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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...
Overtaking Labour’s vote share lead
Conservatives face a massive challenge at the next general election because the present boundaries give Labour the advantage of an inbuilt majority. They need to win fewer votes in constituencies where they are strongest to secure a victory, while many Conservative...
Thetford vicar squares up to Cameron
A Thetford vicar has used strong words to voice concerns about outsiders being selected as parliamentary candidates in his constituency. He also accuses David Cameron of “arrogant interferenceâ€. Canon Bob Baker makes no direct reference to Liz Truss, the...
The Sunday Times and Belle de Jour
As intrigued as I was to learn the true identify of blogger Belle de Jour and her Diary of a London Call Girl – she is revealed as a research scientist by the name of Dr Brooke Magnanti – I am struggling to understand why the story had four pages of coverage in...
Viewing the “Brum Eye”
I was fortunate enough to stay in the very comfortable Hyatt Hotel during my stay in Birmingham last week. It has a tunnel linking directly to the ICC where the prestigious Infection 2009 conference was held which I was promoting. After arriving on Tuesday evening, I...