Many mums and dads are seeing their children come home in boxes from Afghanistan and Iraq, before then it was Ireland. The governance of the country doesn’t stop then. Children have died, not because their illness dictated it at that point, but because of lack of government funding necessitating them being hauled in ambulances from one hospital to another at a time when they really didn’t need it. The governance of the country didn’t stop then either. No one cared and no one does, except those directly involved.
This was and is a private matter for the Cameron’s.
Public spectacle from private grief. Our Maddie. Our Ivan.
And does anyone sane think David Cameron wanted that?
Yesterday the Times added an Editor’s Note that went to the heart of the story:
An article on Jan. 28 about women who commiserated over dating Wall Street bankers caught in the financial crisis described a group they had formed, Dating a Banker Anonymous, as a support group. That is the name of their blog. Its creators originally told The Times that about 30 women had participated, but since publication, they have said that all involved were friends. Laney Crowell, one of the women who started the blog, said in the article that it was “very tongue in cheek;” she has since described it as a satire that embellishes true experiences for effect. Had the nature of the blog been made clear at the outset, the article would have described it accordingly, not as a support group.
One might infer from the Editor’s Note that DABA is a joke, but Newsweek adds the details. Newsweek reports that DABA “is actually a full-blown parody — and it’s at least partly fictionalized.
Tatiana Tye and a second 16-year-old girl, Jazmine Finley, were indicted earlier this week by a grand jury, Maricopa County, Arizona, prosecutors said in a statement. Although the girls are juveniles, prosecutors released their names and said they will be tried as adults.
Coverage of the return to Britain of Binyam Mohamed, the Guantanamo “detainee”, has predictably concentrated on the actual and predicted cost to the British taxpayer of him being in Britain. There was the Gulfstream jet that flew him here at an estimated bill of £160,000 and then there are the benefits of more than £20,000 a year if he wins refugee status.
The outraged subtext is clear: Why should we have to pay for a suspected terrorist to live in the UK, especially when he was only ever a temporary resident here anyway?
The answer is equally clear: Because we owe him. Big time. All terrorist charges against him were dropped last year, which in case anybody misses the point makes him innocent, so the “confession” which he claims was beaten out of him counts for nothing
what is it with some of you?.the girl is dying for gods sake .ive lost an 18yr old daughter and to have to read the drivel that is supposed to pass for journalism is a great indication of the space that must pass for brains in anorak.!if ever a female member of your family ever has to go through cancer …i hope they linger long and hard..
It is my view that Professor Greenfield has been abusing her position as a professor, and head of the Royal Institution, for many years now, using these roles to give weight to her speculations and prejudices in a way that is entirely inappropriate. Sometimes it’s cannabis.
