Those puzzled (and pleased?) by the silence of Catherine Ashton, our illustrious unelected European Union ‘high representative’ for foreign affairs, on the current situation in Libya, might care to look back to this article.
Catharine
Continue reading →On Thursday afternoon, in a back room of Parliament, history was made. A few MPs found themselves a backbone; they found a way in which they could exercise their Freedom of Speech and perform their ancient duty,
Continue reading →After the huge earthquake loads of foreigners are leaving Japan. Encouraged into panic mode by their respective governments telling them to leave because of the dangers of radiation poisoning.
When you have the
Continue reading →And two wrongs make a right, and other examples of common sense turned upside down.
A quorum of hawks was assembled and all agreed that even though they couldn’t afford the bullets, the right and proper
Continue reading →What is the date most closely identified with HM Revenue & Customs? Christmas Day? Boxing Day? Or perhaps April 6th – the start of the new tax year?
I would say April 6th, when new tax
Continue reading →Bristol is desperately in need of a truly Libertarian spirit on its local council.
Back in 2008, the council decided that the self employed taxi drivers who ply their trade running tourists round the city were
Continue reading →We’ve all seen it; those kitchens where they’ve caved in to the idea of environmental friendliness by combining a half-arsed version of “but halogen bulbs are more earth-friendly than the ones that were banned” with “I
Continue reading →Whilst it’s still St Patrick’s day (only just and for those of you reading this on Friday why weren’t you up reading this during the night with the dozen other readers), I thought it would be
Continue reading →One of the mysteries of blogging is ‘who are you actually addressing’? Who are the people responsible for the ‘hits’ on your site?
The only way I can write is to address Gloria and Saul –
Continue reading →Dear Mr Zuckerberg
“Thanks for your feedback. Over time, this information helps us deliver more relevant adverts to you.”
I don’t want relevant ads. In fact I don’t want ads at all. You’ve
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