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Dear Sally, if only we could turn the clock back
A letter to Sally Clark, whose death at her home has just been announced. Dear Sally, I can't imagine there is one mother in the country who didn't share your sense of anguish, your feeling of abandonment and utter bewilderment, as well as the deep grief you...
Robert Sturdy’s View from Strasbourg
Each month, I issue a report for MEP Robert Sturdy following the extortionate and costly monthly sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg which is sent to the local press, I thought you might like to see the latest one. View...
Do you also think this is a rubbish idea?
One subject certain to arouse anger among householders is the fortnightly rubbish collection and fears over the vermin it attracts. Local newspapers have filled their letters and news pages several times over on this topic. Yet in spite of these very...
Meet "the sexiest man in Finland"
Do you recognise this smooth haired man with a certain je ne sais quoi mousy greyness? Does he strike you as the sexiest man in Finland, which is how Jacques Chirac once famously described him? He is Matti Vanhanen, the...
Is Russia everyone’s best friend now?
Is Russia everyone's best friend today? Will we notice the difference if our oil comes from Russia now it has secured a pipeline through to Greece? It wasn't so long ago that it halted oil supplies to Belarus after imposing hefty price rises. At...
Who swindled who?
A guest post by William Connolley. There has been a vast amount of back and forth about the recent propaganda film "The Great Global Warming Swindle". Two things have distressed me: that Channel 4 clearly have no interest in whether they broadcast truth...
Ambramovich, footloose and fancy free
So billionaire Roman Abramovich is now footloose and fancy free following his costly divorce, which we could be hearing much more about from his ex-wife. I wonder which country they divorced in, how many zeros are on the end of the cheque. I also wonder if he is...
Nuclear power stations risk being flooded
Greenpeace could have something here, nuclear power stations built along the coast in East Anglia are at risk of being flooded if sea levels rise as predicted. These are the findings of a study by the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University...
Why is my blog banned in China?
I have never considered myself a rebel, but it appears that by blog has been banned in China, according to this test. Why not try it yourself and see if you will join me in isolation. So why do you think I have been banned? Nobody swears on my blog, we have...