Elsewhere 11/28/2010

• Peter Robinson's speech (and word cloud)

• "It's not just their national interest, the English care about Ireland"

• "Jewish? Gay? Join us, white extremists say"

  English Defence League:"But a new report, written by Professor Nigel Copsey of Teesside University, warns that the growth of EDL membership will spread Islamophobia in communities sharing a perceived "historical angst" against Muslims."\n\nBut couldn't that last bit also have been written...""in communities against whom extreme Islamists have shown a perceived "historical angst""?

• James Kelly on the chances of Scottish independence

  "...any odds of more than 3-1 that the country will become independent within 10-15 years would be well worth considering."

• "Is The Archers guilty of national stereotyping?"

  "Cheap gags about the Scottish, such as joke ginger wigs, aren’t necessarily racist – but they are lazy, argues Euan Ferguson."

• "Where are Scotland's bright young things?"

  "...noticeable that the brightest of the younger generation of Scottish Labour politicians - people like the impressive Tom Greatrex - have chosen to be MPs not MSPs"

• Wales and New Zealand, more than just rugby and sheep in common?

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.