Just as you’d expect from two unelected unwanted dictatorships, the EU is cuddling up to Cuba. You know, the same Cuba voted a few months ago as 7th Happiest Place To Live – a fact neatly explaining the hordes of Cubans trying to leave the place on converted lorries, surfboards […]

Athough this has been extensively blogged about at A Tangled Web and elsewhere, TheEye decided to wait until the moment of truth to comment. Farewell, then, Iceland. We are going to miss you. Okay, we won’t miss arguing about cod. Or about Rockall. Or your habit of creating new volcanic […]

There are times when you have just got to know when to keep your mouth shut. Like when the Sergeant-Major asks for volunteers or McDoom is looking for replacement ministers. In a classic example of how not to do it, a Saudi man has been arrested for boasting about his […]

If you had a filing cabinet in front of you for storing ideas, this one would go in the Bleedin’ Obvious drawer. For we learn from The Local, a Swedish newspaper published in English, that Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile […]

ust as he was busy putting the British economy through a rusty garlic crusher, Harold Wilson came up with the famous gem: “It does not mean that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued”. Of course it did, but that’s […]

Fresh from a walk through Town in the blistering heat and sunshine, it would have taken a stronger entity than TheEye not to be swivelling his head more than that girl in The Exorcist. For there were many scantily-clad ladies to be seen. However there were also on display that […]

The US Predator drones have probably been the single most effective weapon in combating terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. Invaluable for targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda, they have accounted for many high value targets who were beyond the reach of conventional attack. Virtually invisible when flying, they are able to track […]

There are several rules about organisations releasing poll results from surveys conducted on their own behalf. Rule 1 is Slant Your Questions To Get The Answer You Want Rule 2 is Hide Or Bin Off The Results You Don’t Like The Royal Commonwealth Society in London don’t seem to have […]

Anyone who reads Biased-BBC knows that watching an political programme involves a gymnastic combination of holding your nose, pouring yourself a stiff drink and reaching for your wallet. To watch England beating Australia in the Ashes on Sky, one needs to pay the BBC their telly tax. However it (whisper […]

There is a very interesting post over on Iain Dale’s site which apparently comes from an RAF insider detailing the real levels of helicopter availability. He doesn’t, however, include this gem of a fact. One of the few Chinooks that we have has been in service since 2003 but things […]