Sunday papers
The Army doesn't think much of Britain's Iraq war policy and planningImmigration is everywhere. This is Nick Cohen's image of modern Britain:
The old English rich complain that they can't compete against the new men from Russia and India. Crime isn't as bad as you would guess from the papers - but our police force is second-rate and the reassuring bonds of community have broken down in suburbs where 50 different languages are spoken. The middle class, which was once delighted to have cheap Polish plumbers, now thinks that foreigners will be competing for its jobs. The working class - white, black and brown - has never liked that, and is as suspicious as ever of new immigrants.
Andrew Green says that its not EU immigration but extra-EU immigration that matters. He also says that half of London's new babies have a foreign parent, which I don't think is quite right - it's a 'foreign born' parent.
And finally, "The Ten Wackiest Scientific Experiments of All Time", certainly are wacky, many are plain nasty. Amusing article though.
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posted by Matthew @ 11/04/2007 10:21:00 AM
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