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My bouquet of the week goes to Madrid
I've never understood why fashion designers believe clothes look better hung on waif-like models. So my bouquet of the week goes to the organisers of Madrid Fashion Week who are banning skinny women to develop a more healthy image. Have you ever noticed skinny...
Chris Mole MP and that letter
Maybe Ipswich MP Chris Mole was thinking about this when he joined colleagues and quit his post, urging Tony Blair to step down sooner rather than later. With up to 1,000 predicted job losses in Suffolk's health service over the next two years, and the severe impact...
Blair urged to protect our children from abductors
I know Tony Blair has a lot on his mind at the moment, but I hope he makes time soon to discuss child snatchers with John Reid - and makes it a top priority. Amazingly, strangers who abduct or try to snatch children are not placed on the Sex Offenders' Register and...
Should London’s rubbish be dumped in Cambridgeshire?
London's landfill sites will soon be filled to capacity so the Government plans to dump it in Cambridgeshire where the local authority has excelled itself with achieving the UK's top recycling rate. The plan could see 5.7 million tonnes of commercial, industrial and...
Would you give your body to medical research?
Would you take part in drugs trials, particularly bearing in mind the fate of six men who ended up in intensive care? I imagine the number of volunteers has since plummeted dramatically, and tonight's debate in Norwich is aimed at increasing this. It is part of the...
Michael Gove is wrong about blogs
I know Michael Gove is a very clever man and a good writer, but he should realise that not everyone is gifted in the same way. His column in today's Times is harsh on those that don't meet his literary standards. I share Michael's admiration of Iain's blog,...
My Dell nightmare
Geoff told me that following Dell's recent spate of bad press, the company would be sharply tuned into blogs that reported problems so it could react immediately. I bought a Dell laptop which turned out to be a nightmare. It has repeatedly overheated...
Cameron is latest in long line to woo India
India must be brimming with pride knowing how many political leaders and countries across the world want to share a slice of their economy's success. Why successful Asians have even been passing on some of their tips to us. What has happened to our flagship British...
Can we please have an Ofsted for railways?
I am delighted to see that it is highly likely we will belatedly be doing our bit like Arnie to combat climate change, the warnings have been ignored for too long. Maggie tried in vain 16 years ago to put this on the worldwide agenda. Today, warnings about global...