Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
I thought the right wing was always like that.
I wonder how the right wing got their name. Did they sit on the right of parliament, I wonder?
Is the Cornish press really right wing, Anglophile or just plain ignorant?
I can't help but read local press and think: 'yeah, and so?'.
I don't buy newspapers or magazines! I read what I want to read on the web, stop buying newspapers if you aren't happy with what they say, this business of right wing / left wing means nothing to me. I've never figured out what its all about and I don't care. Why are they divided into " wings" what's the point of it all, surely they should be on the same wave length. I think our liberal party are on the same side,[not sure though] but I know the labor party here, have "wings" it's all so stupid. Why don't they all, [UK & Oz] make some decent sensible decisions. Surely that's not asking for much.
It's the dirty little secret of the UK media that only four national newspapers (the two Mail titles, The Sun and the Sunday Times) actually make a profit. The rest simply exist as bully pulpits for their zillionaire proprietors to foist their (usually right-wing, though there are exceptions) views upon us. It is ironic that these media barons are constantly lecturing us about the free market, yet if they practiced what they preached, many of their newspapers would cease to exist. I'm thinking in particular of the ailing Telegraph and Express (daily and Sunday).
That was one of the exceptions I mentioned. Probably a liberal newspaper baron (isn't it Tiny Rowland?), but it's still the same principle - a rich man subsidising it as a forum to broadcast his political views.
Don't get me wrong, i am not conceited enough to think droves of people are going to abandon the "This is Cornwall site" because they have banned me, but to those who have suggested or even thought that they might quit the site i urge you not to do so. Stay over there and keep posting, in the interests of free debate, keep the chat lively and representative.
The Guardian is funded by a trust, if I recall correctly. As regards other newspapers, I read the sun, and the times and the telegraph on a daily basis. Mind you, editorials are meant to provoke debate, so I think it's all well and good.
The world's poorest countries both produce and bear responsibility for most refugees. Just 2% of the world's asylum seekers and refugees are in the UK. The UK ranked 10th out of 16 European countries for asylum applications in relation to overall population in 2001.
Whilst Britain, the world's fourth largest economy, ranked 9th in Europe in 2003 in terms of asylum applications per capita, the world's poorest countries both produce and bear responsibility for most refugees. Most refugees cannot afford to leave their regions of origin; two thirds of the world's refugees live in developing countries and more than a third live in the world's poorest countries, many of them in squalid refugee camps.
Britain ranked 11th in the EU in total refugee admissions compared to national population from 1992 to 2001.
72% of the world's 12 million refugees are given asylum by developing countries such as Iran, Pakistan and Tanzania. Asia hosts 45% of refugees, followed by Africa (30%). Less than 2% claim asylum in the UK.
Misinformation in the media leads to public misunderstanding: respondents to a 2003 MORI poll estimated that 23% of the world's refugee population come to the UK: ten times the actual amount.
Thanks to juciy jarrod
I cant help feeling that the Daily Mail group adds to the British publics lack of understanding and who knows what effect it has had on the Cornish understanding of themselves.
The thing is regarding papers, do they actually have an editorial board who direct what type of news or what politics the paper shoulf follow, or does it just happen that a paper gets a readership and then panders to it gradually becoming more extreme?
Like if you applied for a job at The Sun or the Daily Mail, they would ask you if you were a tory or try and find out by asking loaded questions.
Or maybe only tories apply for jobs there.
Rise in county's road death toll
The number of people who have died on Cornwall's roads rises in the last year to 35, police say.
Film con man ordered to pay £100K
The man who swindled almost £2m in a film studio scam is ordered to forfeit £100,000 by a judge.
Triplets survive against the odds
A woman from Cornwall who gave birth to triplets 14 weeks early describes their survival as a "miracle".
Call for inquiry into fire centre
Fire chiefs demand a public inquiry into the delayed opening of the regional fire control centre.
Prison sentence for benefit cheat
A man who admitted swindling more than £51,000 in benefits over a six-year period is jailed for 18 months.
Divers face trial over shipwreck
Three Cornish divers accused of plundering a shipwreck off the coast of Spain are to be tried in a Spanish court.
‘NO’ TO NUCLEAR WASTE IN CORNWALL - MPs
Proposals to bring nuclear waste to Cornwall have been described as ‘absurd and irresponsible’ by Cornish MPs.
Route Partnership Plan for Penzance unnecessary
Their plan having been rejected by the public in the final exhibition in Septmber with 90% against the Route Partnership have decided to try again in mid January after a mailout and poster campaign.The Chamber of Commerce has been at the forefront of this campaign.
