The Wardman Wire

All about political blogging.

Long-term readers will know that I have been working on the campaign to scrutinise the mismanagement, asset-stripping and rundown of the former SPCK Chain of Bookshops since August 2008, with others including Phil Groom.

Today we have a victory: the last bookshop in the country to remain in control of J Mark and Philip Brewer, the Shyster-Charlatans who have taken hundreds of thousands of pounds from the chain, while abusing and exploiting staff, has been closed. It was in Durham Cathedral, and will soon be re-opened under proper control.

A set of marvellous diversions for a Monday morning, when you should be doing something at once more useful but more boring.

Mark Pack has published a booklet based on a series of posts from before Christmas over at Lib Dem Voice, explaining the what, how, and why of blogging.

It is worth a read for people who are not Lib-Dems, perhaps especially for those opposing Lib-Dems.

Anjem Choudry is the Islamist campaigner and leader of the group Islam4UK (who’s website is currently dead) behind a proposed march in Wootton Bassett ‘in memory of Muslims murdered in the name of democracy and freedom’:

Mr Choudary has caused dismay with plans to parade through the town famous for honouring service personnel killed in Afghanistan, while carrying empty coffins.

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Dan Bull, who was behind the Dear Mandy video-letter to Lord Mandelbrot, has created a reply.