The Wardman Wire

To mention it once again, I continue - since the hyperlinks which they broke when they redesigned their website continue to be broken, and I have received no response to requests for them to sort it out. I have added this paragraph to the Daily Roundup template.

Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Simon Jenkins (Comment is Free) - Closure mania ignores the real cost of axing post offices
The state pursuit of shortsighted savings is ripping the heart from communities. No wonder Britain is up in arms

Jonathon Freedland (Comment is Free) - London’s election holds the future for progressive politics, not just Ken
Livingstone needs voters to take the issues and candidates seriously in a contest that will have repercussions nationwide

Economist (Economist) - A setback for Mr Sarkozy
The ruling centre-right Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) suffered heavy losses in municipal elections on March 16th, in what was widely viewed as a protest vote against the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, whose popularity has slumped sharply.

Economist (Economist) - A ravenous dragon
The hunger of China for natural resources has set off a global commodity boom. Developed countries worry about being left high and dry, but the biggest effects will be felt in China itself, says Edward McBride.

News

BBC (BBC) - Watching Ken re-election launch
At the launch of his official campaign at the Royal Festival Hall on the south bank of the Thames, Ken Livingstone aimed to persuade seven million Londoners that he is worth another go at the helm.

Johny Caldwell (BBC) - Pub had Good Friday Agreement link
Imagine the scenario: a man pulling you a pint in a pub tells he was involved in negotiating one of the most significant documents in both British and Irish history.

Nicholas Watt (Guardian) - McGuinness: there was no need for Bloody Sunday inquiry
Sinn Féin regarded Bloody Sunday inquiry as not necessary, says Blair’s former chief of staff

Frances Gibb (Times Online) - Damning ruling that Heather Mills tried to bar is published
Heather Mills was castigated yesterday as a greedy fantasist who indulged in make-believe; a less than candid witness and a woman whose claims about her marriage to Sir Paul McCartney were devoid of reality.

Carolyn Asome (Times Online) - Top designers join fad for putting pre-teens in adult clothes
Beyond Boden: designers like Marc Jacobs and 3.1 Phillip Lim are creating stylish clothes with eye-watering prices

Times Online (Times Online) - Text of full judgment: Heather Mills v Sir Paul McCartney
Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWHC 401 (Fam). Case No: FD06D03721. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE FAMILY DIVISION THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE BENNETT. Between : James Paul McCartney Petitioner/Respondent - and - Heather Anne Mills McCartney Respondent/Applicant

Scotland

BBC (BBC) - Tony Benn to give Holyrood homily
The veteran politician and former Labour MP Tony Benn is to lead the time for reflection at the Scottish Parliament later.

BBC (BBC) - Rapist met open jail criteria
Robert Foye, 28, admitted raping the 16-year-old in Cumbernauld in August last year after absconding from Castle Huntly, near Dundee.

Blogs

Richard Spencer (Telegraph) - A stand-off with Chinese police
Those patriots who fear that corruption and weakness have fatally damaged the ability of China to defend itself need not fear: today, the forces of law and order were pitted against the sharpest wits The Daily Telegraph could offer (viz., me), and won hands down.

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