Before the election Vince Cable was one of the most-respected men in Parliament. A man of great maturity, exprience who had a level-headed view of reality. His rise to public awareness was on the back of the financial crisis which… Read More ›
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Julian Assange – narcissist who just “likes” women?
In his interview in the Times, Julian Assange is quoted as saying “I’m not promiscuous I just really like women”. This is almost as disingenuous and designed to obfuscate as Bill Clinton’s now classic comment about his intimacy with Monica… Read More ›
“Don’t travel unless it’s absolutely necessary!”
During this mini-Ice Age, as the media would describe it, some of us, in the forgotten Midlands, have seen no snow at all and are enjoying a pleasant and skid free run up to Christmas. Listening to the news you… Read More ›
One-Liner Week 19 December 2010
Richard Holbrooke, US Diplomat dies – most notably responsible for brokering the end of the Balkans way in mid-90’s. Councils announce cuts of between 5-10% in spending following the Spending Review Julian Assange of Wikileaks allowed out of Wandsworth Jail… Read More ›
Ed Miliband – the new Thought Police
I’ve always thought that Ed Miliband had that look about him of a slightly irritating, swatty, sixth-former who was clever and knew it. But in being so clever, lacks some social skills, exhibits awkwardness and is never part of the… Read More ›
No leaks please I’m Julian Assange!
The recently released Julian Assange gave an interesting interview to Kirsty Wark on Newsnight (16 December 2010) and did his best to avoid answering some simple questions; all very disappointing from someone who is the apostle of free speech –… Read More ›
Julian Assange: Wikileaks, Anonymous and Sex
There is something not quite right about this whole story, it bothers me but I can’t quite put my finger on it – time will tell and hopefully it will render some of the confusion with some clarity. It starts… Read More ›
One-Liner Week 12 December 2010
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is arrested on the grounds of sex charges brought by the Swedish authorities. He is in prison in the UK. Unlike the UK which is experiencing extremely low temperatures, Israel prays for rain after months… Read More ›
English Defence League – too Posh for Peterborough?
The EDL ventured to close their 2010 tour of England at the lovely cathedral city of Peterborough in the rural heartland of Cambridgeshire. It was news to me that this was a hotbed of radical Islam – although I was… Read More ›
Cancun Climate talks: Global Turd Polishing
After the debacle that was the Copenhagen Climate conference, there followed the Cancun conference attended by 20,000+ people which used as much energy as a small UK town uses in a whole year. The science on the subject is so… Read More ›