London calling….. but whose phone is it?

I read a particularly interesting article in todays Metro which was along the lines that people should report anyone suspcious who happens to own more than one mobile.
Well its’s curtains for me then! I must be in the top terror category because I have loads of handsets. Now that’s because I am a gadget freak. [...]

Live a moral life

On Friday we finally completed on our new house. I am still left believing the house buying and selling process leaves alot to be desired - but that’s another story!
Now I’m not one of those environmental fundamentalists, far from it, however one of the first things I did, was to replace all of the oridinary [...]

Land of the Free…

I’m in the States at the moment. While negotiating the San Diego freeway I passed a monster SUV, populated by a single lycra-clad, Super-Size fed woman. The tailgate was festooned with Stars and Stripes stickers - and one saying ‘United States of America – Land of the Free’.
Of course one should not slag off one’s [...]

Comforting spectacle of a Labour nationalisation

There was something comforting about a Labour government nationalising Northern Rock – it’s the natural order of things. Come to think of it, even Harold Wilson never got as far as the banks. He stuck at steel.  But will the two little words Northern and Rock become as resonant for New Labour as Black and [...]

Things can only get better…..

Early one December morning in 1956 a battered motor launch called Granma - named after its original American owner’s grandmother - bumped ashore in the swampy mangroves deep in Cuba’s sleepy south-east. 
Few of the 82 bedraggled, unshaven men blinking uncertainly in the tropical light foresaw the dawn of a communist Cuba. Even their supremely self-confident [...]

We all damage the environment - some more than others

I read the article at the weekend by Environment Minister Phil Woolas on the subject of how it was immoral for us to drink bottled water, and I have to say a small part of me was really pleased.
Now personally I’m not one for bringing morals into politics. I mean – I think its immoral [...]

What cost democracy?

The Taxpayers Alliance should no longer be regarded as “one to watch” in terms of campaigning groups, as it has already made it’s mark in the political world under Matthew Elliotts stewardship.
They have recently highlighted the case of Bournemouth Council, whose cabinet recently approved a pay deal which included a 36% increase for the Deputy [...]

Unlawful killing - tacky debating

“To send soldiers into a combat zone without basic equipment is unforgivable, inexcusable, and a breach of trust between the soldiers and those who govern them.”
That was the verdict of a coroner on the death of Captain James Philippson, 29, of 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery who was shot dead during a firefight with [...]

Ministry for stating the bleeding obvious

Why do some people have the propensity to state nothing but the bleeding obvious? You know, like when you go into a shop soaking to the bone from a downpour and someone tells you it’s raining outside.
The Government often appears to be the prime offender in this area. It wouldn’t surprise me if following the [...]

Last call for alcohol…?

Now I’ve always been led to believe that Ken Morrison was a man after my own heart, in that he wasn’t prone to wasting money and that every sale counted at his Morrisons supermarket.
 
Things may however be changing. It seems as though one product may now be harder to purchase than it previously was, as [...]