Tag: society

House of Lords Competition

  • May 28, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Possibly one of the driest, most unappealing web pages you could hope to produce: but its content deserves so much more, which is why I’m adding it here. The House of Lords and the Hansard Society are running a competition for 11-16 year olds, in which they submit views to the Lords Communications Committee. The [...]

MPs have behaved atrociously, but would we have been any better?

  • May 13, 2009 at 6:36 pm

  • Recent revelations that British Members of Parliament have abused their expenses are pretty appalling. But maybe it’s society that needs to change its attitude, and not simply the MPs. Yesterday Lord Foulkes challenged BBC presenter Carrie Gracie to reveal her salary. When she did, he lambasted her for daring to cross-examine him when her own salary [...]

Whitby commandeers bus in contempt for public consultation

  • January 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm

  • I sincerely hope this story isn’t true: because if it is, it shows the degree of contempt that Council Leader Mike Whitby has for the people of Birmingham. Two weeks ago a bus of council employees was scheduled to visit the Highgate area of Birmingham. The purpose was to consult local people on the Big [...]

Podcasts for citizenship teachers

  • August 2, 2006 at 6:10 pm

  • I’ve just come across these (can’t listen to them though, as I’ve no speakers on this machine!). First is a list of ‘podcasts for general studies and citizenship‘. Second is the Grassroots Channel, inspired by the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network, which “tells the stories of ordinary people who decided to change the world around them”.

No sex please, we’re Australian

  • August 1, 2005 at 1:15 pm

  • Apparently we may kill but not procreate. Not the most obvious strategy for maintaing a species. This is of course the story that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has effectively been banned in Australia because of hidden sex scenes, which can be unlocked by the player. So it’s OK to play at stealing cars, running [...]

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