“Lord” Mandelson of Just About Sodding Everywhere has a certain Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender as his Permanent Secretary at the ridiculously-named Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. You’ve got to a least smirk.

The onward march of EUropean socialism continues apace as Morocco is fooled into thinking that “advanced status” of the EU is a good idea…in readiness for a gradual absorbtion. The Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taïeb Fassi Fihri, welcomed the “advanced status” and stressed that Rabat would henceforth benefit from “all” the […]

Blogs are always more entertaining when people with different opinions and diverging views end up in the same (virtual) pub. “St. Crispin’s Day” and myself have shared a physical beer or five and also exchanged words of wisdom online – so I’m delighted to invite him on board as an […]

The unbelievably awful Deputy Labour leader Harriet Dromey has (slightly) redeemed herself in my eyes. She has told MPs they can leave Westminster on Dec 18 and they do not need to return until Jan 12 – a week longer than is usual for Christmas (if I’m allowed to call […]

Hat-tip to The Croydonian for this one.Please visit his site – it’s excellent. This from Hansard: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 29 September 2008…on Trident missiles, how many Trident warheads are either operationally available or undergoing maintenance. Mr. Hutton: The […]

In 2006 the Malaysian Government introduced a new medal, known as the Pingat Jasa Malaysia for British veterans and others who served in operations in Malaya/Malaysia between August 1957 and August 1966. I’m trying to help a friend (RFM Norman McNeill of the Royal Ulster Rifles) who is technically (*cough*) […]

The IRA may have lost a substantial amount of its fortune in the banking collapse in the United States. Let us rejoice in that news at least. It’s going to take a lot of tin-rattling by NORAID in Boston to make that money back.

This 6ft high by 30ft long wall in Jubilee Park, Wadebridge, Cornwall, cost £3,000 was installed so that deliquents and drop-outs could vandalise it and practice their graffiti without committing criminal acts on local buildings. A better way to harness their efforts must be possible, I’m sure. Maybe we could […]

You’ve got to feel for (not literally) Wicked Wanda – the owner of a sex shop in Ottawa who four days ago was robbed of $2,000 worth of vibrators. Two sticky light-fingered miscreants swiped the joysticks from Wicked Wanda’s Adult Emporium at approx 2.30am. However, 41-year-old Wanda Cotie can take […]

The Times reports that Ten Commandments have been written for Christian bloggers. I doubt that this blog will always hit these high aspirations. Ten commandments for bloggers 1. You shall not put your blog before your integrity2. You shall not make an idol of your blog3. You shall not misuse […]