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Avon ladies can turnover millions
No wonder I have two Avon ladies who drop off their booklets at my house. If they are anything like Debbie Davis, they could be making a cool £250,000 a year, with a £7 million turnover. According to Sky News, Debbie is a Sunderland lass who five years ago was on...
York Lib Dems and student bribery
More than 100 students at York Uni were signed up to join the Lib Dems at a Freshers’ Fayre by being offered free membership, according to this report. It now boasts that it is the largest student group in the country. Their numbers are said to have increased...
Who is the Court of Protection really protecting?
They say you judge a nation by the way it looks after its elderly and vulnerable population. So who can defend this very disturbing report in today’s Mail on Sunday which claims that the Court of Protection is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally...
The pain of a Conservative government
This quote caught my eye when I read it in the national press yesterday, and likewise Guido Fawkes. Scottish writer Armando Iannucci says of the prospect of a Conservative government… “I don’t think there’s going to be dancing in the streets. It will be...
Congratulations to Liz Truss
Congratulations to Liz Truss on being selected the Conservative candidate for South West Norfolk where she will be a great asset. I met her at the Conservative Conference in Manchester when she was chairing a fringe meeting and thought she was outstanding, and...
Political cartoonists and free speech
I must admit when I read a paper, I skim over the headlines and don’t always pay attention to its feature cartoon. I shall try and pay more attention to them in future. Political cartoonists do add an extra dimension to our media and we should celebrate them....
The BBC and BNP
After spending a couple of hours in Cambridge this evening with the Guardian’s political cartoonist Steve Bell, I shall head home and be glued to the BBC watching BNP’s Nick Griffin on Question Time. We might find him and his party’s views vile and grossly...
Mind readers and neuromarketing
The excellent Eureka science magazine published by The Times includes a fascinating report about some very interesting research projects which scientists are working on and could change the world. They include reducing the time that radioactive waste from nuclear...
David Cameron and all-women shortlists
At first I was aghast at David Cameron’s stand for all-women shortlists – my knee jerk reaction was that they should be selected on merit alone - but now I think it makes good sense. The fact is that the present system has let down women candidates as Conservative...