If the Libdem are to decide in my opinion they are closer to the Labour party

I think the Liberal Democrats are closest to the labour party because the agree on alot of things. For instance:
Election reforms, new reforms on the House of Lords, eco-friendly jobs and so on.
However, the do not agree on Immigrationpolitics and the army.
I think that David Cameronis going to be the new prime minister in the UK

The Blind Side

Previously this week, we watched the movie "the Blind Side".

The movie tells the story of "Big Mike" who is a poor african-american teenager, who struggles with school and can't find a place where he belongs in this world.

Sandra Bullock plays the role of the mother that takes Big Mike into her home, feeds and clothes him. He quickly finds out that he is a natural talent in football because of his size and his protective instincts. It moved along quickly and pulled me into the story and left me feeling inspired. The youngest son, S.J., did an amazing job! The character of Mike I think could have used a few more lines, even if he's supposed to be shy and reserved.

It's a light entertaining pick me up film that would be an excellent choice to bring the family to, most likely the reason why they released it over the Holidays..

The First TV Debate In The UK

Nick Clegg:

Taxes, better schools. Do something different

Immigration: control who is coming in, and know when they leave. Go to a location/region where you are needed. Only let them in if they are needed.

Law and Order:

More police on the streets, stop the young offenders from becoming the hardened criminals of tomorrow.

Make the criminals make up for their sins, apologize to the victim.

Credibility after the scandal:

Everybody must come clean. Make the politicians take responsibility for their actions.

Gordon Brown:

Protect schools, work

Immigration:

control and manage. Only get workers in jobs that England needs. Tightening on visa programs. Strong boarders, immigration falls (Gordon likes this)train people up, so they don't need immigrants.

Law and Order:

80% of the police time to be on the streets, parents are responsible to follow up on their kids if they do something bad.

Make the police more local. Spend more money on the police.

Credibility after the scandal:

Gordon was shocked. Former MP's that were stealing should not be able to become MP's again.

David Cameron:

Change, taxes

Immigration: Border police, stronger boarders. Stop illegal immigration.

Law and Order:

Get drug addicts of the streets and into treatment. Cut the funding for police.

Credibility after the scandal:

Make the MP's pay up the money that they have spent, and make them apologize.

The importance of TV debates in the upcoming election in UK

Getting the debates on TV will be a great improvement for some or all of the different parties. This is a great way to get publicity.

The TV debates in the upcoming election are to be held with the same model as in the US. There will be held three 90-minute debates during the general election campaign, the first on ITV1, the second on Sky News and the last on BBC One.

Half of each debate will have a theme: the first will be about domestic affairs including health and education. The second will focus on international matters. The last will concentrate on the economy.

The second half of each session will be "free debate."

Each leader will be able to make a 60-second opening statement to each debate.

The use of television advertising in political campaigns has often been criticized for "lowering the level" of political discourse. Watchers claim that television fosters drama and visual imagery, leading to a concentration on candidate images instead of policy issues.

Question Time 24th of February

Question Time is an opportunity for MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask government ministers questions. These questions are asked at the start of business in both chambers and are known as 'oral questions'. The Prime Minister answers questions in the Commons every Wednesday.

Gordon Brown was debating in a controlled, non-threatening manner. He obviously had a sense of humour, and he used this against his opponents to make them look stupid. He seemed really self-secure and confident. His statements had a lot of credibility amongst his fellow MP`s.

Most politicians use an active body language to make their statements appear stronger, and Gordon Brown is no exception. During the debate, he kept using his hands as gestures to emphasize his statements, and this seemed to have an effect on the other MP`s.

It didn`t seem like David Cameron had prepared very well, because it seemed like he was more focused on criticizing Gordon Brown, than making his own statements clear. He frequently made fun of the way Brown is governing, and he kept repeating the same questions. Cameron seemed to have an agenda to make Brown lose credibility, but Brown didn`t really seem to care about his attempted funny remarks.

At times, the debate got really heated, and The Speaker had to interrupt and calm them down. He explained that the MP`s was acting inappropriately by shouting and calling names. The MP`s seemed to respect The Speaker`s authority, so they calmed down on his request.

In the forthcoming election we predict an intense debate between Gordon Brown and David Cameron, but the outcome of the election is hard to predict, so we will leave the speculations to someone else.

A thing that Liz Blackman wants to focus on is cancer. Cancer is fatal when not treated, and it is important for Liz that the government focuses on the importance of cancer and the treating of cancer. Gordon Brown agrees that this is an important theme, and he mentions some policies that some of the MP's are against, and he expresses his eagerness on the theme.

Woking together in a new way

In today's class we worked a little different than usuall. We divided the class into 5 groups; Front desk, researchers, journalists, teachers and designers. The assignments were divided like this:

1. Front desk, responsibilities: divide material, prioritize, approve material, give time limits , talk to all group
2. Research group, find material, and send to front desk, journalists, teachers and designers
3. Journalists, write blogs, and send to front desk, teachers, designers
4. Teachers, make rubrics with criteria for testing, write test questions
5. Designers, make Glogs and Photostory with material

I was at the front desk, so I didn't see all the material all the time, but I had a good clue of what it looked like.
The reason why we are doing this is because we are going to have a small test next tuesday, so we're making it now. It will be exciting to see the results because we are all making the test, and we are making it together. In theory we should all get straight a's, but I'm not so sure if that is what's going to happen.

The Road

In our social studies class we are reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The book was released in 2006, and became a smashing hit and an international bestseller.
The book is buildt up with a lot of paragraphs, this makes it special because I can't remember reading any other books with that many paragraphs.

In the book we follow a man and his son, they are simply referred to as "the man" and "the boy". I think the author did this because there are not so many other carachters that we need to relate to, so he kept it simple. The main plot in the story is that the man and the boy are trying to get to the coast, the man is not sure why, but he think thats the best place to be. The world is destroyed and there's ashes everywhere, the book doesn't say anything about what may have happened, but I think there has been an atombomb or a meteor or something similar.

From the first pages and untill about the fiftieth, nothing special happens. The man and the boy just walks around, describing the surroundings, but amazingly it doesn't get boring. Im currently on page 53, but I'm reading all the time so the page number changes quickly.

This post is a work in progress, and I will update it often throughout the book.