In a story unashamedly lifted from A Tangled Web TheEye is pleased to read: Here’s a sort of good news story for this New Year morning. Britain has defied the Baathist-lovers in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by handing over two Iraqi men accused of murdering British soldiers […]

Don’t feel like waiting a few more hours for midnight and the New Year? Check out one of the New Year’s Countdown clocks here. Residents in Kathmandu will ring in the year within the next few hours. Denizens of Bombay will do the same shortly afterwards. Do you know a […]

TheEye likes the cut of “Tractor Stats” gib. An image-oriented blog, there are some fine images – mostly political – to be enjoyed. Not personally being adept at picture manipulation, kudos is given to those who are. This artfully done picture (under the title “To brownly go where no minister […]

Almost certainly Chris Hoy is a thoroughly decent cove. He may even have a personality despite being voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year which, from the recent results, probably means the opposite. Today he was awarded a knighthood. Eh? Why? He cycled around in a circle in Peking this […]

The Jerusalem Times gives us the following irony: “Both Iran and its Hamas proxy in Gaza have been busy this Christmas week showing Christendom just what they think of it. But no one seems to have noticed. On Tuesday, Hamas legislators marked the Christmas season by passing a Shari’a criminal […]

This is the first New Year for TheEye with this blog, and doubtless fellow contributor St Crispin will join in offering próspero año nuevo to all of our readers. In the meantime, a New Year’s Resolution is necessary. Please add your own in the Comments section but as far as […]

No, not the plaintive cry of a potato, but the words of the most famous cartoon spinach-eater: Popeye. Not true for much longer. In a few hours time the copyright on the sailor will expire. Our EU overlords only allow his creator, Elize Segar (who died aged 43), 70 years […]

TheEye would like to Hat-Tip The Croydonian for a marvellous headline: Israelis consider ground offensive in Gaza As he observes…was the ground grumpy? Angry? Depressed? Vaguely not amused? Unhappy to be there? Was sea or air preferable for a sparky conversation? It’s here. TheEye suspects that Israel probably had a […]

TheEye has observed that a blog called Falling Down has become aware of our non-corporeal existence and has alerted his readers to this fact. This may or may not be a disturbing occurrence. The blogger, who calls himself “The Screech” is quite blunt – if you don’t like swearing then […]

So our Prime Mentalist intends to address his grateful nation on New Year’s Day. If TheEye had hair it would be washing it. Or something. Eyebrows maybe. We are to be told by the One Eyed Son Of The Manse that his recession will test “the character” of the British […]