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Entries from November 2004

Islam Awareness Week at the Globe Theatre

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Shakespeare’s Globe will launch Islam Awareness Week in November as part of this autumn’s Shakespeare and Islam season. Renowned authors, scholars and creative artists are contributing to a unique programme of events from October to December designed to engage a wide audience in a dialogue across cultures.
The aim of Islam Awareness Week (22nd ­ 28th [...]

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Tags: Insecurity - ethnic mixing · Politics

“They called us “white trash” and began chasing us.”

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Two teenage girls claim they were subjected to a terrifying attack after being confronted by a gang of up to 25 Asian youths. Sixteen-year-old Claire Porter and friend Zoe Portelli, aged 15, both from Blythe Bridge, were reduced to tears by the ordeal after they were chased, had plastic bottles and cans hurled at them [...]

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Tags: Insecurity - ethnic mixing

The concept of multiculturalism is difficult to make fit with a democratic society

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Helmut Schmidt, the former German chancellor, has inflamed the country’s debate on immigration by saying that multiculturalism can only work under authoritarian regimes, and that bringing millions of Turkish guest workers to Germany was a mistake.
“The concept of multiculturalism is difficult to make fit with a democratic society,” he told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper.
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Tags: International · Politics

Broadband company cuts 200 jobs

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More than 200 jobs are to be lost from a broadband company in Plymouth. Telewest Broadband is to close its call centre in Plymouth by March 2005 and 204 staff are facing redundancy. The company said that it was planning to change the way it routed calls and had experienced a “significant reduction in call [...]

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Tags: Sciences – Techno

So Solid rapper on murder charge.

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The So Solid Crew’s Megaman has been charged with murder over the shooting of a man in south London. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Vincent, is due before magistrates in Camberwell on Friday accused of the murder of Colin Scarlett. Mr Scarlett died shortly after being shot on Maskell Road, Tooting, on 6 [...]

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Tags: General · Insecurity - ethnic mixing

Two arrests at pro-hunt protest

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Pro-hunt protesters have clashed with police outside a hotel in Cardiff where a Labour party fund-raising dinner was being held. Two people were arrested after eggs were thrown and two officers were injured in the confrontation at the Holland House Hotel. At one point, demonstrators ran towards the hotel steps but were driven back by [...]

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Tags: General

CIA boss breaks taboo during BBC interview

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The CIA man who headed the hunt for Osama Bin Laden in the late 1990s has called for a national debate in the US on the cost of support for Israel. Mike Scheuer ended the mainstream media taboo on discussing this vital aspect of international politics and the so-called “War on Terror” during an interview [...]

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Tags: General

Hunt Supporters Launch Legal Challenge

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The Countryside Alliance has launched a legal challenge to the ban on fox-hunting after it was forced into legislation despite the opposition of peers. Campaigners are questioning the legitimacy of the Parliament Act, which was used tom push through the law.A judicial review was launched today at the High Court on behalf of three applicants [...]

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Tags: General

Islamic Extremism - the harsh truth.

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In the “Kent on Sunday” magazine on September 5th 2004 the following letter written by Barbara Smoker, the ex-President of the Secular Society of Great Britain was published. The extract of this letter we publish below and the picture at the end of it is bound to shock some people.
Though it must be stressed [...]

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Tags: General

Spain Says Sorry Over Footie Abuse

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The Spanish Football Federation has formally apologised to the Football Association for racial abuse during Wednesday’s friendly international between Spain and England. Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips in particular were subjected to abusive chants every time they touched the ball at the game in Madrid.
FIFA had demanded an explanation from Spain after England players [...]

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Tags: General

The Zahid Mubarek Inquiry - the farce begins

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Today the Public Inquiry began into the murder of Zahid Mubarek, 19, who was serving three months for theft when he was murdered with a table leg by mentally ill white teenager Robert Stewart.
The government-appointed inquiry into the murder at west London’s Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution is set to last until March.
The inquiry [...]

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Tags: General

Showing rape the red card

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News article filed by “Football fan”
After all the hand-wringing, the over-labouring of the word ‘disgrace’ and the odd comment about being “ashamed to be human” over the incidence of a bit of “Industrial behaviour” by Spanish football fans in the recent friendly games, let’s look at things a bit closer.
Ministers have jostled with [...]

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Tags: General

Police no longer buy British

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Fear of offending ethnic minorities could be costing British jobs as Police Forces make another offering on the altar of political correctness.
The astonishing revelation that British constabularies have a procurement policy which ensures that they keep the ethnic minorities in their patches happy came as MG Rover announced a £77 million loss for 2003. The [...]

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Tags: General

Smile

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On the night of November 5th,
throughout Britain, bonfires are set alight, effigies are burned, and fireworks are set off.
The people do this to commemorate their country’s most notorious traitor:
www.bonefire.org/guy

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Tags: General

10 million immigrants needed!

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A further flood of migrants is needed to prevent a pensions crisis by 2025 according to a report issued by the Cass Business School.
The City of London based institute today announced the results of “research” which concluded that up to 10million migrants were needed by 2025 so that Britain’s pensioners could continue to claim [...]

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Tags: General

THE NAME’S BOND…DIDDY BOND

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Music mogul P Diddy is making a bid to be the first black James Bond. The rapper, who also runs his own record label and clothing range, modestly believes he is perfect for the 007 role.
The man formerly known as Puff Daddy said: ‘The world is ready for a black James Bond.’ Producers behind the [...]

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Tags: General

Foreign nurse recruitment “a red herring”.

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The Royal College of Nurses claim today that there has been a big increase in the number of nurses leaving Britain for the United States. A report by think-tank MigrationWatch (read report link below) puts these numbers into perspective. Admission to the UK Register of Nurses from overseas has roughly trebled from 5,000 in 1997/98 [...]

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Tags: General

Public bodies catch Ramadan fever

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Our regular readers may not be aware of this but Nov 2nd falls almost midway through the Muslim month of Ramadan, a month which sees the near 2 million Muslims living in Britain fasting during daylight hours.
During this time Muslims are not allowed to eat or drink during daylight hours. Smoking and sexual relationships [...]

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Tags: General

Another martyr added to the list

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Lee Barnes, LLB (Hons) reports on today’s murder of a Dutch film maker by islamicists.
The Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film attacking islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead in Amsterdam.
Van Gogh, 47, had received death threats from Muslim extremists after his film “Submission”, about sexual violence within Islam [...]

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Tags: General