Iran Condemns 'Savage Crackdown' in Britain

Two years after the Iranians brutally murdered their own citizens, these freaks have the nerve to protest the authorities in the UK.

Scores of hardline Iranian university students gathered outside the British embassy in Tehran today to condemn Britain’s 'savage' suppression of a 'popular uprising' against the 'dictatorial royal regime of England'.

Many chose to wear masks of Mark Duggan, the man shot dead by police that sparked the riots, during their state-sponsored protest while others displayed placards.

One poster brought by a protester said 'Death to the corrupt British monarchy' while another proclaimed 'Royal wedding equals economic austerity.'

Police were on hand to ensure that events did not turn violent.

Since last week's protests, Tehran has seized on the turmoil created by the riots to make propaganda against London, who have angered the Islamic republic by being a leading critic of its human rights record.

Despite their supposed horror at the mayhem in British cities, Iranian officials have also made it clear they have no desire to see it end.

The head of Iran’s Basij street militia, Brigadier Mohammad Reza Naghdi, predicted on Saturday that the 'popular awakening' in Britain was 'just the beginning' and it 'would spread to the heart of Europe'.

And a senior parliamentarian, Parviz Sorouri, said: 'The world is now coming to the conclusion that Western civilisation has no foundation and is unreal.'

In the past week, Iran’s authoritarian regime has teased London with offers to send human rights observers to Britain.

It's almost as if they're parroting leading Democrats when they whine about everything.

Parliamentarians and conservative newspapers in Tehran have variously blamed the turmoil in Britain on human rights violations, 'chronic injustice', racism, social deprivation and the rise of student tuition fees.

Good thing there's no Tea Party over there or they'd be lumped in.

UK Adviser: Time to Get Rid of 'Climate Change' Junk Science in Schools

The hysterical warmies are going to be freaking out. How dare he not let us indoctrinate seven-year-olds with our junk science!

Climate change propaganda could be cut from the classroom, as a government adviser demands pseudo-science is removed from the national curriculum.

Tim Oates, who is leading an overhaul of school syllabuses for five- to 16-year-olds, has signalled the end of ‘climate wash’ in schools.

He is calling for a return of ‘science in science’ and for children to be taught facts, not fads.

And he accused Labour of replacing traditional physics, chemistry and biology with ‘topical issues’ such as global warming.

At present, seven-year-olds are taught that the world is overheating, and told this will cause floods and kill polar bears.

Mr Oates is due to report on his review of the national curriculum later this year, and any changes will be introduced in schools in September 2013.

His recommendation mirrors the thinking of Education Secretary Michael Gove, who wants pupils to be taught a rigorous core academic curriculum.

Mr Oates, director of research at Cambridge Assessment, one of the biggest exam boards in Europe, said: ‘We have believed that we need to keep up-to-date with topical issues, but oxidation and gravity don’t date.

‘We are not taking it back 100 years. We’re taking it back to the core stuff.

‘The curriculum has become narrowly instrumentalist.’

He said topics that engage children in science ‘changed dramatically’ from year to year.

He added: ‘The national curriculum shouldn’t ever try to keep up with those, otherwise it would keep changing.’

However, climate scientists have accused the anti-green lobby of influencing education.

But they haven't been influencing education with their made-up pseudo-science?

Socialized Medicine Horror Story of the Day

Your future under ObamaCare. But remember, it's Paul Ryan who wants to kill grandma or something.

Doctors are prescribing drinking water for neglected elderly patients to stop them dying of thirst in hospital.

The measure – to remind nurses of the most basic necessity – is revealed in a damning report on pensioner care in NHS wards.

Some trusts are neglecting the elderly on such a fundamental level their wards could face closure orders.

The snapshot study, triggered by a Mail campaign, found staff routinely ignored patients’ calls for help and forgot to check that they had had enough to eat and drink.

Dehydration contributes to the death of more than 800 hospital patients every year.

Another 300 die malnourished. The http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giflatest report – by the Care Quality Commission – found patients frequently complained they were spoken to in a ‘condescending and dismissive’ manner.

The watchdog said three of 12 NHS trusts visited in the past three months were failing to meet the most basic standards required by law.

They were: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust in North London.

The findings follow a joint campaign by the Mail and the Patients Association last year which exposed shocking examples of substandard care.

Similar failings were highlighted earlier this year by the Health Service Ombudsman who cited cases of patients left to become so thirsty they could not cry for help.

It's not just the elderly having problems under the NHS.

Good News: Muslims Students in UK Celebrate Diversity, Learn Fine Art of Amputation and Jew Hatred

Nothing like getting a head start on Muslim extremism and Jew hatred. But let's not complain. Otherwise we might be called Islamophobic or something.

Celebrate diversity!

Muslim children are being taught how to chop off thieves’ hands and that Jews are plotting to take over the world at a network of Islamic schools, it has been disclosed.

Up to 5,000 pupils attending weekend schools across Britain are being exposed to textbooks claiming that some Jews were transformed into pigs and apes, and that some offences could be punished with stoning. One book for six year-olds warns that those who do not believe in Islam will be condemned to “hellfire” in death.

Another text for 15 year-olds teaches that thieves who break Sharia law should have their hands cut off for a first offence and their feet amputated for a subsequent crime. Teenagers are presented with diagrams showing where the cuts should be made.

Tonight’s Panorama on BBC One will claim that the books were discovered at a network of 40 private schools teaching the Saudi Arabian national curriculum. The programme claims to have uncovered evidence apparently linking the schools to the Saudi embassy. Officials at the embassy deny any link.

Panorama also found examples of private Muslim schools using extremist sentiments on their websites.

Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, said last night that extremism, homophobia and anti-Semitism would not be tolerated in schools.

Well, they're three for three. Let's see how quickly this is shut down. I won't be holding my breath.

Sharia Schools Teaching Hand-Hacking, Jew Hatred

You figure this is going on in Saudi Arabia or Iran, perhaps, right? You'd be figuring wrong.

Children in Britain are being taught brutal Sharia law punishments, including how to hack off a criminal’s hand or foot.

So-called ‘weekend schools’ for Muslim pupils as young as six also teach that the penalty for gay sex is execution and that ‘Zionists’ are plotting to take over the world for the Jews.

One set textbook challenges youngsters to list the ‘reprehensible’ qualities of Jews.

Another for six-year-olds asks them to answer what happens to someone who dies who is not a believer in Islam. The answer being looked for is ‘hellfire’.

A BBC Panorama investigation, to be screened tonight, identified a network of more than 40 weekend schools teaching around 5,000 children, from age six to 18.

The schools – which offer the hardline Saudi National Curriculum – are run under the umbrella of ‘Saudi Students Clubs and Schools in the UK and Ireland’.

They are not state-funded, and do not use Government buildings. They are able to exploit a loophole which means weekend schools are not inspected by Ofsted.

Last night, experts at the Policy Exchange think-tank warned that similar extremists could seek to exploit the Government’s policy of giving greater freedoms from state control to free schools and academies.

They call for the establishment of a due diligence unit to check whether those applying to open the schools have an extremist background.

Current checks are largely limited to fraud, criminal convictions and funding.

Education Secretary Michael Gove, who is believed to be supportive of the idea, said he would not tolerate anti-Semitism and homophobia in English schools.

The Panorama investigation identified a book for 15-year-olds being used in the classes which teaches about Sharia law and its punishments.

It says: ‘For thieves their hands will be cut off for a first offence, and their foot for a subsequent offence.’

There are diagrams showing children where cuts must be made. One passage says: ‘The specified punishment of the thief is cutting off his right hand at the wrist. Then it is cauterised to prevent him from bleeding to death.’

For acts of ‘sodomy’, children are told that the penalty is death and it states a difference of opinion whether this should be done by stoning, or burning with fire, or throwing over a cliff.

Panorama alleges that a building used for one of the schools, in Ealing, West London, is owned by the Saudi government.

Joys of Islam: Kids Removed From Music Classes 'Because Islam Forbids Playing an Instrument'

Seems music of any kind is a problem. I guess at the rate the UK is going music will be banned entirely before long so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of their Islamic overlords.

Muslim pupils are being withdrawn from music lessons because some Islamic beliefs forbid followers learning an instrument.

State schools are thought to have allowed hundreds of pupils to stop having classes despite music being part of the compulsory National Curriculum.

In one London primary, 20 pupils were withdrawn from the Christmas musical while the family of one five-year-old girl banned her from music classes.

The situation at Lambeth's Herbert Morrison Primary, where 29 per cent of pupils come from mainly Somalian Muslim families, emerged as part of a BBC investigation.

Headteacher Eileen Ross said some parents 'don't want children to play musical instruments and they don't have music in their homes'.

'For goodwill I allow that parent to withdraw their child from all music but I am in fact denying the child the opportunity that the other children in the class have,' she told BBC London News.

Some Muslims believe that playing musical instruments is forbidden in the same way that alcohol is banned.

Parents have no automatic right to withdraw their children from subjects such as music, although legal exemptions exist for religious and sex education.

The situation has already provoked concerns from Ofsted and education experts.

The Open University's Dr Diana Harris, an expert on music education and Muslims, said she had visited schools where half of the pupils were withdrawn from music lessons during Ramadan.

She claimed Ofsted inspectors sometimes turned 'a blind eye' to the issue.

'Although I wouldn't want anyone to do anything against their religion, I feel there's a lot in music which gives us great joy in life,' she said.

Joy is also prohibited, apparently.

Sex With Dead Squid Photo Lands Man on Sex Offender Register

I can only imagine he was watching Octopussy and got really turned on.

A PERVERT was put on the Sex Offenders' Register yesterday after being found with a picture of a man having sex with a dead SQUID.

Depraved Andrew Dymond, 46, admitted having a haul of sick photos. They included 14 indecent pictures of children, five photos of people having sex with animals, and three "mutilation" images.

Jobless Dymond, of Mumbles, Swansea, was put on the sex register and bailed by the city's crown court.

As weird as the photo of having sex with a dead squid is, it's a bit more alarming he's got indecent photos of kids.

Humiliating Defeat for the Left in the UK: 'Gordon Brown Has Lost'

They can try and cling to power with a hung Parliament, and even that is based on some dubious exit polls. But be assured of this: Labour has gone down to a massive defeat tonight in the UK, and the new Prime Minister will be David Cameron.

David Cameron was set to demand the keys to Downing Street today after voters turned out in massive numbers to reject Labour.

The Tories scored their biggest swing against Labour for 80 years which, if repeated across the country, would give them an absolute majority with which to govern.

The exit poll showed Mr Cameron on course to gain at least 97 seats – the biggest advance in seats for 79 years.

To win a majority the Tories would need a swing from Labour of around 7 per cent – but early returns suggested they were doing better than that in many parts of the country.

Naturally the delusional leftists will try and cling to power, but their days are over.

But senior Tory sources said 'could not possibly expect continue in government' in any sort of power-sharing deal with the Lib Dems or other parties.

'We appear to have gained even more seats than Mrs Thatcher managed. Labour can't possibly expect to continue in government after this humiliating rejection. Having lost 100 seats, they are insulting the voters to suggest otherwise,' said one.

This is probably just a warmup for what's coming our way November 2, when Nancy Pelosi and Dingy Harry are blown away. At least then by our rules it will be a clear cut decision and the GOP will take over and make Obama null and void.

Of course as in the USA, the left in the UK lives in a fantasy world and can't accept humiliating rejection.

And Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said: 'Labour politicians need to get real. The idea that Gordon Brown and Labour can cling on to power when they've been rejected so decisively is frankly shocking.

'It's clearly a very uncertain time in world markets and Britain will need a stable and responsible government.

'I believe, looking at the exit polls, it's pretty clear that Labour cannot continue in government. I think they need to get real.'

He told Sky News: 'On the figures I have seen so far David Cameron has obviously won. He's preferred above all others in what has been a rather presidential campaign.

'Gordon Brown has lost.'

As to the absurdity of a possible hung Parliament, it would only further destroy the Left. They need to admit defeat, even if it's not outright.

Bill Cash, Conservative candidate for Stone, told the BBC: 'There is a huge amount at stake for the country.

'I think a Lib Dem/Labour pact with Miliband, Mandelson and Clegg would be a kind of Greek tragedy.'

Ken Clarke told BBC News that it was a 'certainty' that Gordon Brown would be removed from office.

He said: 'It looks as though there is a serious risk of a hung parliament but with the Conservatives not too far off and obviously the single biggest party.

'One certainty, I think, is that Gordon Brown has been removed from office. It would be a complete travesty if Gordon Brown tried to carry on as Prime Minister because he has plainly been rejected and lost all authority to govern.'

Another Heartwarming Socialized Medicine Success Story: 'I Think Dogs are Treated Better Than My Mother Was'

This should help do wonders for Labour's chances in the upcoming British elections.

A devastated daughter has accused Gordon Brown of betraying the elderly today after her elderly mother died 'wallowing in filth' in an NHS hospital.

Clara Stokes, 84, who was honoured in 2008 by the Prime Minister for her work as a Land Girl during the Second World War, was left partially paralysed by a massive stroke in December 2009.

Her daughter Elle Chambers, 57, claims her mother's subsequent care at Luton and Dunstable Hospital was 'inhumane' and 'not fit for dogs'.

The case is acutely embarrassing for Labour just days before the general election.

It follows a poll in today's Daily Mail that found that voters no longer believe the NHS is safe in Mr Brown's hands.

The shocked mother-of-two said Mrs Stokes was ignored by overworked nurses who left her dehydrated, hungry and lying in her own faeces for up to six hours.

In a series of sickening pictures taken by Mrs Chambers on the hospital ward, Mrs Stokes can be seen lying helpless and confused in the mess with her foot trapped in the bedstead.

Mrs Chambers and her daughter Michelle Plaford, 37, also found that water had been placed too far away from her bed and no staff had come to help her drink for up to 16 hours.

The pair were so disgusted by conditions they tried to feed other hungry and thirsty patients, only to be told by nursing staff they could not for 'health and safety reasons'.

At one stage the hospital almost ran out of supplies so nurses trawled wards for medication, Mrs Chambers added.

Remember though, the Democrats have told us that care will never be rationed. You believe them, right?

A temporary nurse misread Mrs Stokes' notes and forced uncrushed tablets down her throat, almost causing her to choke to death.

Doctors and nurses who misplaced health notes even thought Mrs Stokes was a man for the first two days, after she was admitted on December 16.

Outraged at her treatment, Mrs Stokes's family removed her from the hospital in Luton.

She died in a nursing home just days later on February 28.

Mrs Chambers wrote to Gordon Brown following the death to complain of the 'negligence', and was told by No.10 the matter had been passed to the Department of Health.

A death panel would have actually shown more compassion.

Mrs Stokes, a retired hairdresser, was left paralysed down the left side of her body by the stroke and unable to speak.

The only time they didn't go and visit Mrs Stokes was when her ward was in isolation following a stomach bug outbreak and visiting hours were restricted.

But when they were finally allowed into the ward, they were left stunned by the conditions Mrs Stokes had been left in.

She added: 'We finally walked in and my daughter said what is that under her arm? We lifted it up and she was covered in her own diarrhoea.

'She was paralysed and couldn't call for help. This was after 3pm in the afternoon and the last time she had been checked was at 9am.'

Just 24 hours later the family found a stricken Mrs Stokes' foot trapped between bed posts caused by a faulty bed pump.

It was not known how long she was trapped and had to be freed by the matron.

Mrs Chambers added: 'I think dogs are treated better than my mother was. She was left in a pond of her own filth. Worse than an animal.

Once the joys of ObamaCare kick in we may see a massive spike in assisted suicides if this is any indication what we're in for.

Left Also Facing a Bloodbath in the UK?

Needless to say this report Wednesday certainly buoyed my spirits about what we may see come November.

A 1994-style scenario is probably the most likely outcome at this point. Moreover, it is well within the realm of possibility - not merely a far-fetched scenario - that Democratic losses could climb into the 80 or 90-seat range. The Democrats are sailing into a perfect storm of factors influencing a midterm election, and if the situation declines for them in the ensuing months, I wouldn't be shocked to see Democratic losses eclipse 100 seats.

Of course we shouldn't become too giddy as six months can make a huge difference, although the Democrats clearly haven't gotten the message yet and the way they're going around trying to ambush the tea parties (today could get ugly) signals they have no intention of moderating themselves.

Meanwhile, we see this poll today from the Telegraph foreshadowing huge losses for Labour in the UK.

A high turnout is likely to favour the Conservatives who need to win 117 seats from other parties to secure an overall majority. The party needs a national swing of almost seven per cent to achieve this.

As part of the unique poll for the Telegraph, Crosby/Textor told voters who their candidates are before asking them who they would vote for.

This gives a more accurate result because in marginal seats voters are more likely to be loyal to individual MPs than parties.

The poll found that the Tories would pick up 74 of the 100 seats from Labour. However, they would not pick up any of the seats held by Liberal Democrats.

When asked who do you think is winning the campaign so far, 52 per cent said the Tories, only 15 per cent Labour and just six the Lib Dems.

40 per cent of voters said that the Conservatives deserve to win the election. Only 25 per cent said Labour, and 15 per cent Lib Dem.

There was also an overwhelming preference for a hung parliament over a fourth Labour term with 55 per cent opting for that uncertain outcome over another five years of Gordon Brown.

There is further good news for Mr Cameron. In those seats when asked how would be more trusted to run the economy the Tories came out ahead of Labour, with 42 per cent compared to 29.

PC Pinheads Want to Ban the Word 'Obese' So As Not to Offend Fat Kids

Forget about losing the language. We long ago lost it. But now it's just getting downright stupid. We've gone and used various terms to avoid calling fat people fat and here in America we've got the First Lady running around spending ungodly sums of money on some battle against obesity so we can still use the term here. But over in Britain they've lost all sense of reality and are now afraid of offending the little chubsters and chubettes so they now want to use the term unhealthy weight.

In an age of widespread political correctness almost any term can be deemed to offend someone at some time.

But one council has been condemned after it announced it would consider banning the word 'obese' because it could offend fat children.

Town hall bosses want to want to replace it with the phrase 'unhealthy weight' so children are not stigmatised.

The move has caused fury among parents and anti-obesity campaigners who have branded the scheme 'preposterous and laughable.'

But health campaigners say they are concerned it will lead to the issue of obese children not being taken seriously enough.

The proposal was made by a group of 90 schoolchildren taking part in the Liverpool Schools' Parliament when the council asked them to come up with a variety of ideas as part of its Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP).

Now Liverpool Council will formally consider the proposal to drop the word from all local authority schemes and strategies aimed at improving the health of children. Tam Fry of the obesity prevention charity the Child Growth Foundation, said: 'If you’re obese you’re obese. 'I can see where the children are coming from and the word carries a stigmatisation but unfortunately some times schoolchildren have to be taught the realities of life.

If these nitwits don't think kids are going to be stigmatized and ridiculed, let them spend 10 minutes on a playground. Ridicule can be a powerful motivator.

This comment at the link nails it.

If all these "offensive" words are banned, we'll end up with a two word vocabulary, Yes, No and pointing. But thinking about it, even No has a negative connotation!

PC madness strikes again!

Thanks to Hot Air for the link. The commenters have some suggestions for proper terms so as not to offend anyone.

Another Socialized Medicine Success Story

Can't wait to get me some of that ObamaCare.

An NHS patient has spoken of her horror after the body of a woman was left in an adjacent bed for up to eight hours.

Sarah Stevenson, 64, said staff left the corpse on a packed ward from 1pm until after 8.30pm.

Two other patients who died on the same day were also left for several hours behind thin curtains on the ward where Mrs Stevenson was being treated for pneumonia, she said.

The three bodies were finally removed in front of distressed families and young children during visiting hours.

Bosses at Heartlands Hospital, in Birmingham, last night apologised.
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She said: 'At about 1.10pm the woman in the bed opposite me, a lady in her late-50s or early-60s, died and I had to alert the nurse that she had passed away.

'Another one died at around 2pm and the third a while later. I was upset because I was so ill myself and to lie next to a dead body all day was my worst nightmare.

I don't think they showed the patient any dignity in death. My daughter is a nurse so I know bodies are only supposed to stay on the wards for a maximum of four to six hours, but it was nearly eight hours before they came to take her to the mortuary.

'It was appalling and it should never take that long. The nurses were pushed to the limit and couldn't control a lot of what was going on.'

Mrs Stevenson, who has been married and divorced twice and was a stay-at-home mother to her three children and four step-children, was discharged on February 22.

Her allegations came after a damning survey revealed the Third World conditions on overcrowded NHS wards, despite the budget being tripled under Labour over the past ten years.

A survey of 900 nurses this week showed patients are routinely treated in kitchens, corridors, mop cupboards and TV rooms because wards are full.

This is probably some of that good stuff we'll find out about later after ObamaCare is rammed down our throats.

I guess on the upside this woman didn't die of thirst while laying next to all the dead bodies.

UK Independence Party Seeks to Ban Al Gore Junk Science Schlockumentary

Let's hope they start doing it in schools here as well. It's a start. Click the image for a review of all his lies.

Pending the results of the commission, the party, that has no MPs at the moment, have promised to build new fossil-fuelled power stations to meet energy demands and scrap subsidies for wind farms. Global warming 'propaganda' like the Al Gore film Inconvenient Truth will be banned in schools and public authorities will not be allowed to spend money on climate change initiatives.

A recent poll found the just one in five people believe climate change is man-made, compared to one in three a year ago.

The survey of 1,000 people found people over 65 were more likely to be sceptical.

Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, the UKIP climate change spokesman, said his party was the only opportunity to vote against the climate change consensus.

"At the moment all the major parties have decided to sign up to the eco-fascist agenda and therefore anyone who does not believe in eco-fascist agenda has no where else to go," he said.

Climate change sceptics claim that emails stolen from the University of East Anglia show scientists were willing to manipulate the data around global warming in a scandal known as 'climategate'.

In another scandal known as 'glaciergate' the UN body in charge of climate change science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was forced to retract a claim that the Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035.

However leading scientists, including the Royal Society, insist the case for man-made global warming remains convincing and it is a grave threat to human civilisation.

Well, you can't ever expect the true believers to admit they're in on the hoax.

'The Child Was Genuinely Interested In Islam'

Hey, what 11-year-old wouldn't be interested in a dark ages religion as preached by psychopaths?

This is the shocking picture of a young, white schoolboy being converted to Islam by a cleric linked to a radical Muslim hate preacher.

The bewildered 11-year-old, who gives his name as Sean was filmed repeating Arabic chants and swearing allegiance to Allah.

The boy is prompted throughout by controversial cleric Anjem Choudary, a follower of exiled hate-preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed.

The incident was filmed during a demonstration by Choudary's Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah group in Birmingham city centre earlier this month.

Choudary, 42, was one of the masterminds behind the protests at the homecoming parade of heroic British soldiers in Luton earlier this year.

He praised protesters who branded British troops 'murderers' and later appeared at a press conference flanked by thugs who took part in the demo.

Choudary defended the young boy's 'reversion' to Islam but admitted his parents were not with him and were not consulted.

He said: 'The child was genuinely interested in Islam.'

'The boy told us he wanted to become a Muslim and, of course, some people are intellectually more mature than they are physically. I don't see there is any harm in this.

'He was with his friends, but I didn't see if his parents were there,' he added.

A message on Choudary's website offers advice for those who become Muslim at his Islamic Roadshow.

'White Supremacists Seem to Hate an Awful Lot of People'

How charming, a father and son white supremacist terror team.

Police have smashed a global terror plot by white supremacists aimed at poisoning ethnic minorities with the deadly poison ricin.

They discovered the lethal toxin in a sealed jam jar after a six month investigation ended with dawn raids on two properties in County Durham.

Two men were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 and were yesterday being quizzed by officers over their involvement in a worldwide plot.

No indication where else on the globe this purported plot spread to, but these folks sound a bit off their rocker.

It is feared they planned to use it as part of a biological weapon against ethnic minorities in the UK.

Officers discovered traces of ricin in a kitchen cupboard of a terraced home in the former mining village of Burnopfield and believe it may have been stored there for up to two years.

The two men held by officers – former lorry driver Ian Davidson, 41 and his 18 year old son Nicky – are being held at a secure location in West Yorkshire.

Since the former pub DJ's arrest forensic officers have been examining Davidson's property.

Nicky was held on suspicion of inciting racial hatred following a swoop at his home in Grampian Court, Annfield Plain. However, he has since been re-arrested and is also now detained under the Terrorism Act in West Yorkshire.

Durham’s assistant chief constable Mike Barton said: ‘This shows that the terrorist threat in the UK is real and present.’

He said he expected further arrests to be made as inquiries spread across Britain - and abroad.

‘The tentacles of this are worldwide,’ he said.

'We believe the people involved to be white supremacist extremists and one of our lines of inquiry was that they were going to target people from ethnic minorities.

'White supremacists seem to hate an awful lot of people.’

He added: ‘This will spawn an awful lot of intelligence which will then kick start other criminal counter terrorism inquiries elsewhere.’

'We'd Heard Every Single Gag There Is and We'd Had Enough'

Looks like they finally put this behind them.

In the end, the constant jokes were just too much to take for the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road.

Groups of youths used to visit the street and bare their backsides for photographs while many delivery firms simply refused to believe it existed.

And coachloads of amused American tourists frequently turned up to view the sign after it appeared in a US book.

And so despairing households in the suburban street in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, decided that the road's name simply had to change.

They spent £300 to change their address to the rather more palatable Archers Way.
Resident Peter Sutton said he originally thought the street's name would be fun - but admits he soon got tired of the jokes.

Mr Sutton moved into the house vacated in 2003 by Paul and Lisa Allott, who were forced to move after becoming fed up with their street's name.

Mr Allott said: 'We'd heard every single gag there is and we'd had enough.

'We've had people flashing their bottoms for photographs by the drive, we've had people ringing us up with hilarious jokes about the street name and then we've had those who just don't believe us.

'All the other street names around here are quite sensible.

'I just can't see why they didn't call it Butt Hall Road, or something like that. I've no idea why it was named like this.'

The Shape of Things to Come

When I was a kid there was pop music hit called The Shape of Things to Come. Well, if you want to see what the future holds for the U.S. under the economic polices of Obama and the left, you need look no farther than the UK.

On May 21, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on the United Kingdom to negative from stable. At the same time, the AAA long-term and A-1+ short-term sovereign credit ratings were affirmed.

Rating outlooks assess the potential direction of a rating, typically over a period of up to two years. An outlook does not necessarily precede a rating change.

We have revised the outlook on Britain to negative because of our view that, even assuming additional fiscal tightening, the net general government debt burden could approach 100% of gross domestic product and remain near that level in the medium term.

This fiscal disaster is due to many years of socialism, including nationalized health care. We now have nationalized banks, nationalized auto companies, nationalized insurance companies and soon will likely have nationalized California. And all of this is met gleefully by the MSM and blamed on George Bush.

This is going to be a very, very bumpy ride.

Finally! Brits to Tag Mass-Murdering Cats

Sure, he might look cute...

I've been calling for years for these predators to be taken off the streets, but no, these mamby-pamby Brits only want to "study" them, never mind the mass carnage they're inflicting on innocents.

It may be a pussycat at home, but behind your back your pet moggy is a ruthless assassin.

Millions of other small animals fall victim to our feline friends, with researchers claiming that each cat takes about five lives every year.

Now some of these soft-pawed mass murderers are to be electronically tagged to discover exactly how many wildlife deaths they are responsible for.

Some experts believe Britain's nine million cats could be killing nearly 150 million birds, mice, rabbits and other creatures every year.
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A total of 241 cats from nine different urban areas around Reading are part of the project.

And for some small creatures such as the house sparrow - whose numbers are already in decline - cat predation could be a serious threat.

So now scientists are looking at 241 cats to investigate what they get up to when they are not at home.

The research is being led by PhD student Rebecca Dulieu, a biologist at the Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation at Reading University.

The project will attempt to calculate the number of prey for each cat, along with their hunting movements and home ranges.

The total number of prey for cats from nine urban areas around Reading will be recorded.

Miss Dulieu said: 'We have found that our cats are bringing back, on average, 4.8 dead animals a year, mostly mice, but some rats, shrews and bank voles, and we've even had a weasel and a mole.'

Previous research has shown cats bring only about 30 per cent of their prey home, with large kills such as rabbits too heavy to carry and some creatures eaten on the spot.

In these tough economic times, perhaps these fearsome tabbies ought to start selling their prey to make a few extra bucks.

Sheer Genius: UK Creates New Biometric Cards, Forgets About Scanners to Read Them

Bureaucratic bungling a Democrat can only dream of. Although I'm sure once this crap sandwich of a "stimulus" bill is jammed down our throats we'll see plenty of boondoggles like this.

The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but no UK police officers or border guards have any way of reading the data stored on them.

Currently no police stations, border entry points or job centres have readers for the card's biometric chip, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) revealed in response to an FoI (Freedom of Information) request by silicon.com about the £4.7bn identity cards scheme.

The news comes in spite of the first ID cards being issued to foreign nationals in November last year, with the IPS expecting to issue 50,000 ID cards by April this year.

The cards themselves carry biographical data, as well as facial and fingerprint scans. While some details about the holder as well as their photo is printed on the face of the card, the cardholder's fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip.

With no readers in place, police and immigration officers are currently still relying on traditional methods of checking ID cardholders' identity, running a fresh set of prints against existing identity databases.

Identity minister Meg Hillier told silicon.com last week that the chip is a "vital part" of the ID card scheme because the "fingerprint coded into the chip … links you to the card".

Absolute idiocy.

Via Freedom Politics.

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Great News for Nanny-Staters: Age Ratings for Internet Sites

Just what we need, another massive government bureaucracy to monitor websites for content.

In the real world, parents are responsible for what sites they choose to block. The last thing we need is another bloated government-controlled monster scouring websites to see what should or should not be deemed appropriate.

Offensive or indecent websites will be branded with cinema-style age certificates in a Government crackdown on dangerous online activity.

In a bid to limit the ease to which 'unacceptable' material is accessed, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, last night called for 'clearer standards' in cyber space.

He said it was his 'absolutely categorical' view that there was material on the web -including beheadings - which should not be available to anyone.

Plans are also underway to discuss new policing methods for English language websites with the President-elect Barack Obama.

I'm all for the government security services monitoring online jihad sites and those who foment terror. But standard website should not be rated or come under any government domain. There are sites that indeed show beheadings, but this is done as a means of demonstrating what animals the jihadists are, and every site I've come across that shows them carries a clear warning.

Self-policing of the Internet is fine. The last thing we need is Barack Obama's minions out there rating web content.

Mr Burnham confirmed one of the proposals being considered by ministers to protect children and vulnerables from harmful material was the introduction of age-ratings for websites.

'That would be an option. This is an area that is really now coming into full focus,' he said.

A separate option under consideration was imposing requirements on internet service providers to offer a service which would give access only to websites which are suitable for children.

Mr Burnham refuted the proposals were an attack on freedom of speech amid a stark warning that some material on the web has breached the boundaries of taste and decency.

'If you look back at the people who created the internet they talked very deliberately about creating a space that governments couldn't reach. I think we are having to revisit that stuff seriously now,' he said.

Of course they're doing this under the guise of protecting the children, which again is the responsibility of parents, not the government. The next thing you know they'll be in the business of taxing websites that aren't government approved.

This is a can of worms best left sealed.