The Bishops (below) have asked Peers to vote in favour of three amendments to the Equality Bill in place of the Government’s compromise amendment. Let me spell out what the different amendments (and the current text) mean. The first amendment …

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… Jesus loves you more than you could know, even if everybody else has the knives out for you and your husband. You can’t really blame the Schadenfreude enthusiasts can you? Iris Robinson made the headlines over a year ago …

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Let me start this post by pointing out that I’m not a fan of the BNP, not by a long margin. It saddens me that I have to point that at at the beginning, but some people will read this …

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Apparently, Paul Farrely, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, will ask this question in the Commons on Thursday. Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers …

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