All Seeing Eye

Remembrance Dayby GrumpyOldTwat

It all started in America of course, but not to worry because Flash Gordoom is here to save us all. After all, the rest of the civilised world is apparently following his brilliant idea of throwing vast amounts of taxpayers money at anything which moves. So how well is that […]

What a surprise. Prof Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the new body charged with rewriting the rules on MPs’ expenses, has been quoted as saying he had “no obligation” to accept everything that Sir Christopher Kelly has suggested. Wriggle, wriggle. Oh and btw . . .Kennedy, a good friend of Alistair […]

Their Lordships Guthrie, Boyce & Inge have all attacked this government & Brown on the appalling treatment of the services. The Army should be 20-30 thousand people larger at least, there should be 5-6 more squadrons of support helicopters, and probably at least another regiment of attack helicopters. If not, […]

TheEye used to really respect Newt Gingrich. It was the 1994 Contract With America which won Congress back for the Republicans – with what was the closest thing to pass in dim light for a low-tax, small-government solution to the problems in the US. But in the last few weeks […]

You can be forgiven if El Boletín Oficial del Estado isn’t on your daily reading list. It is, in fact, the official publication of the Government of Spain so don’t bother with the link unless your Spanish is up to it. Suffice it to day that the Socialist government of […]

If there’s one thing sanctimonious eco-zealots will never run short of, it’s pernicious unintended consequences. From Israel: The Environmental Protection Ministry confirmed to The Jerusalem Post this week that it has launched an independent study of exposure to electromagnetic radiation from hybrid car batteries. There have been concerns raised both […]

We all know the joke: an immigrant makes it in to the UK and finds a magic lamp. As is the tradition with these things, a quick buffing gets him three wishes. He wishes for a million pounds, and behold, it is there for him. He wishes for perfect health, […]

Cops based near Oxford in the UK have revealed that they are unable to to use flashing blue lights on their new electric car – in case it drains too much power from the battery. The Thames Valley police force is testing out the £20,000 Mitsubishi iMiev in an effort […]

It seems that the Saudis are shocking the world again by being brutal to criminals: A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert, newspapers reported on Tuesday.The convict […]