Corporate Manslaughter
One of my colleagues drew my attention to this case today: The geotechnical firm which employed a man killed when taking soil samples from a building […]
Month: April 2009
The French Say “Non”
The French tend to have something of a reputation when it comes to saying “no”. Sometimes they are wrong-headed in so doing, which is why, generally, […]
Why HMG Wants to Spy on Your Emails
According to that egregious control freak and bully boy, John Reid, it is to protect us from nasty people. In May 2007, Sana Ali was […]
Logical Somersaults
Via the Devil’s Kitchen, I can’t quite make out whether this is a clever troll or a witless fruitcake… I have asked the Netherlands Interior Ministry […]
St George’s Day
And lest we forget…
Pistachio Nuts, Budgets and Young ‘Uns Today
I’ve been sitting in on a training course today, observing the trainer. The delegates were a group of young men of around eighteen years old. […]
The Budget
There’s not much to say on this one – all too predictable, even the “screw the rich” socialist politics of envy. Seriously, anyone wealthy enough […]
Mawkish Displays of Grief
JuliaM comments on the sickening display of sentimentality in Liverpool two decades after Hillsborough. Well, yes, but last year Manchester United out did them by […]
A Considered Response
The Flying Rodent has commented at some length on a previous post. As I’ve been busy coming back to the UK, I haven’t had the […]