Party is infinitely wiser than I am.

"Cameron's refusal to defend an EU that he actually seems to agree with seems to me to indicate his basic weakness as a leader."

Translation: and whatever position the Conservative's take is wrong, even if I have to hedge my bet's a little.

Cynic said...

"But the one thing which he has announced which will meet firm opposition from Whitehall is to transfer competence for many areas away from Whitehall "

...presumably with a real large cut in civil service numbers. That's the real prize - a 20% cut would go a significant way to helping the debt repayments, although many of them would find it difficult to get work elsewhere

Cynic said...

But the problem with this decentralisation reform is that it needs wholesale reform of local government too. We need a wholly new model that will make local politics worthwhile and attract in political talent. Given the average IQ of some local councillors( and their propensity for small town hand in the till cronyism) we need root and branch reform across the entire system.

That could be an election winner. But have the Tories got the balls for it?

ranger1640 said...

If Dave thinks this will placate public anger over MP's expenses and the separation of politicos form the public, he obviously still isn’t getting it.

We need a mechanism to sack MP’s.

We need an elected upper house.

MP’s need to be given more power to scrutinize government legislation.

We need reform of how the commons works and cut the amount of MP's holidays. No worker in the UK gets 3 months off the gather in the Harvest, like MP’s do!

We need the public to give their input into committees and have there submissions considered.

We require fixed term parliaments.

We need the power to elect chief constables.

We demand the end of absolute laws.

We demand an end to Stealth Taxes.

We demand an end to the Surveillance society CCTV and ID Cards, an end to the E-mail, phone, Text, DNA databases.

We demand we ge a referendum's on the issues above with an independent commission to set the referendum wording!

This would be a start Dave!!!!

Ulster unionist & Conservative

Ulster Till Idie

Glynne said...

We seem to be getting diverted from the Euro Elections.

Wonder if Brown covertly released the expenses to divert the media from his crass mismanagement of our affairs.

However - while Cameron's proposals for making executive power more democratically accessible are welcome.

We were promised a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Failure to deliver is a key part of the distrust of Brown and our politicians in general.

We need a Referendum to draw the poison - and for many it is the single issue for the Euro elections.

It has become a fundamental measure of honesty for many electors.

Why is Cameron tiptoeing round the issue

Victor, NW Kent said...

Paul Halsall

What Charles Clarke may think about the EU is irrelevant to the Conservative Party.

If Labour is so keen on forcing Cameron's hand over Europe then Brown has the remedy - he can call a General Election, as called for, before the Irish are forced to vote again on what they have already rejected.

And, why are they being forced to vote again? Because their political class considers that those who voted No were the great unwashed, a rabble of no account.

Let us remember that several Labour politicians, not including Charles Clarke, have stated that the Treaty is too difficult for the ordinary folk to vote on as we would not understand it. Rather like Caroline Flint , the Minister for Europe and Brian Cowen, the Irish PM. Neither of those have read it. But they are for it!

javelin said...

In the seeds of victory lie the ashes of destruction ....

Thatcher's personal financial legacy was killed off by EU finances under Major. Blair's social spending legacy was killed off by expenses hypocrisy with Brown. It's some thing we volunteer into the ERM or Expense Rules.

You see the pattern of defeat? If it is repeated it will be the abuse of individual democracy by a large scale force that will kill off Cameron's successor.

History will repeat itself.

Simon Gibson said...

The principles of this speech and set of proposals is excellent and I agree with the points you make in 'how to revive parliament' My conceern about it all is this:

The appointment of committees that you highlighted is wrong indeed but the same happens often in local government which makes me wonder if the transfer of power to local government from london will have much positive effect as local government has decayed almost to the point of uselessness.

Paul Halsall said...

We already voted FOR the EU in 1973.

And then, when people voted for the Tories in 1983 and 1987.

Councillor Gill Cartwright said...

This happens at local level but at the end of the day the tail does not wag the dog!

Brit.in.Aussie said...

Iain Dale:

We put the case for fixed terms, and if this has been accepted by David Cameron, it's a real step forward. I remain of the view that it is totally improper for a Prime Minister to call an election at the time of his or her own political convenience.And it was only a week ago that Iain Dale was calling for a snap election at a time of the Prime Minister's inconvenience.

Shome mishtake shurely?

You can't have it both ways, Iain. Fixed term parliaments mean that snap elections for any reason are out of the question.

Dimoto said...

Ken Clarke on 4News explained that fixed term would have to include provision for parties losing majorities etc. exceptions.

Anyone who has lived in a country with PR could never make the case for PR to replace FPTP with a straight face. It is a system made for corruption.
But the "fairness argument" would sound dangerously plausible to an unsophisticated referendum electorate.

PR is like constitutional monarchy - once you have it, it's virtually impossible to remove it.
(In times past, a failing dynasty could be replaced by revolution, arrangement, civil war or invitation. Now we are stuck with the Windsors whatever nonsense the future heirlings get up to).

Anonymous said...

term Parliaments are a terrible. here in the State of New South Wales we have fixed Parliaments. this has allowed a grossly corrupt and incompetent Labour Party to hang on to office for 4 terms by manipulation of the news cycle. The last election was in 2007 and somehow Labour managed to con enough people to vote it in again, even though it was quite clear that it was useless. In a few short months the State's finaces collapsed and all manner of scandals arose. But we now have to wait until 2011 before we can turf the bastards out.

ROMAN JONES Esq. said...

I am generally sympathetic to Cameron's campaign, not from any deep love of being a Conservative, but because he is by far the best chance we have of getting rid of Brown and Labour. Better a punch in the stomach than a garrot around the neck. I don't agree with all his ideas in his speech, but glad to see he's adopted MY proposal for local referenda. Not quite sure how his local planning decisions are going to work - will be at a community council level? Also, why do the Tories go on and on about giving parents / patients etc more choice about where they children are educated or their illness treated? People don't want to be bothered to trawl through a list of league tables to pick the best school/hospital. They just want all of them to be run well, and to go to the nearest, with confidence. And finally, what is the terrible pledge by Cameron to safeguard funding in foreign aid whilst cuts in virtually all other areas will continue? Foreign aid would be top of my list for the spending axe!

Paul Hogan said...

The UK is too big a country to be micro managed from London, Cameron is right in theory to try to create smaller central government, Blair made a good start with devolution but left the biggest part; England out. Create an English Parliament with one chamber and a smaller UK Parliament with 2 houses both elected by whatever means, then review it all again in 10 years! And please can we drop the Queen as head of state?

freethinkeruk said...

Cameron set out some bones of ideas for much needed reform of our weak democratic system but very little flesh and I'm still waiting for a little feeling of can I trust him.

He also failed to mention the biggest hurdle of all that stands in the way of true democracy, the monarchial system. Through this stems unaccountability to the electorate and Prime Ministerial power that neither the people or Parliament would grant him/her. The 'Royal Perogative' cannot be watered down, it must be removed altogether and an elected head of state put in place.

Paul Halsall said...

You have some pretty odd readers - i.e. those who think they are Tories and yet attack the monarchy.

Surely the proper role of the Tory party in British politics, in or out of government, must always include defending the monarchy, the establishment of the church, and the political union of the four countries. Since Disraeli at least there has been a strong "One Nation" aspect. Even under Mrs. Thatcher, who had here Jacobin edges, you could not be a Tory if you wanted to engage in a all out attack on the British order.

Some of your readers ought to read Edmnund Burke (yes I know he was a Whig) and his considerations on the effects of revolution

witchling said...

I agree, the monarchy in any capacity and the current honours system of peerages etc is root and branch toadying to autocratic, arbitrary power. It makes no sense to keep any of this in place, it's the anithesis of democracy and foments an environment of systematic abuse.

autumnglory said...

Cameron includes 'from the judges to the people'. Don't we have juries any more then? I think he's getting a bit carried away in parts. (It sounds like his Christmas list - 'oh yes, Santa,and can we get rid of the EC too?'!) I rather think we need judges to conduct judicial reviews to preserve the separation of powers. We need a written constitution, of course, to establish what those powers are. A written constitution would ensure that the powers and duties of the state are clearly defined and open to democratic process and judicial review. It would get rid of the 'nod and wink' mentality of Parliament. The ultimate 'nods and winks' that need to go are the constitutional conventions which give the monarch pretend powers as head of state. This proposed radical constitutional reform must include an elected head of state with real powers amenable to democratic process and judicial review.

Meg Green said...

Parliamentary reform begins at the source. However late we may be in coming to the obvious conclusion, now is undoubtedly the time to finally abolish the British monarchy whose indefensible position has ever been one of unearned and unmerited access to priviledge, wealth, influence and honours at the expense of, and built upon the backs of, those British citizens it would claim to represent and protect. The Windsors have remained conspiculously SILENT during this latest round of expenses scandal because they know too well how their own fingers are openly and unapologetically deeper into the public purse than any MP in Parliament. In fact, the Windsors represent nothing more or less than the pinnacle of established abuse of public trust and resources. How does their love of Country compare to their love of the insular, unaccountable and unjustifiable lifestyle? If they would put Britain first, they would be first forward to open a vigorous and meaningful debate leading to an ELECTED HEAD OF STATE whose voice of genuine leadership would bear the stamp of an authentic British democracy. We get what we settle for - we need a British Republic.

Anonymous said...

What a surprise - electoral reform, and monarchy, firmly off limits. More tinkering around the edges. Plus ça change .....

Roger Thornhill said...

At May 26, 2009 8:36 PM , Paul Halsall said...

We already voted FOR the EU in 1973.

No we did NOT. The British voted for an economic zone, the EEC, with limited or no transfers of sovereignty and robust veto rights.

Will YOU go the way of David Boothroyd?

Paul Halsall said...

@Roger Thornhill

You seem to forget the Tory campaigns FOR EUROPE in 1983 and 1987, in which fear of leaving Europe was a major Tory theme.

Perhaps you are too young to remember.

But in most elections since 1979 there have been clear pro-Europe and anti-Europe parties.

People rejected Labour when it was anti-Europe and rejected the Tories when they were anti-Europe.


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Christina Mancuso
Position Forward
Shoots Left
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
142 lb (65 kg)
WCHA Team Ohio State
Pro Career 2008 – present

Christina Mancuso currently plays hockey for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program. She played in all 37 games her freshman and junior seasons and missed just three games as a sophomore. Mancuso centered Ohio State's third line during the 2009-10 season while tallying a personal-best 10 points on four goals and six assists. [1]

Playing careerEdit

Before joining the Buckeyes, Mancuso played with the Toronto Junior Aeros in 2006-07. The Aeros won the 2007 Provincial Women's Hockey League Championship. She also played hockey at the high school level. She played with the Havergal Collegiate High School team. As a junior, she scored 24 goals and finished the season with 39 points in 20 games to earn the team MVP award. She was a member of the 2006 Toronto Star All-Star Team. She won the Ontario Provincials in 2006 with the Toronto Aeros.[2]

Ohio StateEdit

As a freshman (2007-08), Mancuso played in all 37 games and accumulated three points (two goals and an assist). All three of her points were scored in November. Her first collegiate point was an assist in a 6-1 victory vs. Bemidji State on November 3. Seven days later, she scored her first career goal in a 3-2 loss at Minnesota State. In her sophomore season, Mancuso played in 33 games but she missed the WCHA First Round Playoff series with an injury. For the second consecutive season, she had three points.

In her junior season, Mancuso had a career highs in points with ten (four goals and six assists). Nine of her points were against WCHA opponents (three goals, six assists). The Buckeyes won seven of the eight games in which Mancuso had a point . On October 16, Mancuso had the first multiple-point game of her career with two assists in 5-2 win at Bemidji State. The first shorthanded goal of her career was scored against the Robert Morris Colonials on January 2. January 15 was her second multi-point game as she scored a goal and assist in 6-0 shutout at Minnesota State.

Career game highsEdit

Milestone Number Date
Goals 1 8 times, last Feb 5, 2010 vs. North Dakota
Assists 2 Oct. 16, 2009 at Bemidji State
Points 2 Twice, last Jan. 15, 2010 at Minnesota State
PIM 15 Jan. 10, 2009 vs. Minnesota
Shots5 Twice, last Jan. 23, 2009 at Bemidji State
Plus/Minus+2 Three times, last Jan 15, 2010 at Minnesota State

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First goal Nov. 10, 2007 at Minnesota State
First assist Nov. 3, 2007 vs. Bemidji State
100th game Feb. 6, 2010 vs. North Dakota

Awards and honorsEdit

  • Captain of the Buckeyes for the 2010-11 season
  • Buckeye Power Club award for her hard work and dedication in the weight room and off-ice training (2009-10) WCHA All-Academic Team (2008-09) ... Academic All-Big Ten at-large selection (2008-09) ... two-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2007-08, 2008-09).

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James Foster (September 13, 1905 - January 4 1969) was a Scottish-born Canadian goaltender. Born in Glasgow, Foster emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1912. He is best known for his role in leading Great Britain to its only Olympic gold medal in ice hockey.

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Foster first rose to prominence as a hockey player in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in the early 1920s. With the Winnipeg Argonauts, and later the University of Manitoba, Foster earned a reputation as "the world's finest goaltender." His team won the Manitoba Junior Provincial Championship in 1925, and he was a two-time winner of the Manitoba Championship - in 1927 with the Winnipeg Winnipegs and in 1930 with the Elmwood Millionaires. Around this time, he suffered a broken leg and had to briefly leave hockey. In 1931, he joined the Moncton Hawks of the Maritime Senior Hockey League. Foster went an astounding 417 minutes without allowing a goal. He also led the Hawks to victories in the Allan Cup in 1933 and 1934, and during his three seasons with the team, he missed only one game.

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In 1935, along with the coach of the Moncton Hawks and Foster's longtime mentor, Percy Nicklin, Foster moved to London to play for the Richmond Hawks. He was selected to the All-Star team, and his new Hawks finished in a tie for first in the league. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association suspended Foster and teammate Alexander Archer for "leaving the dominion without permission" to play in England. The International Ice Hockey Federation upheld the decision and the pair were only cleared to play in the Olympics when the Canadians waived the suspensions for the duration of the games.

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Gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team

In the 1936 Winter Olympics, Foster represented Great Britain in ice hockey. Foster, along with eight other British born players who had learned their hockey in Canada, a Canadian born British resident and two British natives, helped to lead Great Britain to its first and only Olympic gold medal in ice hockey, narrowly beating out Canada. In seven games, Foster allowed only three goals, recording four shutouts. In the years following the 1936 Olympics, Foster continued to represent Great Britain in international competition, leading the nation to back-to-back European Championships in 1937 and 1938. After playing a season with the Harringay Greyhounds, Foster returned to Canada in 1940 to work in an aircraft factory. He later played for the Glace Bay Miners and the Quebec Aces. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950. As he once thought of entering the Church, he was nicknamed "The Parson".

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Taylor Chace
Position Defense
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Born May 9 1986 (1986-05-09) (age 31),
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Pro Career present
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
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Bronze 2006 Torino Tournament
Gold 2010 Vancouver Tournament

Taylor Chace (born May 9, 1986) is an American ice sledge hockey player.

Chace suffered a broken back and an incomplete spinal cord injury when he was hit during a junior hockey game. This occured in October 22 when Chace was 16 years old. At the time, he was competing for the New Hampshire Monarchs in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.[1]

Playing careerEdit

While a student at the University of New Hampshire less than two years later, Chace was introduced to the sport of sled hockey through the school's Northeast Passage program. He was named to the U.S. national team in late 2005 and participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, where the team took a bronze medal. He helped win another bronze at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, and at the 2009 World Championships he assisted in the gold medal-winning goal in a match against Norway.

Chace currently lives in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He is a senior at the University of New Hampshire, majoring in sports studies and minoring in therapeutic recreation.

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Chrysler’s latest commercials are perfect.

The world is full of HORRIBLE commercials.

You’re right, Samsung, I’ve ALWAYS wanted a phone I can take video on while simultaneously snapping pictures WHILE SKYDIVING THANK YOU FOR FINALLY MAKING A PHONE WORTH BUYING YOU GUYS ARE SO IN TUNE!!!1!

In that world, these commercials from Chrysler (I believe all by W+K) are exceptional. Story, grit, pride, the perception of authenticity…

In a world of shit products and shit marketing those who can turn product into story and story into something I already am and can be more a part of will die with smiles.

My only bummer with this one is the dumb synth strings. If that was real strings in a real room this thing is tears and fist pumping.

The bellman’s nod. The flag flying.

Humble beginnings are… humbling. Too bad they couldn’t get a deep track for this one as well. Probably only meant for a small, Portland audience.

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12GB Compact Flash Less Than US$100 !?!?!?

Compact flash is getting cheap. We all know that. However, do you believe you can buy SanDisk 12GB Extreme III compact flash for less than 100 bucks (after $80 rebate)?

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Raw Vegetable Salad

Thomson Sesquicentennial Cookbook Who: Thomson Sesquicentennial Committee Cost: $20 includes shipping Details: Soft-backed, spiral bound Pages of recipes: 220 Send checks to: Thomson Chamber of Commerce, Attn: Luanne Bruckner, 1110 Locust St., Thomson, IL 61285 or call 815-259-3168. Print Recipe Raw Vegetable Salad Servings Ingredients 1 med. head cauliflower1 med. bunch broccoli1 bunch radishes2 bunches Green onions1 […]

Mama’s Coleslaw

Dallas City Elementary PTO Cookbook Who: Dallas City Elementary PTOCost: $13 with shippingDetails: soft-backed, comb boundPages of recipes: 158Send checks to: Dallas City PTO, 921 Creamery Hill Rd., Dallas City, IL 62330 or call 217-852-3201 Print Recipe Mama’s Coleslaw Servings Ingredients 1 sm. head Cabbage shredded2 c. broccoli chopped2 c. cauliflower florets chopped2 c. carrots thinly sliced2 c. Celery thinly sliced2 […]

Spaghetti Slaw

Recipes from Our Parishioners, Past and Present Who: St. Mary of the Assumption Church Cost: $17 includes shipping Details: hard-backed, 3-ring bound Pages of recipes: 158 Send checks to: Judith Wagner, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 112 W. Embarrass St., P.O. Box 68, Sainte Marie, IL 62459 or call 618-455-3155 Print Recipe Spaghetti Slaw […]

Broccoli Au Gratin

Feed On His Word Who: Countryview Christian ChurchCost: $14 including shippingDetails: soft-backed, comb-boundPages of recipes: 132Send checks to: Roberta Smith,35889 Boggs Rd, Virden, IL 62690or call 217-965-4727 Print Recipe Broccoli Au Gratin Servings Ingredients 1 C. Water1 envelope onion and mushroom soup, or beef flavored soup3 T. all-purpose flour1 C. light cream or half and […]

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Bench 1775 Winery 2015 Muscat - 87pts

Bench 1775 Winery 2015 Muscat (Okanagan Valley) BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here and VQA stores
Cost: $16.90
Alcohol: 13.6%

Production: 480 cases
Date Tasted: May 12th, 2017

Tasting Notes: Actually a 85/15 split of Muscat and Riesling, respectively, sourced from vineyards in Naramata and from the Golden Mile, this wine is billed as a non-traditional Muscat and that's pretty honest and accurate. The nose is Sauvignon Blanc-ish with citrus, gooseberry, fresh herbs and blossom aromas and even a light hint of Oyster shells. The palate has some body and a nice texture to it with similar flavours (minus the seashells) but with more than a hint of spice and smoke. Definitely unique and offered at a great price.
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Right To Privacy In India In Pipeline

Privacy law in India is the need of the hour. This is more so where privacy rights in India are frequently violated through various e-surveillance projects of Indian government. India has no dedicated privacy law. The Supreme Court of India interpreted it by expanding the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, Indian government launched projects like Aadhar, National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Central Monitoring System (CMS), Centre for Communication Security Research and Monitoring (CCSRM), etc. None of them are governed by any Legal Framework and none of them are under Parliamentary Scrutiny.

These projects have also raised serious privacy violations issues as well that have still not been redressed by Indian government.

Realising that this may cause problems in future, the Law Ministry of India is working on a proposal to make right to privacy a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution. This is the right approach as without privacy safeguards all the recently launched projects of Indian government are “unconstitutional”.

We are working on making right to privacy a fundamental right. It is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament. However, it's difficult to commit the timeframe, law minister Veerappa Moily said.

The right to privacy would include the right to confidentiality of communication, confidentiality of private or family life, protection of his honour and good name, protection from search, detention or exposure of lawful communication between individuals, privacy from surveillance, confidentiality of banking, financial, medical and legal information, protection from identity theft of various kinds, protection of use of a person's photographs, fingerprints, DNA samples and other samples taken at police stations and other places and protection of data relating to individual.

Many of these are already observed at a practical level. For example, it's a part of professional ethics of a lawyer or a doctor not to reveal details about clients or patients. The same applies for the banking sector. Apart from strengthening norms for interception of communication, the proposed Act will guarantee an individual's right to privacy. It's similar in the way the Constitution guarantees existing fundamental rights like right to equality, right to freedom of expression etc," explained a senior law ministry official.

The proposed legislation must be enacted keeping in mind the techno legal aspects. Technology would create serious challenges before Indian government and necessary provisions must be incorporated to deal with the same in future.

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Multiple Vehicle Crash Near Roberts

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Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402-1828
(208) 525-7377 FAX: (208) 525-7294
For Immediate Release: 11/29/2014 11:30 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Saturday, November 29th, 2014, at 2:41 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated multiple vehicle injury crashes on Interstate 15 at milepost 129, near Roberts.

The crashes were the result of high winds causing blowing dust and many of the drivers were driving too fast when entering the dust storm with zero visibility, causing a chain reaction crash. Vehicles involved were two commercial vehicles, three pickups, 2 SUV's, and 2 passenger cars.

There were ten patients transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
Interstate 15 was closed from milepost 119 to 135 in both directions for approximately 7 hours.

The crashes are under investigation by the Idaho State Police who were assisted by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the Idaho Transportation Department for the road closure.

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