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More Jade Goody favouritism

Today – and following up to what now seems to be one of my most commented posts ever, having attracted the attention of people of all types – we learn that Jade Goody’s fiance has had his legal curfew relaxed by the Ministry of Justice. Since this was a curfew that was imposed after an [...]

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No assisted suicide ruling

The appeals court today dismissed another case for clarification of the assisted suicide laws. Today’s case was brought by Debbie Purdy of Bradford, who wants to take her partner to Switzerland when she goes to a clinic there. The court had no view on it, and said it was up to Parliament. Although no relatives [...]

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Jade Goody and cancer

Apparently Jade Goody has cancer.  There are stories plastered all over the national news about her fight.  I’m not going to link to any of them, though, because I don’t particularly want to be part of her media buzz.  I actually am sick of hearing about her.  Thousands of people struggle with cancer of varying [...]

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Nurse suspended for praying

I have to be honest, it’s not that often that I fall on the side of religion. Generally I have a take-it-or-leave-it approach to the whole affair. But this case of a nurse being suspended after offering to pray for a patient is ridiculous. It seems, apparently, that she was suspended not because the recipient [...]

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Cannabis reclassified. Again.

Five years after lowering Cannabis to a class C drug, the Government has flip-flopped over another issue, decided it is more dangerous, and changed it back to a class B drug. This is a prime example of a pointless measure. I can only assume that it’s meant to be a vote-grabber, but I can’t imagine [...]

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