Plans to oust St George as England’s saint

Plans to oust St George as England’s saint

A campaign has been launched today to oust St George as England’s patron saint and replace him with St Edmund, who was the country’s original saint before he was toppled. It is strongly felt St Edmund should be reinstated and a petition is being...
Conservative MEPs take on Spanish fishing fleet

Conservative MEPs take on Spanish fishing fleet

Conservative MEPs led by the erudite Struan Stevenson will take on the might of the Spanish fishing fleet this week to ban the cruel practice of removing fins from the Mediterranean blue shark. The World Conservation Council have announced that blue sharks are now an...
Charles Clarke and those "ill-advised" words

Charles Clarke and those "ill-advised" words

Did he mean it, or didn’t he? And did the presence of Ed Balls induce sacked Home Secretary Charles Clarke into admitting he was wrong about saying those nasty things about Gordon Brown. Clarke effectively conceded that his savage personal attack on the...
Sam Mendes film exploiting the homeless

Sam Mendes film exploiting the homeless

I’m sure award winning producer Sam Mendes has no idea that homeless people recruited as extras for his latest film are being way paid below the going rate. The film makers probably think that £50 a day is fortune for these down and outs, compared to the basic...
The best kiss of all

The best kiss of all

Well it is almost as good as the real thing, Rodin’s stunningly erotic statue of The Kiss, now on show at The Royal Academy of Arts. It seems fitting to give it a plug today, my wedding anniversary. I’m not sure whether my husband Stephen would have said...