Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
Adopt our culture or leave
"Adopt our culture or leave" -- my challenge to the BNP. Nick Griffin would be hugely funny if he were a character created by Sacha Baron Cohen, rather like Borat or Bruno. But his wilfully inconsistent line is a planned and calculated programme to court 'the plain man'. I'm not really sure how dangerous the BNP is. Their support is, after all, [...]
Responding to the BNP
Many of us reacted with dismay to the news that the BNP had won not one but two seats in the Euro elections. The irony of this happening on D-Day escaped no-one. Yet, the sun rose the next morning, and we are still here. It is time to wake up, collectively, see what has really happened, and work to set it right. First, we must put the BNP success [...]
At last – action on behalf of trafficked women in the UK
The government has finally taken action on behalf of trafficked women. Under the plan, the Home Office is planning to criminalise paying for sex with a woman "controlled for another person's gain". However, the move has already been undermined by cuts to the budget for human trafficking investigations and the closure of the leading unit. Jacqui [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of employees makes no sense
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has warned its UK staff that they must have their primary bank account with the firm or face disciplinary action. BBC One of the funnier jokes in Scott Adam's Dilbert Books is the suggestion that employees (of particularly poor employers) be forced to only buy that company's products. Of course, under the [...]
