It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. And by popular demand, it’s time for another peanut butter gem from YouTube. But first, the news.
2 Big Stories
MoD probes new Iraq abuse claims
The Ministry of Defence has said it is investigating new allegations of abuse by the UK military in Iraq.
Lawyers acting for former Iraqi detainees are calling for a full public inquiry into 33 abuse claims made during UK military involvement there.
One allegation is that two soldiers raped a 16-year-old boy in 2003.
Armed forces minister Bill Rammell said such claims were taken seriously but formal inquiries must be held “without judgements being made prematurely”. (BBC)
UN food organisation chief holds hunger strike
Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jacques Diouf went on a 24-hour hunger strike on Saturday to put a spotlight on chronic malnutrition worldwide ahead of a UN summit on food security.
Diouf began the hunger strike late Friday, sleeping at FAO headquarters in Rome on a makeshift mattress of foam blocs, the UN organisation said in a statement.
He called on “people of goodwill everywhere” to join his hunger strike in solidarity with the one billion humans who suffer chronic malnutrition, the FAO said. (AFP)
2 Must-Read Blog Posts
What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:
- Matt Daives has spotted, as he says, a striking electoral wheeze
- Mark Valladares meanwhile reports on proposed changes to the English Party’s Parliamentary selection processes
Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.
Sunday Bonus
Peanut butter and chocolate. Yum.
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Who?
Did you mean Matt Davies? I was wandering who else in the party spelt their abbreviated first name wrong, seems it’s not actually so.
Now fixed Mat. Thanks for spotting that.