UK Tax discs will be abolished on October 1
Tax discs are set to be abolished in less than six weeks’ time, but half of all UK drivers are completely oblivious to the changes, according to a new study. …
Pavement Etiquette
Was wondering what the correct (if indeed there is one) etiquette is these days when using the pavement (sidewalk for certain readers), especially when walking with dogs. I ask because …
England v Italy
World Cup, England, Italy
EU’s top court may define obesity as a disability
The EU’s top court is considering a test case which could oblige employers to treat obesity as a disability. What total rubbish! I expect those with a genuine disability will …
Beautiful Game (Not)
So the Beautiful Games (aka football) has kicked of its show piece event, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Now beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but for …
Support Dignity in Dying
The current laws throughout the United Kingdom force dying individuals to suffer needlessly. Show your support if you believe that people should be able to determine the quality of their …
Man Utd Next Manager
Fergie may we have been a genius of a manager (he was certainly successful) but he has rapidly shown himself to be a disaster in the boardroom, and a huge …
UK is not European
I am interested as to how European the ‘typical Brit’ feels, because as far as I can tell the UK is remarkably un-European. Most months our ALStrays Pet Transport business …
Scottish Independence
Seriously does anybody care about Scottish Independence? I appreciate that for some (but let’s face it it is a small number and a minority in their own country) passionate Scots …
Order Your Coffee On The Go
I try and avoid buying coffee in the UK. It is expensive, weak, and you wait an age for it to be made. I don’t like having to pay for …
Prisoner found with phone + charger in anal cavity
Pardon the pun but LMAO at this one! “A Scottish man has been given an extra stretch inside after prison officials found him trying to smuggle both a mobile phone …
When Bloggers Become Publishers
Suspect this will be on interest to many a blogger. A proposed new model of media regulation for Australia says that bloggers who posts receive just 41 page impressions a …
Europeans for Fair Roaming Press Release
Yesterday evening, the EU lawmakers European Parliament and the Council of Ministers managed to broker a deal that will allow mobile phone, smart phone and tablet users to enjoy much …
EU Referendum in UK NOT required
Our assessment, explained in the Foreign Secretary’s statement, is that the treaty change to enable the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism does not require a referendum in the UK, …
EU Referendum Debate
Interesting final paragraph to an excellent article in The Tribune Our political leaders need to protect Britain’s overall interests. But they would do well to heed the growing strength of …
UK unemployment total reaches 17-year high
Really is hard to see how this ‘United Europe’ vision will work when patently individual countries would be better off concentrating on their own issues first. UK unemployment rose by …
MEP’s vote for £5.7bn Budget Rise
More fuel to the fire for the likes of the Vote UK out of EU campaigners with the headline this morning that Euro MPs confirmed yesterday they want an inflation-busting …
Is the EU going to ban children from blowing up balloons?
Yet more signs of the creeping madness that is taking over the world today, as reported on the Full Fact Site With the Conservative party leadership indicating that they did …
Ex-PM wants revised UK-EU relations
Couldn’t help but be impressed (yet again) with John Major at the weekend on the Andrew Marr show. Spoke a lot of sense, communicates really well, and has a presence …
Another treaty for Europe?
Following her weekend meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin German chancellor Angela Merkel repeated her belief that further proposals to strengthen the euro zone will require changes in the …
Vote UK out of EU Campaign Announcement
Interesting to see on Gaunty’s site that “there will be some massive news placed on the new EU Campaign site (www.voteukoutofeu.co.uk) at midnight tonight.” To make sure you get it …
Rebekah Brooks Resignation Statement
For those of you that are interested here is the full internal memo sent to News International staff by Rebekah Brooks as she announced here resignation: At News International we …
Spain Win ….. Again
So Spain, the current European and World champions at football have won the Under 21 Championship. In the meantime England failed to get through the group stages. I suppose that …
Super-fast broadband for the whole country is vital to future prosperity
I guess it is time to worry when you find yourself agreeing with Gordon Brown! Maybe it is the cold weather, or the fact that I haven’t been out of …
Toyota’s plug-in Prius hybrids goes into testing across the globe, on sale in 2011
No surprise that as an owner of a Toyota Prius Hybrid I am excited about the news that the PHEV (plug in Hybrid) may be on sale as early as …
115,000 nabbed for in-car calling
More than 115,000 people in England and Wales got fixed penalties for being on the blower whilst driving in 2007, dropping off from the 2006 peak of almost 160,000.