Snap happy Curly and photo laws

Snap happy Curly and photo laws

A guest post by Curly who was shocked to become a police suspect after innocently taking pics at a funfair: This guest post highlights an issue I feel strongly about and and has recently been featured by the media, including the BBC, Amateur Photography, Radio 5 Live,...
How could Rosemarie Fritzl know nothing?

How could Rosemarie Fritzl know nothing?

I find it impossible to believe that the mother of imprisoned Elisabeth Fritzl had no idea that something strange was happening in her house. How could her evil husband, Josef Fritzl, 73, sneak in food and clothing for his daughter and three captive children over 24...
Robert Sturdy and food shortages

Robert Sturdy and food shortages

This is my MEP Robert Sturdy’s report following last week’s sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He raises a good point about increased prices of fertilisers, many poor farmers are unable to afford it and this further exacerbates the global...
Obesity in the 18th century

Obesity in the 18th century

Obesity might be the scourge of the modern age. But I wonder if anyone in the UK today can beat the record of Daniel  Lambert who, in the 18th century, tipped the scales at a staggering 52 stone 11lbs! His waist measured an awesome 9ft 4 in. Daniel maximised on...
The beginning of food rationing

The beginning of food rationing

Rice rationing has begun to bite in Britain and the US only a couple of days after my post on food security. In Britain rice is being rationed by shopkeepers in Asian neighbourhoods to prevent hoarding. Tilda, the biggest importer of basmati rice, said that its buyers...