May 2013
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Bromley Vegan and Veggie Society →
Member group of www.londonvegansocieties.com. Everyone is welcome! We meet for talks every month…
It’s a brand new vegan/veggie group in Bromley. Suddenly our town got more interesting.
April 2013
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Boris to spend £160k asking why he’s not more... →
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Thatcher’s homophobia: why have we glossed over... →
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Government admits it did not consider impact of... →
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I alway try to adhere to the mantra of not speaking ill about the dead. But with...
– http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-ripped-heart-1819351
What does ‘contributory welfare’ mean? | Liberal... →
The idea behind ‘the contributory principle’ where ‘you get out what you put in’ sees the welfare state as a kind of insurance system. It is intended to appeal to people who, in Labour minister Liam Byrne’s words, ‘feel like they put an awful lot more in than they get back’. It appears that by ‘contribution’, Labour means ‘pay national insurance’. In practice, this means a welfare system which...
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1. Benefits are too generous
Really? Could you live on £53 a week as Iain...
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/02/ten-lies-told-about-welfare
March 2013
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Many people don’t think much about the NHS until they need it for themselves or...
– http://www.touretteshero.com/2013/03/27/s-o-nhs/
How the NHS will be quietly privatised from April... →
SATURDAY LIBRARIAN
librarianproblems:
catshaming:
hey guys so i’ve been super busy since the year started. it sucks. so i recently bought a new bed and its leather, my cats feel the need of scratching it, it’s not cool. they have a scratching post that i got them, but they refuse to use it, any suggestions on what i should do?
I agree - catnip on the scratching post, cat repellant spray daily on the bed until they leave it alone....
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February 2013
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Flickr user Bill Benson takes fantastic cat photos. Just look at those expressions!
SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THE NHS PRIVATISATION... →
THE PETITION TEXT:
To all MPs and members of the House of Lords, Our NHS is precious – we don’t want it privatised. Jeremy Hunt’s plan to force local doctors to open up almost all NHS services to private companies are anti-democratic and break government promises made last year.
Please ensure his plan, contained in the NHS Competition regulations (SI 257), is subject to a full...
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Attenborough's Africa: Why do we feel sorry for... →
Our tears over the plight of animals in Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries show a stark contrast to the lack of consideration for animals in our own kitchens
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Bob Neill MP: Statement on the Marriage (Same Sex... →
This is my local MP’s reasoning for voting against the same sex marriage bill. He is worried that churches will be forced to marry same sex couples when they just don’t want to. He doesn’t think that the legal safeguards in the bill are good enough. He doesn’t discuss amendments, he’s just going to vote no.
Even if he is somehow right, I doubt the courts will be...