“Channel 4 Ain’t Broke”: Over 20 production companies launch bid to stop sell-off
The battle to save Channel 4 from privatisation has gained yet more traction today. A raft of production companies and public figures have come out fighting against the sell-off, which…
Anti-Abortion Bullshit Bingo
Eyes down, ladies and gentlemen, eyes down. It's time for Anti-Abortion Bullshit Bingo! Nadine Dorries has been granted a 90-minute debate in the House of Commons on reducing the abortion…
Dick of the Year – Theresa May, Nadine Dorries and Louise Mensch
This is a nomination for Bright Green's Dick of the Year 2011 award by Naomi Beecroft. To submit your own nomination email 200 words (or thereabouts) to editors (at) brightgreenscotland…
Saying No to Abstinence Education
The really frustrating thing about Nadine Dorries is that, just when you think she might have gone away for a while, she comes back spouting more evidence-free drivel about sex.…
Abortion Rights: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
There's a certain irony to promoting “non-directive counselling” as a means of reducing the abortion rate. But I'm starting to think that the coalition government doesn't really understand irony. The…
Abortion Rights and Democracy: The Nadine Dorries Update
When I wrote a piece for Bright Green a few weeks ago on the undemocratic nature of challenges to abortion rights, I didn't expect to be writing a follow-up quite…
Choosing to fight
On 31st May 2009 Dr George Tiller was shot dead by an anti abortion activist while serving as an usher in his local church in Wichita, Kansas. This was the…
Abortion Rights and Democracy
Nadine Dorries doesn't like facts; she admits that her own blog is “70% fiction”, and has a reputation for citing urban legends in support of her own views. So here's…
Dick of the Year: Nadine Dorries
This is a nomination for Bright Green Dick of the Year by Steven Maclean. If you want to submit your own nomination email adamramsay @ gmail by midday on the 31st.…