By all accounts, Paul Green is a traditional, long-standing, property-developing, racehorse-owning, tax-averse, non-resident, dyed-in-the-wool Scottish Labour supporter. Thanks to him, the people’s flag – mauve when last sighted – is flying high. Though not, sadly, on Jersey. Herald I do envy Scotland its newspapers, especially the Scotsman. I also envy their scenery and open spaces. […]
General
Your fault
There’s a surprise! “Ed Balls has again weighed into parents who insist on bubblewrapping their children and leaving them in front of the computer, after research showed British kids have slipped down the world’s literacy league.” Balls blames parents, computers for English literacy slide Nothing to do with schools being **** then, eh Ed?
Make your own ID
“I should have pointed out that every time you touch something, if your security systems rely on biometric ID, then you’re essentially leaving your pin number on a post-it note.” Bad Science Lot’s of nice home science projects to do with the children. 🙂
Steering onto the rocks
…a serious risk that all the Bank has done is to enable Northern Rock to continue to trade unlawfully by providing it with a flimsy, uncertain line of credit. Should that be the case, the loan from the Bank may be irrecoverable in law, having been made for the illegal purpose of assisting Northern Rock […]
Six Castaways
“Suppose six castaways are stranded on a deserted island, five Asians and one American. Further, suppose that the castaways decide to divide the work load among them in the following manner: (for the purpose of simplicity, the only desire the castaways work to satisfy is hunger) one Asian is put in charge of hunting, another […]
No fun
Someone needs a sense of humour transplant. Voice of the Tube is fired for spoof announcements The woman who warns more than a billion London commuters a year to “mind the gap” has been sacked by Tube bosses after posting a series of spoof announcements on her website. They are here. The fridge magnet game […]
This really bugs me.
WALES’ sheep industry could be “decimated” within two years unless supermarkets increase payments to producers, an industry leader warns today. Rees Roberts, who chairs red meat promotion body Hybu Cig Cymru, said the industry was in “crisis” and could be reduced to half its present size, threatening rural life across Wales. IC Wales Now, when […]
What rights?
“A woman who became pregnant after a one-night stand has been given the right to keep the birth a secret from the father. The Court of Appeal ruling came after a county court ordered the 20-year-old to tell both her parents and the father. She said she wanted the baby girl, who is now 19 […]
Extreme Circumstances
This is not about money, this is about doing the right thing for the people of Hull, which is why Yorkshire Water will not be paying out compensation. Flood victims in Hull who suffered days of dirty water and sewage in their homes will not get compensation from Yorkshire Water. The company was heavily criticised […]
Now there’s a thought
Swedish model of ‘free schools’ “the Lundquists decided on a route currently not available to most British parents – they actually set up a brand new state school themselves with other local parents and helped run it just how they liked.” Raising the bar, closing the gap David Cameron today promised 220,000 extra school places […]