A case from Lancashire.

More on the British govt's war on the disabled.

UK minister lies, story swallowed whole by journalists.

1) Steven Pinker; 2) UK higher education policy.

Good question.

The political views of Iain M Banks, by Ken MacLeod (@amendlocke)

Er, no.

@RTaylor_MEP speaks out!

'I get infuriated by people who say, "Oh, just eat lentils." Not everyone wants to eat lentils.'

Why the fall of ATOS is not automatically a good thing...

"UK politics is post-enlightenment, post-fact and post-truth".

Not a perfect match, but interesting,

Sane commentary from @caronmlindsay.

Published on a day when they will be ignored...

Good God.

Struggling to pass the buck, on a good day to bury bad news.

A desperate voice of sanity

In Whitby. (Why is that not surprising?)

" it was precisely because Thatcher knew what scientific research was like that made her impervious to claims that science was a special case, with special features and incapable of being understood by outsiders, and therefore that science policy should be left in the hands of scientists."

ERS analysis: "We now have a picture of where UKIP may make its first breakthroughs. It won the popular vote in the equivalents of nine parliamentary seats: Boston and Skegness, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Worthing East and Shoreham, Great Yarmouth, Forest of Dean, Aylesbury and Camborne and Redruth."

The UK government decide that severely sick and disabled people will have no benefits at all if they appeal their assessments.

News flash: Catholic Archbishop makes compassionate and sensible statement!

Ten still rules, apparently.

More news from the UK government's war on the disabled.

Hooray! #fb

@cobrunstrom against electoral cynicism.

They need a reason?

"a great example of an increasingly democratic EU beginning to work rather well."

Headline of the month!

The lies in the British EU debate.