Woman Accused of Faking Disability by Nadine Dorries Has Painful Foot Operation

Back in October, I blogged on Nadine Dorries MP’s attack on MsHumprheycushion, a critically-minded constituent who has used a blog and Twitter to register her discontent. Ms Cushion was off work on sick leave, awaiting operations on her feet for arthritis so that she can get back to her job as a carer. Dorries – […]

Stephen Green Accused of Violence by Ex-Wife

The Daily Mail has a long interview with Caroline Green, ex-wife of Stephen Green of Christian Voice, who has accused him of abusive and controlling behaviour: Caroline Green was often punished by her husband Stephen for failing to be a dutiful, compliant wife, but his final act of violence against her — the one that […]

Christian Right Figures Back John Stemberger in Legal Dispute

A rare public statement from Rifqa Bary, who has been off the public radar for a while: Would you please help my friend and lawyer John Stemberger? He defended me at no cost and helped me gained my freedom and is now being attacked by the Muslims lawyer who opposed me in court. Thank yo […]

GOD TV Waves Lawyers at Oregon Website

Salem News is an on-line alternative news site based in Oregon. Recently, it received an unwelcome letter from London: Salem-News.com is in a legal battle with ‘God TV’ in the UK because we published video from their TV show… …Their beef is that we are allegedly guilty of a UK copyright infringement. Why? Because we carried a […]

GOD TV and the Bedouin Village

Over the past fifteen years, the satellite channel GOD TV has emerged as one of the most significant players in global charismatic Christianity. It began in the UK, bringing the likes of Fred Price and Creflo Dollar (whom I blogged on here) to British audiences, but its reach is now international and its founders – Rory […]

Nadine Dorries Made Complaint to Police because Critical Blogger Appeared at Public Debate

A week ago I blogged on the results of Tim Ireland’s Freedom of Information requests to Bedfordshire Police and the London Met. As Tim explained: …I made FOI/DPA request to both forces so I might see what they had on file about me. Last year, I blogged about the response from the London Met, who […]

Catholic Herald Puffs Nadine Dorries

As Nadine Dorries MP faces continued unwelcome scrutiny over her love life and her expenses, Ed West has come to the rescue with a soft-ball interview in the Catholic Herald which emphasises her “bravery” on the issue of abortion: …Those unfamiliar with the world of blogs and social networking site Twitter will not fully appreciate […]

Pastor Terry Jones and “England is Ours”

The news that Pastor Terry Jones has been formally banned from entering the UK provides an unwelcome opportunity for the Pastor and a British far-right activist to grandstand; the Guardian reports: The English nationalist group that invited Jones is opposing a Milton Keynes pub being converted into a mosque. The group, England Is Ours, said […]

Third Jihad Used to Train Police in New York; Denounced as “Wacky Movie” by Deputy Commissioner

The Village Voice has the latest on politically-skewed “anti-terror” law enforcement training: This month, when a group of New York City police officers showed up for their required counter-terrorism training, they got to watch a movie. …The film is called The Third Jihad. It is 72 minutes of gruesome footage of bombing carnage, frenzied crowds, […]

Pat Robertson’s CBN Backs Gbagbo

With international pressure on Laurent Gbagbo to step down following the recent election in the Ivory Coast, Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network has come to the rescue with a softball interview which, CBN boasts, was “broadcast on Ivorian National Television”. The interview gave Gbagbo a platform to discourse on his Christian faith, and CBN’s Gary Lane – […]