Just thought I'd put in a quick link to plug the upcoming Compass Youth publications, and their launch at the Love Difference festival, where we will be sticking in our two bits for diversity and liberal multiculturalism. Over the next few days we're going to be trying quite hard to plug the event itself, which goes far wider than just Compass Youth people; you can help by navigating to ...

Last night I received notification of the results. I was elected to the UNISON Labour Link (APF) National Forum. Congratulations to the rest of the centre left slate in the UNISON London region Labour Link elections to the National forum and Labour Party conference. Commiserations to the...

And here it is, the first - I’m guessing - of many which consist entirely of a link to something by me on Samizdata, as prophesied here.  And as with that earlier link, this one is to a piece about cricket. Aside from one bloke who used to be South African, the Samizdata commentariat has so far managed to contain its excitement.

Plans for a £120m railway link between Glasgow's airport and its city centre have been abandoned by the Scottish government as it prepares for a 'significant squeeze' on public expenditure

Back in 2000 the chancellor Gordon Brown rejected calls to restore the link between earnings and the basic state pension, saying too much money would then go to pensioners who are well-off. This link was cut by the Tory government and used the same reason for doing so. Labour are happy for pensioners to be means tested. Plaid Cymru are still calling for the link to be restored, so there is no need...

Worse than that, Compass are innumerate. Here is their calculation of how much you get on the minimum wage. Calculation: £44.16 per day. This works out as £220.80 per week or £11481.60 per year. 5 days a week, 40 hours per week (age 25). That link there takes you to the TUC calculator which, when you put in

Here's a link to a link/quotation but never mind. If you follow the link you get not only this and more: The pope has generated a bit of controversy.First, he permitted congregations to go back to the old custom of praying in Latin. (More about that later.) Then he announced that only the Catholic Church qualifies as a real church. Protestants, as far as the pope is concerned, simply don&rsqu...

Union leaders have called on the government to mark the centenary of the first state pension payouts by restoring the link between pensions and earnings. The link was removed in 1980, and ministers have pledged to restore it in 2012, but union leaders say the change must come sooner. Pensions increase every April in line with the level of the retail prices index the previous September. Since this ...

This is about the fifth or sixth time I’ve done a political compass test and it always comes out pretty much the same - slightly right of centre libertarian. Technorati Tags: Political Compass

The other day I got this offer via email offering to place a link for John’s Labour blog on www.free-football.tv in exchange for me placing a link for this site on my blog. From: David Webb To: johndotmdotgrayatntlworlddotcom Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 6:08 AM Subject: Link Exchange I saw...