What is Big Society?
The Beeb has a piece on the big society today. It is a “coral reef” and we are the fishes. It is the hidden hand […]
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The DVLA Get it Right(ish)
Noting Sadbutmadlad’s comment over at Anna Racoon’s about the DVLA, I have to relate a positive experience today. Yes, really. We are bringing back three […]
What Part of…
…it’s illegal do these twats not comprehend? Plans for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales are to be announced by ministers. Shops […]
More Anti-Smoker Nonsense
It seems not a day passes without some report or other that tells us how dreadful smoking is and we’re all gonna die. The anti-smoker […]
Scare Story Du Jour
Apparently, smoking is so dangerous that it causes damage in minutes of taking that first drag. Smoking damages the body in minutes rather than years, […]
Gazundering
Noticed over at Mark Wadsworth’s place. This: Is gazundering fair game? Selection Votes Yes 86% 251 No 13% 38 Other, please specify. 1% 3 […]
Red Ed’s Message
According to the Millipede minor, the voters of Oldham and Saddleworth have sent a message to government. The Labour leader said the party’s win in […]
General Silliness
Sometimes people can be inadvertently amusing. On my arrival back in the UK in November, I became pissed off at the plethora of junk mail […]
Excuses, Excuses
Following the gaoling of Edward Woollard, Deborah Orr thinks he was given too harsh a punishment. Geoffrey Rivlin QC has given Edward Woollard a “deterrent sentence”. […]