#Victorian

We support the residents’ demands:1. We demand we aren't stopped from leaving our homes for four reasons: work or education, exercise, medical care or caregiving, or shopping for supplies1/ 2.
Read more
This could be an interesting development in terms of the law in the area.https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mouncey-prepared-for-legal-action-against-the-afl-in-bid-to-play-20210116-p56ulo.html For reference, here is the AFL's policy.
Read more
Hardly a Christmas passes when I don’t think about the strange tradition of the Victorian workhouse Christmas, where the smug and wealthy provided the poor with a magnificent Christmas dinner
Read more
It is so eerie watching SA covid outbreak unfold exactly like it did in Victoria. All the contributing factors that were never focused on in Victoria (because Dan bashing) are
Read more
New from me: Victorian real estate agents are defying calls by the state's peak body (@REIVictoria) to block rent reductions and flood Consumer Affairs/VCAT with disputes.That advice was made in
Read more
Starmer has declared that Labour will become 'the party of the family' (in an article for the Telegraph behind a paywall). Some concerns: Just what does he mean by family
Read more
I made the point on @OwenJones84's show last week that the endemic analytical and rhetorical weakness exhibited by most Labour MPs is this: they have a world-view according to which
Read more
I urge you to read the entire item by a pastor friend as what happened in Australia is happening in the USA. Some excerpts: “...the Victorian government which has just
Read more
Scott Morrison is to blame for dividing the nation when the second wave hit in Victoria. Before that, the whole country was in this pandemic together. It was Morrison who
Read more
It's very concerning to see many Australians unaware of Aged Care failings as detailed in the Royal Commission's Special Report. Most people don't even know Morrison apologised for these failings
Read more
Why is Dan Andrews being blamed for the Victorian covid situation, but Gladys Berejiklian isn’t being blamed for the NSW one? I know the answer, just thought I’d ask the
Read more
[A thread] Since Dan Andrews' announcement of the lockdown extension and roadmap out, there has been an outpouring of abuse towards him from some elements of the Victorian business community.
Read more
Pubs are such a fundamental part of British society, and their unique architecture is a defining feature of British cities. I won't be going back immediately, but in honor of
Read more
(1/6) It may seem hard to believe, but Western Australia has recorded no community transmission of COVID-19 since April 2020.How? A lockdown to eliminate the virus, followed by border controls
Read more
In Cy Enfield's Zulu (1964) Lt. John Chard R.E., Officer Commanding Rorke's Drift is seen here holding a Webley Mk VI chambered in .455 Webley. This is not quite the
Read more
Book to hear me tomorrow at 6pm talking @MACFESTUK about my new book, “Islam in Victorian Liverpool”, out soon with @claritasbooks, co-authored with R. Macnamara and M.Z. Maksudoğlu. 1/9 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/macfest2021-islam
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.