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Jeremy, out in Africa
Guest blogger today is Jeremy Jacobs writing about his cathartic trek in the Maasai foothills to boost funds for the breast cancer campaign following the tragic young death of his sister Jackie. How have you marked the death of someone close? My family...
Zero tolerance for Ipswich prostitutes
Three months on from the terrible murders of the five Ipswich prostitutes, police and council chiefs are planning the biggest ever crackdown aimed at ridding the town of its red-light district. Plans being drawn up include stricter use of Asbos against...
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...