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Will the Government warm up to tackling climate change?
I wonder how long will it take Tony Blair to form his Carbon Committee. Who will it compromise of? Will it seek world leading experts or rely on community focus groups, just like its derided advisory nuclear waste power group, the Committee on Radioactive...
Who do you think won our Olympic bid?
I rubbed shoulders with a few of the UK's top entrepreneurs yesterday, including the much-friendlier-in-the-flesh Doug Richard, of Dragon's Den fame, and the angelic looking Sahar Hashemi, who introduced us to trendy coffee bars. They shared the trials and...
Should protesting pensioners be jailed?
The chances are that defiant pensioner Richard Fitzmaurice, 75, won't stay in prison for too long before a generous do-gooder pays his outstanding council tax bill. Anyway, John Reid might need the cell for a more deserving case, such as a robber or rapist, a real...
Foster family make national press
The Mott family have today made national headline news after being rejected as foster parents for saying the words "white foreigner", which was highlighted on my blog last week. It is a page lead story in The Daily Express today, with two photos of the family. Many...
Shame of Government paying criminals for suffering "cold turkey"
It's a shameful day when a weak-willed Government has to pay 198 convicted criminals compensation for stopping them taking drugs while in jail. Why couldn't the Home Office stand up to them instead of caving in? I'm all for human rights, but not when it...
Sexist football manager deserves what he gets
Would sexist football manager Mike Newell have complained about women referees if his side had won their match? Would he have been praising Amy Newell's Rayner brilliant on-line decision making skills, the off-side rule and all that, had Luton been triumphant? An...
I would love to join Virgin’s space mission
I admit I'm not too good on the white knuckle rides, and I screamed the whole time on Disney's Space Mountain, but I would still love to join passengers on Virgin's Galactic space mission. Princess Bea is fortunate enough to have a super rich boyfriend who has invited...
Who will be the next King or Queen of the Jungle?
It's certainly not meant for wimps, and contestants know exactly what they are letting themselves in for with "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here". If you can't stomach eating cockroaches, or sleeping with tarantulas, then stay at home. But how much of it is fixed,...
I made my TV debut this evening
You just never know whose reading your blog. And so it was that a normal day ended with me taking a late afternoon call from BBC News 24 asking me to appear on TV within a couple of hours to talk about Jon Snow's refusal to wear a poppy while reading the news. I had...