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Who’s the boss?

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hillary Clinton’s totally understandable response to being asked at a press conference in her capacity as Secretary of State has provoked reporting about her ‘extraordinary outburst’ (e.g. The Times). What’s extraordinary about it other than the fact that most government figures would not expect to be asked for their spouses views on an important matter rather than their own? It [...]

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Happy 2nd Birthday! Pink and Proud

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Wow – Pink Tape is 2 years old. I confess I didn’t really think this far ahead when I made my first blog entry and landed on the name Pink Tape. I didn’t really think ahead at all – it seemed like a good idea at the time. But it’s been fun, and moderately successful, [...]

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The Fattened Calves

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am really pleased to see that from this week health visitors will be switching over to the World Health Organisation growth charts for measurement of infant growth. I have had one stuck in my boy’s red book for months, diligently plotting his growth on both the bottle fed based chart that officialdom requires and the WHO chart [...]

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In Train

Posted in stuff, tagged , on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A wealth of little family law stories in this morning’s Metro: ‘homebuyers returning to the market’- first time buyers apparently are out in force trying to bag a bargain, but of course a large number of them are likely to find it difficult to raise funds unless they have a hefty deposit. ‘police deal with 20,000 [...]

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Baby P

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It is really quite striking how much of a frenzy there is surrounding the tragic case of Baby P. I have made no effort in this blog to keep up with the astonishing amount of news coverage of the case and of the question of child protection generally – I have a full time job [...]

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Review of Family Law

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have yet to have the opportunity to look at this review headed up by IDS but those of you with spare time on your hands may wish to do so. P.S. Is this where the phrase ‘Guest parent’ has suddenly sprung from? I’ve certainly heard IDS on the radio this week opining about the [...]

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