From Owen Barder’s blog (who thinks this nonsense is a good thing) we see why – alongside the EU, selling our gold at the bottom of the market and a hundred other reasons – we as a country can’t afford to defend ourselves any longer.
Question Time tonight comes from Middlesbrough, which has the lowest life expectancy in England and Wales and, according to the BBC, a council that “will be the least resilient to such public sector cuts“. It also boasts a 33ft tower which changes colour when you send it a text message. On […]
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. Nelson Today is Trafalgar Day, the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Trafalgar is still one […]
Now it’s not often that, in a complete range of today’s front pages the one you’d single out to agree completely with is the Daily Express. In fact, even typing that feels strange. Nevertheless, there it is. Iain Martin in the WSJ put it bluntly a few days ago: Ringfencing […]
That graph says it all really. The level of spiralling and unsustainable spending doom isn’t really changing at all. Where were the real cuts today? It was all a bit wimpish in the end. One of these every year until 2014 might have made a difference but today’s CSR won’t. […]
Some in-depth analysis when the Zen calming exercises start to work. Update: Actually not going to bother. Any plan which involves pouring an extra £2 billion into the pockets of Somalian warlords and Pakistan government officials thinking that it will be a better guarantor of our security than maintaining a […]
…says “Baroness” Uddin. Ah, the old ‘crime is part of my religion’ defence! We saw yesterday that ‘peers’ Uddin, Paul and Bhatia face suspension from the House of Lords for varying terms and have been ordered to pay back £125,000, £40,000 and £27,000 respectively. From the very useful rolling political […]
My colleague on this blog, St. Crispin, has written below about the most recent event in the recent Gibraltar-Spanish clashes over the sovereignty of the Rock. Allow TheEye to provide some background. The current issue (although only a proxy battle) is the water around the area. Gibraltar was granted in […]
I am surprised that “our glorious leader” The Eye missed this or perhaps he could not find the right “non-sweary” language! HMG sticks two finger up to Gibraltarians It would appear that in this cuts obsessed world that nothing, not even British Sovereignty is sacrosanct! I fear for The Eye’s […]
Really enjoyed this from BusinessInsider – 50 inventions from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Most of them didn’t make it (like the Brush & Shine tool for bald men) but some are now part of our everyday lives. Spot a 1949 version of the Segway, early riot police armour, the […]
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