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Manchester Pride is a marketing event run by ‘dictators’ says chairman of Village Business Association

GS — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:34:54 +0000

In a surprise development last night, Phil Burke the chairman of the Village Business Association issued a statement.

Companies continue to rip off consumers with 0870 and 0845 customer-service numbers

GS — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:19:18 +0000

‘A list of companies and government agencies using costly phone helplines to make money at customers’ expense has been published by a consumer group.’

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Drinking rules can be ‘relaxed’ for footballs fans but not for gay events

GS — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:56:19 +0000

For years the LGBT community has been told that one of the reasons why the gay village must be fenced off and ticket-only during Manchester Pride is due to the bylaws concerning public drinking.

Now, once again, that policy has been exposed for the fraud it always was.

The ‘Pink Peak’ minority

GS — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:21:19 +0000

Increasingly, it seems to me that life may have improved for a narrow segment of the UK lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population, but not for the majority. In some ways, for a large proportion of us things are worse now than they were 15-20 years ago.

British soldiers to face life imprisonment for desertion

GS — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:01:04 +0000

So many soldiers are absconding from the British Army due to the war in Iraq that the Government is planning to change the definition of ‘desertion’.

Under The Armed Forces Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, ‘soldiers could now face life imprisonment if they refuse to take part in the occupation of a foreign country’.

As usual with Tony Blair, the answer is not to tackle the root of the problem — which is that he lied, the invasion of Iraq was illegal under international law and has been a total disaster. Not to mention that moral has been low because soldiers have sometimes lacked essential equipment such as body armour.

No, instead, Blair punishes the soldiers. Like so many other people, they see through him and have no faith in his leadship. So the only way to stop them running away is to theaten them with life in jail!

If I was in the armed forces I would be looking to get out as soon as possible, one way or another.

This is the twenty-first century and, when a soldier is being asked to put his or her life on the line, they should be confident that it is for a cause that is just and legal (and not just inside Tony Blair’s twisted head).

POST-WAR PROFITEERING BY US COMPANIES IN IRAQ

BBC Newsnight has a must-see report on how billions of dollars of Iraq’s money was directed to American companies to rebuild the country and much of it is now unaccounted for. Download it here while you can.