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The best Birmingham can come up with instead is middle-of-the-road pop

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The best Birmingham can come up with instead is middle-of-the-road pop.We suggest that delegates should have been given time to stroll along Gas Street Basin by the side of the canal and hop on a barge for a leisurely trip round the city's waterways. Brummies never fail to point out that their city has more miles of canal than Venice.There is only one place to go for dinner - the city's balti belt. The best restaurants are in Sparkbrook and it's a case of bring your own beer.But sadly for the heads of government, they will see none of that. The Palace - which had been attacked for "toadying sycophancy" by the outspoken canon - delivered a most unsubtle hint that the Extra Chaplain's resignation might be in order.

Certainly, if offered, it appeared that it would be accepted with grateful alacrity. A Palace spokesman commented on Canon James's declaration that it was time "for a profound reflection upon, and reconsideration of, the role of the monarch", with the statement: "How he reconciles these comments with his position as Extra Chaplain to the Queen is a matter for him."But Canon James said yesterday that he had no intention of resigning from his post "I want to agree that it's my own affair," he said "I stand by all I've said. An hour later a 38-year-old man was shot on both knees and both ankles in Republican West Belfast. Both the men were yesterday recovering in hospital, and police sources blamed paramilitaries for the shootings.. CANON Eric James, an Extra Chaplain to the Queen, yesterday stood by his controversial remarks about the merits of an elected head of state, despite a frosty response from Buckingham Palace. Yesterday, the movement's headquarters received a stream of insulting and sexist telephone calls from detractors stating the women should know their place.More importantly, it faces serious financial problems.

The organisation had received a grant in the past from a trust for its work in the education and empowerment of women. But electoral laws prohibit receiving such aid for political work.Two men were the victims of punishment shootings in Belfast. The non-Sectarian group, founded two years ago by two women - one Catholic, one Protestant - went on to achieve international acclaim for its role in the peace talks, with Senator George Mitchell saying the agreement would not have been possible without them. The co-founders of the Coalition, Monica McWilliams, a social scientist, and Pearl Sagar, a social worker, are expected to be among the candidates who will stand at the election due to be held following the referendum on 22 May.Many observers expected the group would be wound up after the Stormont accord was reached. At around 10.30 on Thursday evening a 26-year-old man was abducted at a Loyalist area in the north of the City and shot in the right leg. Instead, it has doubled its membership to 500,with support increasing by the day.However, entering the political arena has led to problems. In Wandsworth, where council tax was cut last month, the voters gave the Conservative majority five extra seats.. THE Northern Ireland Women's Coalition yesterday made an impassioned plea for a "yes" vote in the coming referendum, and also announced its intention to field candidates in the subsequent elections for a new Assembly.

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