[lunacy report] posts from around the sphere

Our fearless bloggers expose lunacy out there in the [un]real world:

Julia M

Helen Penn said in practice it is unlikely the British police would get involved in a consensual case of "sexting" because it would not be in the public interest … [and] when the police look at this kind of offence, they are going to take it in context.

Blognor Regis

How well you can regurgitate a hand-me down, live on your knees, permanent statism mindset does not a British person make. In fact it's the very antithesis.

Guthrum

A grieving mother who took too long to say goodbye to her dead baby was hit with an £8.60 a minute penalty charge by the crematorium.

Angus Dei

A New York City woman who says she can't find a job is suing the college where she earned a bachelor's degree.

Letters from a Tory

This one’s lineball:

I’m sorry if I sound overly cynical but I simply do not see the value in trying to move towards a PPC voting system that is ridiculously expensive, encourages bland candidates and does not reflect local parties or local politics.

North Northwester

A judge who described Britain's immigration system as 'completely lax' is to face an official investigation, it was revealed today.
Judge Ian Trigger complained that 'hundreds and hundreds of thousands' of illegal immigrants were abusing the benefits system.

Andrew Alison

Over £38 million spent by government lobbying the government

Bill Cameron

This kind of propaganda piece on behalf of public subsidies for ferries to remote areas around Scotland seems to me to be laughably lacking in even the merest hint of basic economic analysis.

Cassandra

Those racist allegations whenever Obama is criticized.

Cherry Pie

Your report about proposed changes to the civil service compensation scheme - Blitz on the £1bn golden goodbyes for civil servants - is based on a grain of truth, a great deal of speculation and a dose of prejudice.

Longrider

We should remember that the essence of the government’s proposal is this: ministers plan to seize our information using our money for their benefit.

Martin Kelly

A report submitted to the Welsh Assembly has suggested the abolition of free bus passes for the elderly on the grounds of cost.

Mr Eugenides

As usual, he finds this ort of thing:

A beauty pageant for landmine victims has been cancelled by the Cambodian government, which branded it an insult to disabled people.

Sackerson

The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV supervision in their own homes.

[Alison says though that they’re not doing what they’re doing.]

Welshcakes

Feminist groups in the west have apparently paid little attention to an appalling discrimination case against a woman.

And what, Welshcakes? Second wave feminazis are not interested in women so they would ignore it, wouldn’t they?

Tom Paine

Guardianisti:

Top Gear is not fit to grace any list that has the likes of the office, the west wing and arrested development on it.