Comments on: Jacqui Smith: she’s WHAT now?

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:35:41 +0000

There’s a lot of blood on the walls right now…

By: Principle As Occasional Flirtation… « Back Towards The Locus

Principle As Occasional Flirtation… « Back Towards The Locus — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:38:23 +0000

[...] pretensions towards an international morality. There are politically convenient denunciations; memberships of Amnesty International; glib references towards the “equal worth of human beings” and their “equal right [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:49:39 +0000

5. How is Amnesty funded? Amnesty is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. To ensure our independence, we do not seek or accept money from governments or political parties for our work in documenting and campaigning against human rights abuses. Our funding depends on the contributions of our worldwide membership and fundraising activities. To safeguard the independence of the organisation, all contributors are strictly controlled by guidelines laid down by the International Council.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:31:54 +0000

Do you know if Amnesty receives ‘donations’ from the government? I guess they would have kicked her out if they didn’t. Still it’s good to know what kind of organisation Amnesty really is.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:55:27 +0000

I wonder whether Amnesty can be persuaded to rescind a membership? Now that would be fun to read about.

By: Martin Wisse

Martin Wisse — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:38:54 +0000

Now it’s only Phil Woolas that will need to be revealed as a member of No Borders…

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:03:12 +0000

Great comment, KB.

By: KB Player

KB Player — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:50:21 +0000

It’s a mind set. How can we be a bunch of authoritarians passing illiberal legislation? We’re LABOUR, and LABOUR doesn’t do that kind of thing. How can we be conniving at torture? We’re LABOUR, and LABOUR doesn’t do that kind of thing. How can we be fiddling expenses? We’re LABOUR, and LABOUR doesn’t do that kind of thing. Only TORIES do that kind of thing. It’s self-denial, like the man who tells you he’s not an alcoholic and only starts drinking in the morning and continues all day every day because that’s what he does. It’s other people who are alcoholics.

By: AMX

AMX — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:26:02 +0000

You don’t serriously expect government to act responsilby in accordance with the various societies they are a part of do you?
HA!

Try this,

By: Fellow Traveller

Fellow Traveller — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:40:08 +0000

I see. Well, they should get their cabinet rank members to write a few letters to themselves.