Mandelson’s textiles U-turn

From the Guardian: Mandelson’s textiles U-turn Honestly! “Rationing”? When did clothes become one of life’s essentials? And if we’re talking about clothes from China, 1. they’ve probably been made by poorly paid, badly treated workers, and 2. they’re probably more tat that we would do well to stop buying. Who’s been twisting Mandy’s arm anyway?

From BBC news: Hoon ponders new passport checks (via curious hamster). Lordy lord. What now? Will the UK be turned into a police state? Will all inhabitants be microchipped/tagged? My experience with the US Dept of Homeland Security’s OTT measures has not been good so far, what with being stopped at the check-in gate in […]