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Insanely protective French parents of Zoe
I’m a protective mum, but not in the insane way as French parents who are furious that the name Zoe has been chosen by Renault for its new electric car. They regard it as a slur on their daughters called Zoe. Zoe has become one of the most popular names for French...
Suffolk swedes and apples
First our Norfolk folk were insultingly dubbed the “Turnip Talibanâ€. And now Conservatives in the neighbouring county of Suffolk who are selecting a parliamentary candidate this Friday have been mockingly lablled the “Suffolk Swedeâ€. Hey, why does the media...
Describing life after a head injury
This is one tragic example of how an acquired head injury can dramatically change your life for ever. Felicity Aston, the polar adventurer and Antarctica scientist, has described the terrible events which followed after her younger brother Spencer, now 21, was...
How can divorce be made fairer for kids?
With the Conservative Party pledging much needed support for families, it is worth remembering that almost half of marriages in England and Wales end in divorce. It is surely these fractured families, with children often torn between bitter, warring parents, who...
Defra’s double waste whammy
I am a keen recycler, but was astonished to read in the latest PR Week that Defra is paying a PR company £94,000 to launch a recycling campaign for Christmas with the key messages reduce, reuse and recycle. The government already funds a quango called WRAP –...
Robert Sturdy accuses EU of “a classic fudge” over top two new jobs
My Eastern Region MEP Robert Sturdy has accused the EU of “a classic fudge†over the appointment of its first president and foreign minister, the two top jobs in Europe. The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy, is the first president elected by European...
This is an isolation pod for superbugs
Hospitals have too few side wards for patients with serious infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and one solution is to use a mobile isolation pod, such as the two shown in this video which were displayed at the excellent Infection 2009 conference in Birmingham...
Advice on being selected a Conservative PPC for Cambridge
This timely advice comes straight from the words of former Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, Richard Normington, who stepped down last month, and offers these words of wisdom and personal insight on his blog: The City of Cambridge...
I’m in team Andre
I caught up with the desperate fame seeking celebs in the jungle last night and couldn’t work out why Jordan had to go all that way to seek “closureâ€. It was in this jungle that she met Pete Andre and fell in love with him five years ago. They later married and...