Do you also think this is a rubbish idea?

Do you also think this is a rubbish idea?

One subject certain to arouse anger among householders is the fortnightly rubbish collection and fears over the vermin it attracts. Local newspapers have filled their letters and news pages several times over on this topic. Yet in spite of these very...
Meet "the sexiest man in Finland"

Meet "the sexiest man in Finland"

Do you recognise this smooth haired man with a certain je ne sais quoi mousy greyness? Does he strike you as the sexiest man in Finland, which is how   Jacques Chirac once famously described him? He is Matti Vanhanen, the...
Is Russia everyone’s best friend now?

Is Russia everyone’s best friend now?

Is Russia everyone’s best friend today? Will we notice the difference if our oil comes from Russia now it has secured a pipeline through to Greece? It wasn’t so long ago that it halted oil supplies to Belarus after imposing hefty price...

Who swindled who?

  A guest post by William Connolley.   There has been a vast amount of back and forth about the recent propaganda film “The Great Global Warming Swindle”. Two things have distressed me: that Channel 4 clearly have no interest in whether they...
Ambramovich, footloose and fancy free

Ambramovich, footloose and fancy free

So billionaire Roman Abramovich is now footloose and fancy free following his costly divorce, which we could be hearing much more about from his ex-wife. I wonder which country they divorced in, how many zeros are on the end of the cheque. I also wonder if he is...