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So when you blog or pass on any information remember this. During the second World War there were campaigns to get people not to repeat impo...

I have often criticised the language used in the somewhat laughably named "War on Terror" and terms like Islamo fascist. In this a...

In one of Gordon Brown's last acts as chancellor he has cut the hospital building program in England by one third whilst leaving that in...

I bring you shocking news that Blinky Ed Balls appears to have over egged the pudding somewhat by suggesting that Thursday would be better t...

According to figures obtained by the Sunday Telegraph the numbers of babies less than 1 week old taken into care has risen by 3 times since...

The fuel protests in Iran last week seem to be crystallising into a general feeling that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is letting his core v...

There is an interesting piece in today's Observer written by Hassan Butt, and ex jihadi, here . It makes interesting reading.

After two car bombs were found in London and one has been driven into Glasgow airport, I won't do a full round up of the news, but I wil...

One of the things I thought was fascinating about the two car bombs found in London is that one of them was towed away after having been giv...

According to reports on Conservative home and politicalbetting.com Gordon Brown has a bounce. Figures are not yet clear but an ICM poll in...

For some time now I and many others have been hearing about rumblings on the streets of Tehran, and indeed other parts of Iran. The populati...

Sir John Gieve, deputy governor of the Bank of England has said that the Bank of England's base interest rate is too low, and are helpin...

According to this report in the Oxford Mail Felicity Jane Lowde jailed for 6 months today, been given a 5 year ASBO and has a restraining o...

We have our forces engaged in very difficult fighting situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet apparently Gordon Brown does not think the Min...

Apparently Tony Blair has been questioned again by police according to the Press Association. I wonder if it was under caution, after all th...

And boy am I pleased. It was quite correct for David Cameron to be complimentary to Tony Blair yesterday at Prime Ministers Questions. Love ...

One of the interesting curiosities of the House of Commons is that an MP can't resign . Apparently that is due to a rule dating from 16...

It appears to be the governments plan to raise spending on education to the same level as the independent sector. I scratch my head when peo...

Regular readers will remember that the word on the street was that Yates of the Yard did want Tony Blair questioned under caution , but deci...

I heard Ed Balls on BBC Radio 4's Today program referring to Quentin Davies as Lord Davies of Grantham. This, after Quentin Davies has s...