British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has met his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh to discuss peace in the Middle...
The Lib Dems want ministers to take radical steps to encourage banks to help to struggling small and medium-sized...
Serving and former police officers, teachers and soldiers are listed as BNP members in a leaked...
Reading, chatting and texting are among the favourite activities of Britons on the toilet, a survey...
I've had some feedback from a couple of family members who read this blog, and it's not good. They are a little upset about my 'thanks, but no thanks to Christmas' post it would seem. What can I say ? Now, let me see, what was it Madonna said to her father during the Truth or Dare tour in 1991 when asked, "Can't you tone it down a bit " ? (he'd heard it was racy) to which she replied "No,...
UK inflation tumbled at a record pace in October to 4.5 %, down from the 16-year peak of 5.2 % in September, official figures showed yesterday. A sharp fall in transport costs, coupled with lower fuel and food prices, helped to push down the Consumer Price Index to the lowest rate since July. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, also fell from 2.2 % to 1.9 %, indicating that retailers are cutting prices in a bid to attract consumers into the shops as the British economy head towards recession. The bigger-than-expected fall in inflation helps to explain the Bank of England’s dramatic 1.5 % rate cut earlier this month as, until now, the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee hag been concerned about entrenching inflation in the economy if it cut rates too...
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband says that piracy around Somalia "is a grave danger to stability in the...
For the record.
It will surprise no-one that I’m not on the BNP list. As someone who’s liberal to a fault, I think it’s fair to say that the party is run by a group of hateful fucktards. That said, whoever leaked the list online, should be arrested for incitement to violence - or whatever else the police can pin on them.
One’s politics, however hateful and vindictive, should never be reason for violence. Whoever leaked this list must know of the damage it would do to the people featured on this list - many of whom, I’m sure, are frustrated with British politics, rather than being conscious racists or bigots.
I do hope this story will fizzle out without...
The full contact details of British National Party activists have been published...
A public inquiry into the death of Baby P is not ruled out, as new child protection plans are...
A doctor accused of trying to set off car bombs in London and Glasgow has told 'astonishing lies', a court has...
Deciding when children should be taken from...
'Pirates held a sword to the back of my...
The return of Mandelson to British politics has certainly increased the shrillness factor. Despite pledges of bi-partisanship in "facing this grave crisis", within a few weeks we are back to business as usual. Despite the blatant culpability of Gordon Brown- "no return to boom and bust" now sounds like a slightly off-colour Carry-On joke- the Conservatives have struggled to inflict further damage on the Labour government.There has been much discussion- not least amongst Conservatives- about why this could be. Some have pointed the finger at George Osborne. Certainly he has been guilty of some serious personal misjudgements- not least over the Corfu affair. It is also true that the timbre of his voice and his rather effete demeanour bring out the worst in even the least sensitive class...
How is our panel coping with current financial...
The Government is set to announce measures aimed at enhancing the protection of at-risk...
Advice about the legality of the Iraq war was fatally 'flawed', a former senior law lord...
Adcuz posted a photo:
My tripod failed half way through the exposure causing a ghost tree effect. Kind of works I...
Adcuz posted a photo:
Spent ages on this one. Couldn't bare it not making it to flickr so uploaded it anyway. Please ignore the...
Only 49% of recorded violent crimes in England and Wales were solved by the police last year, official figures...
A leading judge says he fears a conflict of interest as courts increasingly depend on income from...
The Daily Mail newspaper has decided that everyone in the UK should resign over various crises. From the Credit Crunch, the Ross/Brand telephone scandal, to failing local government services, Mail columnists led by Melanie Phillips have decided that it is time us all to fall on our swords.In an opinion piece in Monday's paper, Phillips explained that Britain's position has become untenable."We are all responsible for the mistakes of the 1960s generation. Gays, single mothers and immigrants are mostly to blame of course, but we are perhaps equally to blame for not spitting at them in the street anymore and allowing them to live their sordid, filthy lives in an atmosphere of peace and tolerance. Therefore it is now the duty of every one in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to...
Sir Paul McCartney is set to pick some more flesh off the bones of his former band with the release of ‘Carnival of Light’ a 14 minute jam recorded in 1967 that John Lennon and George Harrison thought was shit. McCartney, who hasn’t written a decent song since the early 1970s, has spoken to the media about the song in order to sell a few extra Beatles albums at Christmas, in the absence of a re-packaged “Best Of” this year containing all the same songs as the others. Walking along the street with his trademark man boobs and thumbs on display, the 66 year old one trick pony smiled and waved at reporters on his way to the bank to draw out some of his hundreds of millions of pounds. “It’s really cool man,” he told us. “This was just something we did for a laugh when we...
An NHS doctor accused of trying to set off car bombs in London and Glasgow admits he is a...
What is it like to live on a housing estate? The BBC has been spending time with people from the Seacroft estate in...
A growing number of people in the UK are injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug, a BBC investigation...
The UK has the third highest number of people registered with Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas, a BBC investigation...
Internet fraudsters sell complete financial identities for just £80, according to an online safety...
The debate on behaviour between old and...
More than half of people questioned in a survey say they believe young people act no better than...
