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A walk with Grant Shapps this Sunday
It hopefully won't be long before Patricia Hewitt gets sacked as Health Secretary in a radical Cabinet shake-up after Tony Blair hands over to his successor. People up and down the country are campaigning to save their vital health services from savage cuts or...
My new social networking site
I have just signed up to a new social networking site aimed at communicators on the recommendation of the very highly esteemed Neville Hobson. It is being developed as a hot spot for journalists too. It is certainly unique and fills a niche. MyRagan.com was...
A disappointing night of decadence
If you heard that Rowan Pelling, the celebrated former editor of The Erotic Revue, was staging a Decadent Cabaret, what would you expect? I think others like me were hoping for something teasing and provocative, something splendid to the eye that was...
Much hard work still to do
Conservatives triumphantly snatched eight seats from the failing Lib Dems ( and one Independent) at the City of York Council - and narrowly missed a ninth . It was a great endorsement for Julian Sturdy, the parliamentary Conservative candidate for the...
Are you a psychopath?
Answer the following question to discover if you a psychopath, it is not a trick question: A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she...
Will Gordon recycle landfill tax money back to Cambridgeshire?
Landfill tax increases of £8 per tonne a year could mean an extra £1.4 million of Cambridgeshire taxpayer's money ending up in Government coffers. Robert Sturdy MEP, who sits on the Environment Committee, is urging Gordon Brown to plough this extra money back...
Will Blair be the only party leader to step down?
Following Lib Dems appalling results last night, will Tony Blair be the only party leader to step down shortly? Or will he be followed by Menzies Campbell, who has failed to inspire anyone with his leadership? Last night's results were a great stepping stone...
Conservative women and arranged marriages
Thankfully, new laws to protect women from being forced into arranged marriages should be introduced by the end of the year. Victims could even sue for damages. I only hope all the legal technicalities have been considered, like if the marriage...
Maggots and modern medicine
It has to be one of the cheapest health cures around - using flesh eating maggots to help successfully treat MRSA patients in record time. But is there really no alternative from today's high-tech modern medicine? Some sceptics would ask if they were...