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Hospital consultants to visit patients at home
I'm not sure if this is what Rachel Joyce had in mind when she talked about localising the NHS on ConservativeHome today. Radical proposals for East Anglia could see up to 40% of outpatient hospital consultants visiting patients at home....
Would you let an expert analyse your handwriting?
You might try to fake your body language, but your handwriting won't fool the experts. George Osborne must have been over the moon when during a heated debate, an angry George Brown hurled some papers across the Commons and they landed in his lap. Little did...
Is there a good way to be fired?
It seems former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is very peeved at the way he was fired by George Bush. Sympathy for him is so strong that Rummy had a standing ovation at the American Spectator dinner last week to help heel his hurt feelings, regardless of his...
Should St George be ousted if England becomes independent?
As the momentum increases for England to become independent, will this add extra credence to a campaign to oust St George as England's patron saint and replace him with St Edmund? Should St George remain our patron saint if he never set foot in this country? Should we...
Boozy bloggers’ 40% discount
No need for booze cruises, as Neville Hobson points out, because Threshers is giving bloggers a whopping 40% discount on all wine and champagne bought between 30 November - 10 December. This offer is particularly novel as it is not being advertised or promoted...
How safe is the UK from further polonium attacks?
Alexander Litvinenko is believed to be the first known person to have died as a result of being administered a lethal radioactive cocktail of polonium 210. Investigators reckon it may have been smuggled into Britain. It can easily be carried around in a...
Would you break the Chatham House rules?
If you are attending a conference on freedom of information, secrecy, truth, lies and political spin, then the last thing you expect is for the Chatham House rules to be invoked. And, much to my astonishment, that is what happened yesterday. Could there be any greater...
Hans Blix urges Blair to rethink Trident weapons
Dr Hans Blix has urged Tony Blair to reconsider the UK's future commitment to Trident nuclear weapons. The chairman of The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission believes that they are not necessary, that they have had their day, that we should be "walking away from...
Will Alexander’s killers be found?
I was very saddened to hear of the death of exiled Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko. My two recent postings about him resulted in much anger from a Russian blogger when I pointed the finger at President Putin and the way he runs his country. I do not believe...