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by Richard Lutz
A nobel aim
Dave Woodhall, on why the Nobel Committee made the right decision.
Of Scotland, Independence and That Underlying Uncertainty
With less than a year until Scotland votes for independence, RICHARD LUTZ feels the heat rising in the referendum debate.
King or knave?
Jonathan King appeared on TV recently. Dave Woodhall argues that this shouldn’t be cause for concern.
Is Wolverhampton’s Labour council losing confidence?
John Chubb wonders about the mood amongst Wolverhampton’s civic leaders.
Politics and Electric Shock Therapy
from Richard Lutz This week’s electioneering at the annual Labour Party conference had a whiff of righteousness about it- but it could hit a common chord with most folks paying the monthly bills. Or at least worrying about them To freeze power bills for 20 months (if Labour get in) is a winner. I…
“What might happen in the future”
Professor Roger Seifert comments on Wednesday’s upcoming strike by firefighters.
It’s never too late for justice
Dave Woodhall calls on Martin McGuinness to do the right thing.
Fast forward
Alan Clawley talks about city planning, and the lack thereof.
Prisons, porridge and passive smoking
John Chubb comments on the latest ‘it seemed a good idea at the time’.
Teme Spirit
RICHARD LUTZ wanders through a bit of this sceptered isle in Worcestershire
Starry eyed
Dave Woodhall wonders what’s happening with the Walk of Stars, and how it could be rejuvenated.
A tale of two cities
Jesse Jackson’s visit to Birmingham led to his making some negative comments about the city. Dave Woodhall replies.
Six years late and way over budget
Mike Whitby and Sir Albert Bore will be absent from today’s official opening, but as the media and Birmingham’s great and good fawn over the city’s new main library, Steve Beauchampé offers some facts (and opinions) that may not receive much of an airing elsewhere today.
WAE+ – a reply
Following on from a story we published recently we have received this letter, which is reproduced unedited.
Anonymity and the web
Jean Brant, Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Wolverhampton, on a worrying trend.
Zero Hours contracts – nothing new under the sun
Professor Roger Seifert, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Wolverhampton, gives his opinion.
Hairy Today, Gone Tomorrow
Richard Lutz writes about how his beard landed him a night in a cowboy jail
The degeneration of Paradise Circus
Alan Clawley highlights the strange machinations that have blighted parts of Birmingham city centre.
Memo to all sections in Department of Health
Laurence Inman has seen a secret memo and, in true Wikileaks fashion, reveals its contents just prior to his arrest.
An act of Christian charity
Dave Woodhall talks about Villa’s new signing.
The return of the good times?
But will they by-pass Birmingham? John Duckers takes issue with the city’s obsession with food when really it’s manufacturing that drives job creation.
G4S – When crime really does pay
Steve Beauchampé takes issue with government and corporate hypocrisy, tazered with a dose of racist malignancy within the private sector.
What’s in a name?
Larry Inman ponders this whilst contemplating an outbreak of violence.
When the state steps in
Alan Clawley looks back at the controversy surrounding the old and new Birmingham Libraries.
Let’s get ready to mumble
Andy Munro provides a mid-close season report on the situation at St Andrews.
Cybercrime to Springsteen via Sexsmith
Laurence Inman has a lesson in cyberspace and is in a merrier mood than of late.
Fry’s the limit
Laurence Inman on having it all yet having nothing and has some words of advice for Stephen Fry.
Road rage
When is a law not a law? When it’s a motoring law, argues Dave Woodhall.
John Duckers on the rubbish revolution taking place in Birmingham
Wheelie bins are hitting the streets of Birmingham in a campaign funded by tax payers. John Duckers has come up with other ideas for those pesky plastic uber bins.