Britblog Roundup #102

Welcome back again to  the listing of those posts that you think the rest of us should be taking note of.
You can make nominations for next week by emailing the URL to britblog AT gmail DOT com. Any subject, any point of view, but only posts from either natives or residents of these isles.

First up, for those who haven't seen it yet, is Dr. Crippen's BritMeds, a weekly look at the glories of our nation's health system.

Oh dear, it's probably better not to announce that you'll be blogging anonymously at the same time as using your real name to announce your nome de plume.

Shock horror: as The Whiskey Priest found out, it only takes a little power to bring out the pomposity in people. Nice joke in the response, too.

Do not attempt to access the Kennet Council parking site. You'll be a naughty boy if you do (from The Englishman).

Rare to have two posts from one blog here but if you're either paying taxes or thinking of getting ill in the UK you might want to have a look at Dr. Crippen's discovery that they're quite happy to take the money but not so keen on providing the health care.

A kitten's guide to Nigerian tuna spam.

No, you don't want to have breakfast here.  Look around the blog a bit more to find out where you would like to though.

Mr. Dodge on censorship in New Zealand.

Did you know that there is a special three fingered Kit Kat just for one country?

Central News wants to know why we don't just start offshoring our prisoners? Has a distinguished history after all.

Know your rhyming slang? The  Englishman wants to know.

My London and Yours on Leonce and Lena, something of a Ruritanian play.

Philobiblon on the things that copy editors talk about to amuse themselves: teas and tissanes.

Islington Newmania makes very much the same point as The Trouble With Diversity. Packing the A List with women and minorities is all very well but if all are still public school and Oxbridge types who've never had a real job, what's the point?

EC1 Cruise Control on that Royal blunder about Quebec.

Certain pieces of ancient lore might indeed work, although not quite in the manner advocated.

From memes to gender identity and the American Revolution at Investigations of a Dog.

Gaian Economics appears to have discovered fractional reserve banking. There's a certain confusion thinking that it's zero reserve banking but despite this coming from the Green Party it could happily appear on Lew Rockwell.com.

Lady Bracknell investigates the petitions site and finds that not all are handbags.

The Purple Pen expands the family temporarily. March on the small battalions.

La Petite Anglaise would like to explain that it is indeed all in the wrist action.

And that's it for this week, more next, same time, same place and until then:

Toodle Pip!