Occasional miscellany

A few bits and bobs I thought people might be interested in.


1. Chris Morris has a new production in the pipeline and they're looking for donors to make sure it happens.

It seems that; "The comedy, which centres on wannabe suicide bombers operating from a jihadist cell in the North of England, was originally conceived as a TV series but will now be a film. Morris has said the comedy will seek to do for Islamic terrorism what Dad's Army did for the Nazis."

Excellent.


2. Browsing through Ladbrokes website I notice that Sian Berry and Sir Ian Blair have equal odds for becoming Mayor of London in 2012. It feels extremely odd to see their names together, but whether the odds are a good or a bad thing I'm not altogether sure.

Both of them are, well, long shots but Ladbrokes still think that either of them is far more likely to be Mayor that Brian Paddock - what? Weren't they impressed with his performance last time?


3. I noticed what looked like a very interesting article in the latest International Socialism Journal on Marxism and Ethics. Paul Blackledge tackles an often ignored subject and although it focuses a little too much on what Marx thought rather than making his own argument, for my tastes at least, I think it's a very worthwhile subject to address, and from what I've read so far handled in an informative way.


4. The Scottish Socialist Party have an encouraging report on their site about a red green forum in Edinburgh.

"150-200 of people came from all over the country to discuss and exchange ideas on three particular questions;what are the causes of climate change? How can we reduce carbon emissions? And how far can we take the issues under a Red/Green partnership?"


5. London buses are to carry atheist slogans from the British Humanist Association. I'm not absolutely sure what this is intended to achieve but, you know, I'm alright with it.

"There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."