The Quotes of the Week III
Posted: 23 January 2011 Filed under: Current, Politics, Quotes | Tags: Alabama, Alzheimer's, Betty Boothroyd, budget, cancer, Christian, cuts, death threat, Ellen McDonald, England, evangelical, exercise, expenses scandal, government, governor, GP, hijab, Islam, MP, Muslim, NHS, primary school, Robert Bentley, survivor, World War Three Leave a commentSunday 16th
“There’s no question about it, there’s no answer to it other than people were greedy and they took advantage of a system. That is what happened. And they disgraced themselves. What annoys me is that they disgraced the Parliament that I have tried all my life to cherish and fought hard for.”
Former Speaker of the House Baroness Betty Boothroyd comments on the continuing expenses scandal among MPs, one of which was imprisoned this week
The Quotes of the Week I
Posted: 9 January 2011 Filed under: Asia, Current, Politics, Quotes | Tags: Coptic, cuts, education, Egypt, France, G20, George Osborne, government, Islam, January 2011, law, Pakistan, Pete Postlethwaite, quotes, Quotes of the Week, referendum, Salmaan Taseer, smoking, smoking ban, Spain, Sudan Leave a commentSunday 2nd
“This is a question of survival. I don’t smoke, but I have to protect those who do because I don’t want to end up unemployed.”
Restaurant owner Fernando Tejedor, who is campaigning against the smoking ban in Spain which went into force yesterday
The Politician Who Was Noble
Posted: 8 January 2011 Filed under: Asia, Current, Opinions, Politics | Tags: Asia Bibi, Asia Noreen, assassination, blasphemy, Christianity, eulogy, human rights, Islam, Pakistan, persecution, Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, Salman Taseer, Taseer Leave a comment
Whatever you’re doing today, pause for a moment and remember Salmaan Taseer.
This gentleman, the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan, gave his life this week in the pursuit of justice. Mr. Taseer was killed after working to repeal the country’s blasphemy laws under which Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, has been condemned to die for the sake of her beliefs.
A member of Mr. Taseer’s own security squad assassinated the governor on Tuesday at Kohsar Market in Islamabad.
Leaves in the Lonnen 