Month: September 2017
“Christian Concern”: Dog Fights and Desperate Families
The legal charity and social-conservative advocacy group Christian Concern have made the headlines again as they throw another vulnerable family into the dog pit of public scrutiny. But before we throw stones perhaps we should consider how common this advocacy strategy is? To begin with, the case that Christian Concern…
You’ll love how Twitter responded to this Local Authority’s Lack of Irony!
Like many cash-strapped local authorities, Bury council, Greater Manchester, has been going for the libraries. I mean, who needs free-and easy access to warm dry spaces, good books, IT, and diverse local company, right? They closed ten out of 14 libraries according to one source. Ten! Now they have lots…
“Christian Concern”: Dog Fights and Desperate Families
The legal charity and social-conservative advocacy group Christian Concern have made the headlines again as they throw another vulnerable family into the dog pit of public scrutiny. But before we throw stones perhaps we should consider how common this advocacy strategy is? To begin with, the case that Christian Concern…
You’ll love how Twitter responded to this Local Authority’s Lack of Irony!

Like many cash-strapped local authorities, Bury council, Greater Manchester, has been going for the libraries. I mean, who needs free-and easy access to warm dry spaces, good books, IT, and diverse local company, right? They closed ten out of 14 libraries according to one source. Ten! Now they have lots…