What exactly is a human right? It seems that it is whatever you want it to be. Starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Finland is the world’s first country to create laws […]
Hearing of an organisation with a title like that makes you wonder if you can sign up to Mayors for War. Or Mayors for Blondes. Nevertheless, this group does exist. Set up in 1991 and with members in 134 countries and regions, readers of the All Seeing Eye doubtless wish to […]
Direct from the What Not To Buy TheEye For Christmas Department we have a new book out just in time for Christmas which claims that Adolf Hitler’s teeth contained gold once owned by Jewish people who died in concentration camps.But German historian Henrik Eberle and doctor Hans-Joachim Neumann reject claims […]
The title of this post may seem strange because the panel consists of five people, and TheEye may well have been tuning in specifically to listen to Chris Huhne. Stop laughing at the back. Whether you are pro or anti-Griffin, it’s his presence which will overshadow the others on the […]
Happy birthday to Baroness Thatcher, who is 84 today. Compare and contrast her (and the Gipper too) with the political pygmies of today.
In yet another marvellous example of the nanny state in action, our Beloved Leader and his Party have almost succeeded in banning cigarette machines. From the BBC website and fisked as we go: A removal of cigarettes from public display is a step closer after MPs said vending machines should […]
Note to no-cause-too-slimy litigators Peter Carter-Ruck & Partners – the Bill of Rights may date from 1688 (which of course to McDoom’s henchmen makes it too old to be relevant and probably the fault of Lady Thatcher or something) but it hasn’t been abolished yet. The Guardian has been hit […]
The Obama Adminstration is continuing to lash out at the only major news outlet that doesn’t grovel at its feet like a penniless beggar hoping for some spare change: Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its […]
On November 20, the wait will be over; Michelle Obama action figures will hit the market at $12.99 apiece. Every bit as lovely as the original, aren’t they? The black widow dress looks sharper than ever. I hope they also offer the diplomatic mission to Britain clown suit outfit: […]
The world is full of famous duos – Armstrong and Aldrin, Cain and Abel, Sooty and Sweep, and when it came to climbing things we had Hillary and Norgay for the really tricky one. Sir Edmund had the right idea about things. He climbed Everest for Queen and Country without […]
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