Posted by: slync81 on: 3 October, 2008
I cannot fathom the insane idea behind selling jackets with penknives in them. Especially with the whole intense climate around knife crime at the moment. It completely irresponsible to sell knives as part of a jacket – taking them out of the kitchen and directly into the hands of young adults who then have the opportunity [...]
Posted by: slync81 on: 4 September, 2008
It is amazing how the general public of Britain has rallied behind the parents of the missing Madeleine McCann. In a way, it shows how we can support a good cause if we really want to (or if its pushed in our faces enough!), but I don’t feel that the parents have had enough criticism, because whenever [...]
Posted by: slync81 on: 23 July, 2008
A three-day strike that may hit holidaymakers needing swift passports is starting. Nearly 3,000 passport staff will leave their posts in a row over pay and the Government’s office closure programme. The strike will hit the UK’s seven regional passport offices and 68 interview offices, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said. The stoppage [...]
Posted by: slync81 on: 19 July, 2008
… Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and Australian soaps such as Home and Away were picked out for having no virtually no ethnic minority characters. Viewers cited Asian corner shop owner Dev in Coronation Street and black single mother Denise, who had two children by two different fathers in EastEnders, as examples of stereotyping and tokenism in soaps. [...]
Posted by: slync81 on: 15 July, 2008
It will be interesting to see how the new Youth Crime Action Plan will effect the current hysteria about knife and youth crime in London at the moment. Not that the worry is unfounded - knife crime is an obvious problem that needs to be dealt with – but I think the media is to blame for [...]
