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Will Miliband blog about foreign affairs?
I did have some belief that Miliband's heart was in the right place as Environment Secretary, trying to undo some of the considerable wrongs created by his predecessor, the inept Margaret Beckett. She certainly deserved to get the push. Although...
The sad story of Grace
I heard a tragic story today about a young woman of 26 called Grace who visited her parents in Cambridge recently. For some reason she was pushing a car when she fell and landed flat on her chest. She later contracted pneumonia and died afterwards of septicaemia...
Blair’s Question Time may continue
Although Prime Minister's Question Time may have come to an end for Tony Blair, the police have also put more questions to him, possibly in the last week, in the cash-for-honours scandal. Could there be more to come? Could he be called as a key witness...
Robert Sturdy challenges EU mercury inconsistency
MEP Robert Sturdy has asked the European Commission to explain how it can justify enforcing the use of energy saving light bulbs which contain mercury, while at the same time banning barometers for this very same reason, an inconsistency which was...
The missing – Jessica Foster
Glendene Grant has asked me to publicise the case of her missing daughter, Jessica Foster, who was last seen in March 2006 in North Las Vegas when she was 21. She said: "We need to have everyone know who Jessie Foster is. We need to find her and bring her...
Cherie’s last words
Tony Blair's exit from 10 Downing Street will be immortalised by his wife's undignified final blast at the press: "I don't think I will miss you lot". If Cherie feels aggrieved about her media coverage, she has herself to blame. She started off with a clean...
Who would you call if your house was flooded?
Would you know who to call for help if your home suffered flooding on the same scale as in the Sheffield area? My first thought would be to ring fire brigade, but the chances are they may not be able to help. The excellent East Anglian Daily...
Why Quentin Davies is a dead duck
I watched Quentin Davies on Newsnight last night and what struck me most was how he had not even thought through his political future as a Labour MP. Asked if he was likely to stand as a Labour candidate in his constituency of Grantham and Stamford in the next general...
The missing – Raluca Denisa David
Raluca Denisa David mysteriously vanished this year on 25th May in Greece; poignantly, it was International Missing Children's Day. According to reports, the 13-year-old girl disappeared in Kypseli, Greece. I am not sure if this is Kypseli, in central Athens, or...