From November 7th Gay and Bisexual men in England, Scotland and Wales will be able to give blood. Any Gay or Bisexual Man who has not had homosexual sex in 12 months will be able to give blood. While its not the most ideal of situations, it is better then a blanket ban on gay and bisexual men. Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service national director Keith Thompson said: “We are pleased that this new donor selection criteria has been...
I havent done one of these in awhile so what better way to bring in back then on Easter Sunday. Since i moved the blog, my blog roll has grown immensely and here are some of the brilliant new blogs added to that list. TheWonderFullWorldof Joe I’ve linked to Joe’s blog a few times since he started blogging and he is a new blogger. He seams to like tennis, but there are a few non-tennis posts in there too....
Well the counting is back under way since midday in the UK Elections that took place last night. Of course there is huge issues with the number of spoiled votes in the Scottish Elections. The State of the Partiesat this time Labour 32 SeatsScottish National Party 30 SeatsLiberal Democrats 12 seatsConservatives 7Green 1 The SNP have had a huge up surge in results taken a number of new constituency seats, including Alaxander Salamond, the leader taking Gordon from the...
Dia Duit! Conas atá sibh? An nuacht ar an maidin seo! (Thats the end of the Gaeilge!) Breakingnews.ie reports on the IDA and ESB warnings on power cuts. There is also a good post over on Irish Election on this It also reports that the Vatican is against giving Saddam the death penalty CNN reports on a ‘significant’ earthquake in Scotland! CNN also is running a report on predictions for future Tsunami’s in Asia France 24 reports on the...
International Herald Tribune Article on Scottish Language Really interesting article Currently spoken by fewer than 2 percent in Scotland, Gaelic is enjoying a revival here that has blossomed since the country held elections in 1999 to create a Scottish Parliament for the first time in almost 300 years. Thats really interesting that its since they got their own parliament that the language is been revived so it must be the start of a Scottish Political and Social Identity In...
The cause of it all
Recently, I’ve posted two articles relating to Scottish Independence well, the Scottish National Party are the cause behind all the talk. What do they want?* An independent Scottish Parliament* A Confederal Europe * A Non-Nuclear Defence Policy* International policy that reflects the principles of the UN Charter and our obligations under international law among others listed here According to the SNP, their are many benefits to an Independent Scotland With more powers for the Scottish Parliament, we can grow...
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