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Congratulations Boris!
Why did so many leading PR agencies fail to accurately grasp the discontented mood of Londoners and predict that Boris Johnson would win the London Mayoralty contest? In an article for PR Week, only three out of 10 top agencies stated that they felt Boris stood a...
Brown’s Black Friday
All is quiet over at LabourHome. At 11.20 am, nobody had said a word yet about their sensational defeat yesterday, their last post still urges voters to back Ken. It's tired and weary, lacklustre and defeatist. I wonder what they will say about Labour's worst local...
Good luck Boris
Good luck Boris, it won't be long before London is blue. Let's hope Conservatives can win in Cambridge too where they do not have one seat, the city council is controlled by Lib Dems (28) followed by Labour (13).
Someone, somewhere knows what happened to Madeleine
It's an obvious statement, I know, but someone, somewhere knows what happened to Madeleine McCann. And maybe others too. I wonder how they can sleep at night knowing the torment her family is suffering. One year on from Madeleine's abduction, I'm afraid I believe the...
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?
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
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 food crisis....
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
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...