The Coroners and Justice Bill went through its second reading at the start of this week. If you read blogs, you will probably have heard about the clauses hidden away at the end of it which threaten to effectively neutralise the Data Protection Act. If you read my first edition of the Carnival on Modern… Continue reading Coroners and Justice Bill: the most toxic law ever?
Tag: comics
The Only Gay in the Justice League?
Liberal Revolution points us to this story about Stan Lee creating the “world’s first gay superhero.” Here we go again. A few years ago the characters Apollo and Midnighter from The Authority were declared as the world’s first superheroes (how about this for a lamentable headline: “Holy cow! Men in tights turn out to be… Continue reading The Only Gay in the Justice League?
Nine wishes for 2009 #7: The Watchmen Movie to not suck (spoilers/guesses)
God, all my wishes are getting pretty forlorn, aren’t they? I’ve written about the upcoming Watchmen film fairly recently. What I will add is that I spent the early hours of Sunday morning watching the various promos and video diaries that the production team have been pumping out on the internet about it. The portents… Continue reading Nine wishes for 2009 #7: The Watchmen Movie to not suck (spoilers/guesses)