Crikey

The Guardian gives this stark summary of the findings of a Populus opinion poll conducted for Searchlight Educational Trust: Some 39% of Asian Britons, 34% of white Britons and 21% of black Britons now believe all immigration into the UK should be stopped permanently, or at least until the UK’s economic situation improves. Meanwhile, 52% [...]

My great friend and wine drinking mate Phillip White has better historical records than I have. In Adelaide’s Independent Weekly this weekend he has remembered an address I gave to the NSW Wine Press Club back in 1984 where I made some predictions about what the future held for wine retailers and boutique wine makers. [...]

Here are the Crikey Indicators for the Oscar elections with the percentages based on what the prediction markets say:

When solemn election promises can be broken without even a pretence of explanation parliamentary democracy is in a sad, sad state. So it is in Australia now that Julia Gillard has confirmed that her word means nothing. Before the last election she vowed that there would be no carbon tax if she became Prime Minister. [...]

My colleague Shakira Hussein wrote on this blog back on 9 February that the Pakistani government was reportedly keen to find a way to release Raymond Davis, the American diplomat (according to Washington) or CIA/Blackwater agent (according to the Pakistani rumour mill) who shot dead two Pakistani youths who he claims tried to rob him at [...]