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What is Abramovich spending his millions on next?
Has Roman Abramovich tired of buying footballers? Or does he want to spend a few spare million on a new hobby - racehorses? I popped down the road to Tattersalls in Newmarket yesterday to watch the yearlings sell for hundreds of thousands of guineas, just loose change...
Will the French conker us?
Hard to believe, but it seems the French hope to beat us at our own game - conkers! While our nanny state is intent on banning this favourite pastime from our local schools, our European neighbours have been hammering away at it in great style. Mais oui, they even...
Professionals must get on with the job
Allowing a police officer with a political/religious conscience to be excused from an assignment where he felt "uncomfortable" may be seen as very generous of the Met. All citizens have personal views, but have to continue working professionally and keep them in...
Julian gathers support for child abductors to be added to sex register
Julian Sturdy is gathering support to plug the legal loophole regarding strangers who abduct children, or attempt to, and are currently not placed on the Sex Offenders' Register He raised this issue today with Shadow Children's Minister Tim Loughton at the...
How many more fake honours have been given?
I find it hard to believe that Michael Eke is the only conman/woman to be bestowed an honour by the Queen. His may have been the first case to be discovered, but how thoroughly are these applications checked? If it hadn't been for his greed and his incredible...
UKIP spoof of Cameron weblog
Well UKIP did fail to make it into Iain's guide to political blogging; not sure if he plans to head off to their party conference and offer them advice on the social media. So it seems UKIP's way of breaking into this latest viral form of communication is to present a...
So much to say, so little time
We are back at Great Ormond Street Hospital today, David has just had one week of pain since our last appointment, let's see what the tests come up with today, though his progress certainly looks promising, just very slow as he has been taking very strong...
Jeffrey Archer and bloggers "full-bloodied guerilla campaign"
When Jeffrey launched his blog, I'm sure he realised it would expose him to potential abuse, as well as a few jokes. And it appears some bloggers have had their fair share of fun along these lines. Only now, according to Sunday Times columnist Bryan Appleyard, it is...
Government should repay pensioners for private flu vaccine
Our elderly and vulnerable population deserve better than this. Reports that GPs will not have sufficient flu vaccines until the end of the year is disgraceful. As a result, pensioners may be forced into buying the vaccine privately from local supermarkets . This is...