Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

BIOTECH - WHAT WENT WRONG?

There is no circumspection in modern life. Each new idea has to be converted into money as fast as possible. Male (yang) principles rule - not OK.

OF BEDS

As the oyster yields a pearl
man invents.
Neither realises their fecundity
is rooted in irritation:
of one - the body
of the other - the mind.
Man kills the oyster
for its pearl.
And kills his own World
for that eureka moment of invention.

Not sure if the posters votes count as a full vote but I am very interested in the Labour finances. The Abrahams inquiry is brewing, there seems to be a huge discrepancy between what Labour says their position is (peachy), and what everybody else suspects.

The Unions will have views.

Donors must be thinking at the moment that their money will only mitigate a Labour collapse. Sadly that means a significant majority for the Tories.

The Lib Dems will make some gains but the first past the post system will always hold them back.

I have been wondering whether the Tories and Lib Dems were starting to think about cooperation. If the Tories embraced PR it would be a blood bath for Labour at the next election.

Given the furore around Henley thats probably wide of the mark.

By the way on architecture I seem to recall seeing a programme with Richard Rogers, a very talented man, as a judge. He was praising the form and aesthetics of a design. Functionally it was a disaster as it was a fire station - I think the fire engines got so cold they would no start or something. He couldn't have cared less about that.

So for me its definitely function first, including green elements and form second.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MULTI-BLOG?

When you broke it all up I could spend hours lost in its bits (no counters an-all) but now there is just the one thread with three postings.

Is the tennis on?

Cameron to stop NHS targets? 'Targets' are Labour's weapons of fear. The NHS, petrified of punishment, has quickly learned that it's easier to hit a target than to actually do a proper job, so that Labour can brag of its success while actually things are getting worse.

Story Suggestion -

With the recent ruling, that not disclosing witnesses true identities in certain trials is unlawful (under Common Law).

Would it be good to see what other Common Law countries do in these matters ?

please can Peter suggest a tennis free zone as it is that time of year again. 5Live is a no go area in the afternoons, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 2 unwatchable in the evenings and it's not as though we are any good at it.....we are hopeless. The Serbs. as a nation have a tenth of the facilities that we have and yet they have finalists competing against the worlds best. I am not defeatist but I hate being embarrassed as our only hope is a young Scot who will be British until he's knocked out...and our footballers? Just don't go there. It's as if Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ schedulers want to rub our noses in it saying 'for all you middle-class couch potatoes here is some more first round failures for you.

Re: Fethullah Gulen
I’ be cautious about this story. Much like all such polls its attracted the organised lobbyists. All of the top ten were Islamic scholars. This from the Guardian website:
`The [polls] result surprised organisers, who attributed it to a sustained campaign by GΓΌlen's followers, known as the GΓΌlen Movement, after Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper, Zaman, publicised the poll.
Prospect's editor, David Goohart, admitted to not having previously heard of GΓΌlen and said his supporters had "made a mockery" of the poll. But he said the result flagged up significant political trends in Turkey.`

It may be worth doing something on the moderate, modern, reformists in Islam though; (Gulen is seen as a moderate opposed to Al Quaeda) but there are probably more important figures.
Islamic scholars at Ankara university, for example, are completing a major project to rewrite and update Sharia Law for example. It could be the Islamic equivalent of the reformation in its importance. That might be worth a slot at some point. Link below.

HAPPY OLD MAN LOST AGAIN SHOCK

Thanks Peter #6, you have made an old man very happy.

Blurtman #5: Part of may SPOIL PARTY GAMES stance, arises from the party-need to have trumpetable successes on a continuous basis. I deduce that targets are for meeting and announcing in parliament/press, not to lift standards. Just another example of petty dishonour emanating from the 'honourables' of the Wesminster charade.