Britblog Roundup 196 - in memory of Baby P

Welcome to the 196th edition - nominations are overwhelming

From the darker side of life

The dominant topic of the week - the months of abuse of Baby P and the horrific way he died has affected the whole nation. For it to happen again in Haringay is just not acceptable. Lots of questions need answering and heads just have to roll. Haringey Social Services has to be held accountable. Lynn Featherstone MP on her blog pens Haringey Council's systematic failures The same repeated in her Guardian column has received some cryptic blog responses. There is no hope for Britain. Civilisations don't die, they commit suicide. And before they commit suicide, they read and believe the Guardian. Likewise from Dave

NHS blog Doc elaborates on the whole subject of Child Abuse - Time to Crucify Social Workers

In a lighter mood
It's political correctness gone crazy - Calderdale Council Bans 'fat' Santa.

The councils "Healthy Town" pot of money is funding the Council's Santa - who works during December in Calderdale Council's 'official' Town Grotto - must now set a "positive role model" to the town's overweight population, to try to battle against the idea that fat people are 'bubbly' and 'funny' and in some way attractive.

It won't have the same Christmasy feeling, whoever heard of a slim Fanta.

For those who appreciate the great outdoors - An afternoon stroll down the old Wardley Hill in Rutland.

A moment to reflect on Because they must. From Greenfingered Photograher - A day in Lawley Green Space, lovely photos. Just shows what a group of dedicated volunteers can achieve.

What's on TV has attracted reaction from many bloggers

X Factor & Strictly Come Dancing. Of course, I don't watch them myself - Yeah, yeah and all that, who's JC trying to impress. Not sure the millions who watch the programs would agree with him

The Ugley Vicar is having a rant about the first episode of Apparitions on BBC1
Swiss Toni on everything TV. Prince Charles at 60 - a satirical prose, God save our king to be...

The World of Books
A bit of history Women of the Revolution - Natalie Bennett is always finding interesting stuff about women.

Patrick Jones was due to sign copies of his new poetry collection Darkness is Where the Stars Are when it was suddenly called off. Waterstones in Cardiff decision to cancel the event has provoked strong reactions - Censorship by email and Censorship at Waterstones.

Sex Industry
This week there were several nominations for this post - Two views of prostitution collide. On a similar theme There are no easy solutions feminism and the sex industry

The intrigue of Politics
From Bristol we now have Red Trouser Gate - is full of discourse on the subject of peculiarly swift land sales at the local council.

Multi faith prayers for Parliament Cranmer says he uncovered a plot over a year ago to undermine the Anglican foundations of Parliament with a multi-faith mish-mash of puja, salah, prayers, meditations and incantations.

Blogging a victory - Holyrood backs £100m Green bid for warm homes.

Join the debate, Social Housing get a job - Stop penalising the poor…penalise the tax havens instead! Also Another Barrier to Social mobility

Closer to home - Islington's LibDem run council in panic mode. A by-election in my ward is on the cards.

This is good for the European Parliament and trust in politics Tory MEP Ben Dover is going to have to pay back half a million pounds and is no longer a Tory Party MEP.

Now this is funny
Pigeon fat camp - for Pigeon's too fat to fly. The mind boggles. Some lovely photos though

An ah moment - "I'm 86, you know!"
My sixteen and a half year old cat Harley-Boy and I have been together longer than me and Meeester. I love that wee black and white guy, but lately he has been letting us know that he’s not got long left.

Other Stuff
London Underground A blog I've not read before - bit slow in downloading. With no particular post nominated, just scroll down the web page. There are some interesting photos and snippets about daily travelling on London's Tube network

Who is Jon Gaunt - A radio presenter called Jon Gaunt has landed in the shit after having an argument with some anti-smoking wing-nut on his talk show.

One man blogs asks the question is Red Bull the Marmite of my generation? Don't know about the generation bit but I've always got a can of the sugar free in my bag when going to any long meeting.

That's all for this week. Next weeks roundup will be over at Brassneck

Nominations needed: Anybody out there in Blogospere can nominate a post during the week as long as it's a British Blog. All nominations should be sent to britblog [at] gmail [dot] com.