Gerry Adams becomes a blog
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized Gerry Adams Sinn Fein President and devil lookalike Gerry Adams has started blogging. There’s one that won’t be appearing in my blogroll links! Worth noting however is the truly odd way Mr Adams refers to himself in the third person so often. Sure si...

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions - he had money too.
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized Archbishop of Canterbury Business & Economics Church of England Tax Dr Rowan Williams said that taxation should not be seen as a way of stifling business or redistributing wealth but helping to make the world a better place in which to live. He called for new levies to be introduced on financial transactions and carb...

Are Labour going to do a Jedward
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized Gordon Brown Jedward John and Edward Labour Politics X Factor Labour’s poster depicting David Cameron and George Osbourne as the so bad they’re funny X Factor twins John and Edward (”Jedward”) with the tagline “You won’t be laughing if they win” has got a good deal of p...

Against All Odds
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized Labour has released a rather nicely put together video of its airbrushed version of history. Yes, it skips the 70’s. With a Guinness-type narration and Hovis-type soundtrack, it’s a slick bit of marketing. Such a shame it’s content...

Nick Griffin poses by wrong way up Union Flag
on Nov 14, 2009 in Politics BNP The Union Flag… How do you fly yours, Mr Griffin? …The wrong way up evidently. Doesn’t every true patriot know how to fly the flag properly?

If we are to ask our soldiers to Be The Best, then we must BUY The Best
on Jul 11, 2009 in Politics Afghanistan Armed Forces Army Defence War On Terror It has been a bad week. Eight British soldiers died in Afghanistan in just 24 hours. Their deaths take the number of troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 184; five higher than the 179 killed in Iraq. It has been the most high intensity fightin...

If we are to ask our soldiers to Be The Best, then we must BUY The Best
on Jul 11, 2009 in Politics Afghanistan Armed Forces Army Defence War On Terror It has been a bad week. Eight British soldiers died in Afghanistan in just 24 hours. Their deaths take the number of troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 184; five higher than the 179 killed in Iraq. It has been the most high intensity fightin...

Economic Scrabble (recession edition)
on Jul 1, 2009 in Money Politics Business & Economics Recession First we talked about whether there would be a recession. Then we talked about who was to blame. Then we talked about what to do about it. There then followed a not so brief interlude during which ice creams and refreshments (including Hobnobs and...

Economic Scrabble (recession edition)
on Jul 1, 2009 in Money Politics Business & Economics Recession First we talked about whether there would be a recession. Then we talked about who was to blame. Then we talked about what to do about it. There then followed a not so brief interlude during which ice creams and refreshments (including Hobnobs and...

David Maclean proves need for reform of Parliament
on Jun 28, 2009 in Politics Conservative David Maclean Westminster The Conservative Penrith and the Border MP David Maclean is to step down at the next General Election because his multiple sclerosis has worsened this year. The MP was taken by ambulance this week with the support of two medics to vote for a new Comm...