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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...
Can Cameron win over Jane Horrocks?
As they sat opposite each other this morning on Andrew Marr's BBC Politics' Show, I wonder if David Cameron was canny enough to invite Jane Horrocks along to the Conservative Party conference. He did, after all, invite fellow guest Glenys Kinncock who had to head off...
The night I met my blogging friends
If you usually spend Friday nights blogging, you may have noticed it was a bit quiet on the Tory front last night. That's because we met up in London. A few bloggers had arranged to get together for a pre-conference drink, and distance was no...