“Addict on early release murders girlfriend A violent prisoner released from jail early to ease prison overcrowding battered his girlfriend to death within five days, it emerged last night.” Jack Straw “The defendant would have carried out the attack whenever he was released.” Torygraph I am getting fed up with reading this sort of story. […]
Primary curriculum to be reviewed
A “root-and-branch” review is planned into what is taught in English primary schools to allow more time for reading, writing and maths, Ed Balls has said. BBC A bright idea came into Alice’s head. `Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?’ she asked. `Yes, that’s it,’ said the Hatter with a […]
Marmotte de Strasbourg
Ordinarily you would not expect to fork out more than about €20 (£14) for a pet hamster. France however has been threatened by the European Commission with a fine of €17m or €28,333 per animal – for failing to protect the only colony of wild hamsters in western Europe.Independent Grand Hamster d’Alsace “In captivity, the […]
Happy Birthday
(and to you too, Alison)
Donor done
“A sperm donor who helped a lesbian couple have two children is now being forced to pay thousands of pounds for their upbringing, he said.” Torygraph I must admit I don’t understand this at all. While I can see that there may be no blanket protection for donors unless they ‘work’ through a licensed clinic, […]
Anthem, Flags and Stuff
“Some of the words of the national anthem are not “inclusive” and might need replacing, the ex-minister leading a citizenship review for Gordon Brown has suggested.” What nonsense. I can’t see the problem. What’s wrong with fine sentiments like: Lord, grant that Marshal Wade, May by thy mighty aid, Victory bring. May he sedition hush […]
Though cowards flinch
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. […]
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 […]