Yates and Downing Street
Today’s Observer carries the story of yesterday’s arrest of Ruth Turner. Downing street was plunged into a full-scale war with the police yesterday after senior […]
Month: January 2007
Meta Ethics
Via Notsaussure, this bit of fun. I think I go along with Queenminx in that I don’t take these things too seriously… Anyway, I’m a […]
Ann Rossiter Gets it Wrong
According to Anne Rossiter writing in Talk is Cheap* Comment is Free, the government’s obsessive control freakery is nothing more than an attempt to get […]
Tax Returns
Those of you who, like me, are self-employed have until the end of this month to get those tax returns in. My accountant has forwarded […]
Quote of the Day
A commenter on Mr E’s blog called “goldfish” discussing the truly appalling Big Brother programme on Channel 4: Big Brother appears to be the ultimate […]
More English Parliament Matters
Following on from my post of the other day, it would seem that more and more Britons favour the idea of an English parliament. Most […]
Vive La Royaume Uni et France
Those dusty old archives do reveal some fascinating stuff. Who would have believed that a couple of years before I was born the French were […]
Intrusive Questioning
Via the Devil’s Kitchen, this: A Neighbourhood Watch Association faces being evicted from the police station where it operates unless its members reveal their sexuality […]
That Accursed West Lothian Question
Peter Whale commenting yesterday on the fingerprinting post attempted to derail me with the West Lothian question. Given that Gordon Brown is currently talking about […]
Maintenance
Some while back I was asked about the slow loading of this blog and the interminable links in the side-bar. Well, I’ve been tinkering under […]