Mr Rathbone - or Quentin Letts as he sometimes likes to be called - seems to have it in for Clegg, presumably as Nick has been blocking the more right-wing, homophobic, misogynistic and generally oppressive policies that Quentin and his fans would like to see.
There were 298 applications for CRB checks that used the little-known "transgender applications process" last financial year. (April 2010 - March 2011) That sounds like quite a lot, but is it as many as we’d expect?
It’s brilliant. With her views on abortion, sex education and approach to factual content on blogs, nobody could possibly expect Nadine Dorries of being a sleeper agent for the LibDems. But apparently she is.
The not so gay blood donation ban is not quite lifted
First of all, it’s! No, I’m not ranting about Trans exclusion this time, but a wider issue - it banned bisexual men too, but lesbians are OK. It’s a ban on donations from men who have had sex with men. Or MSM, for short, because that’s a bit of a mouthful.
Australian passport clarification - no "X" markers for trans folk
There is quite a bit of misreporting over the situation with "X"/Unspecified markers on Australian passports that has recently been announced. To clear up the situation, there’s a very good post. The short version is that there are two options.
The government is dealing with the black hole by cutting £5 billion from the budget, with just over 20,000 posts going - less than the total size of the Territorial Army.