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Well done Barclays
It seems I have been a victim of online banking fraud. We are quick enough to criticise banks, but I would like to praise Barclays online for the excellent way they picked up on what happened to me so quickly. I had a scam email purporting to be from Barclays last...
The Passion Play
I missed Radio 4's highly acclaimed Passion Play last weekend, a tale of middle-aged boredom and and unmet desires, where flattery and attraction leads to a flurry of of lies and exhilarating thrills, to love, as well as the inevitable broken heart, I imagine. The...
Throwing a sickee
My son David came home early from school yesterday covered from head to toe in bumpy rashes, they are all over his body, as well as his face. The doctor instantly diagnosed them as Urticaria caused by an allergic reaction. They look very much like a heat rash....
Are you an organ donor?
I carry an organ donor card, and have given blood, but I don't want it to be legislated on a presumed consent basis, it should be a personal choice. This is a very emotive topic and is a decision an individual can make before his death so the next of kin does not have...
Robert Sturdy on rural roads and energy
My MEP Robert Sturdy has made headlines in two leading regional papers today. The Eastern Daily Press describes how hopes for a dual carriageway to span Norfolk as a major European route were scrapped surreptitiously by Eurocrats. Robert discovered this was because...
Conrad Black’s £1,200 biography
I know he's a fascinating man, but why does the biography of Conrad Black entitled Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour, by George Tombs cost a hefty £1,274.25 plus postage at Politicos where it is reduced from its normal price of £1,699? I don't imagine...
Drinking to destruction
I love statistics, but not these. Today we are shockingly told that 1,000 binge drinkers are hospitalised in Britain every day. This is a subject which is often on my mind since losing my friend Sue to drink, as well as Celia, who was found to be four...
Another PC World complaint
I decided to buy a flatscreen TV with my £100 vouchers from PC World after Lord Kalms took up my complaint following the poor service of their Tech Guys. I have just discovered that the one I bought, and was told by their staff would be perfectly suitable, an...
On the road to manhood
I love surprising people, and yesterday I surprised my 17-year-old son David by collecting him from the railway station after school with L plates on my car. He was to drive home. David couldn't wait to get behind the wheel. We zig-zagged around the car park a bit...