The Evening Standard has an editorial today which proposes a massive increase in MPs’ pay. This follows the suggestion by Sir Patrick Cormack that MPs’ pay should be doubled from the present £65,000, but at the same time they should lose their expenses. The editorial is basically arguing that the […]

Around the United Kingdom, millions of people will be laughing sardonically today at the news that have reached a 14 year high of 2.44 million unemployed. Laughing because they know that they aren’t on the proper register themselves but are hidden in the system…on some obscure other benefit or on […]

Around the United Kingdom, millions of people will be laughing sardonically today at the news that have reached a 14 year high of 2.44 million unemployed. Laughing because they know that they aren’t on the proper register themselves but are hidden in the system…on some obscure other benefit or on […]

Alan Duncan has gone and done it this time. This may or may not beat his call for the assasination of last years Miss America but it is a typical Duncan foot-in-mouth. He hasn’t been popular with his colleagues or the Tory grassroots for several years now – he has […]

A very brief article on the Three Amigos Stooges on Townhall.com – so brief it is easier just to reproduce it: North American leaders say they will work together to fight swine flu and climate change. In a joint statement, U.S. President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian […]

Ever wanted to be somebody else? TheEye has always fancied being James Bond, as he always gets the great gadgets, saves the world and sleeps with thousands of women. And rather like Dr. Who he seems able to change his face every other series without anybody noticing. Rather like you […]

Ah, election fever is in the air, lurking like the stench of a decaying whale carcass over a sewage-encrusted beach. It’s not just irritating…it’s M&S irritating. And so, to maintain our interest, over the last few days the debate about whether to have a debate has taken off. However that […]

According to figures published by the Electoral Commission and published by the BBC, we learn that Sinn Fein is the wealthiest and highest spending party in Northern Ireland with an income of £1.12m and spending £1.15m in 2008. The SDLP had an income of £291,931 and spent £290,169. The Ulster […]