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Farmer profits by dealing in death
Where will these gallows end up? A Suffolk farmer who diversified into building gallows is attracting huge support in the UK, including several high-ranking police officers. Is this something we should be concerned about? The gallows are exported to dictators Robert...
Why Prescott should be sacked
What exactly is the DPM juggling? Stripped of his department, John Prescott demonstrates the importance of still enjoying a close relationship with his colleagues. While us lesser mortals were working hard last Thursday, and Tony Blair was on his way to Washington,...
Farm payments cock-up made one man a millionaire!
It's great to see Iain highlighting Defra's gross inefficency. I wonder if his parents are aware that they stand to lose up to 20% of their European farm payments because Tony Blair wants the money to be diverted into environmental projects instead. Iain has mentioned...
One of life’s true eccentrics
Sheep impressionist Robin Page Robin Page, former TV presenter of One Man and His Dog, is one of life's true eccentrics. He genuinely doesn't care what people think about him. Last week he made sheep impressions in mockery of Lib Dem colleagues at South Cambridgeshire...
Our Third World hospital – are our unions going soft?
King's Lynn's debt ridden hospital Now I really know we do have a Third World hospital in our midst. Staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn - a stone's throw from the royal residence in Sandringham - have been told to take their rubbish home to help save...
Government’s shameful tagging scandal
Being tagged As more shameful stories about about escaping foreign prisoners hit the headlines, it appears that more than half of our tagged offenders rip off their electronic device. We cannot even keep track of those we are supposed to monitor in order to protect...
Tennis players in Iraq slaughtered for wearing shorts
Nassir Ali Hatem - killed for wearing shorts This national Iraqi tennis player wanted to help restore a sense a pride to his country by being a top sportsman. But tragically, he paid with his life - for wearing shorts. Nassir Ali Hatem was with his coach Hussein Ahmed...
Ringo bids for Chelsea’s Green Goddess
Cheerful Charlie Barbara and wife stare wistfully at The Green Goddess Today I wished I had an elongated ET type neck as I sploshed among the nation's good natured garden lovers at The Chelsea Flower Show, trying to get the best view. And guess whose garden this...
Chelsea, here I come
Before the transformation The same spot five weeks later I'm paying my first visit to the Chelsea Flower Show tomorrow. People invariably say: "Rather you than me, it's like a rugby scrum", and this is why I have always been put it off. However, three years after...