Boxing Day Review of Blogs

For once I am fairly up-to-date on what is being posted on my “favourite” blogs. So here is a quick review of some of the stuff I found interesting in the last week or so.

Topically I found Jack of Kent “fisking” of the Christmas Story to be pretty convincing. In “An Atheist looks at Christmas” he sets out to demolish there being any historical basis whatsoever to the biblical Christmas Story. Despite having a similar approach to organised religion as Jack I found myself surprisingly disappointed at what he had found.

Harry’s Place had two very good posts IMO (I would say that wouldn’t I) here and here.

While former Labour and Tory Newham Councillor “Big Bad Mikey” who I have just barred from posting comments on this blog is bemoaning his lot and trying to tell the world how ‘orrible I have been to him! Check out "I Love Newham Labour".

Tom Harris MP co-incidentally “says it as it is” about Mr Very Angry bloggers and newspaper letter writers.

Stronger Unions have been posting a Union advent each day this month on all the advantages of trade unionism.

Check out the picture of a Ghost of Christmas Past at trade union history site Country Standard.

Will Straw in Left Foot Forward argues persuasively that Labour needs a new electoral policy. While I agree we need a new policy I am not sure that writing off the aspirational working class is necessarily it?

Finally the Higher Rate Tax Payers Avoidance Alliance are asked to repay the estimated £150k plus of tax they have fiddled.

TPA director does not even pay any tax

We find out here and here that a director of the so-called Tax Payers Alliance (better known as the Higher Rate Taxpayers Avoidance Alliance) does not pay any British Tax. How can any group comment on crucial citizen issues such as levels of taxation when its director doesn’t even pay any?

Hat-tip thingy Col. Roi

"Why Councils must ban the Daily Mail"

The (other) Taxpayer Alliance have posted here on the absolute outrage of Peterborough Council staff looking up the Daily Hate (sic Mail) from Council computers. The said Daily Mail (sic Hate) was the seventh most popular web site visited by staff. Facebook was 10th.

Why is Council taxpayer’s money being wasted allowing staff to access this Daily Hypocrite?

Surely we must ban this Daily Bile up and down the country to stop this complete shocking waste of scarce public funds.

Counselling and therapy for staff found to have been looking at the site must be offered immediately.

(Guest Post by Disgusted from Forest Gate)