So, Democrat ex-KKK “Kleagle” US Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in history and walking advert for term-limits, has died aged 92. Because he was a Democrat, Obama groupie and all round lefty, he was by default a cheerful cheeky chappie of the type so beloved of the […]
The year is Juch 99, which means that we must be in North Korea. And there’s a bar tab to settle. The snappily titled “Committee for Investigation into Damage Done by the U.S. to the Northern Half of Korea” has taken out its pencil and beermat, thought for a while […]
An all too familiar story followed by some unintentional black humour from today’s Daily Telegraph: Imran Khan, 19, an amateur cricketer boxer, and Somalian Abdul Said, 21, took 20 seconds to smash open a shop window in Ilford, Essex with a pickaxe and a sledgehammer. Sayid Mohammed, 20, and Adama […]
Today on the second annual Armed Forces Day, Britain is demonstrating its support for the nation’s servicemen. More than 350 events have been organised across the country to honour troops past, present and future, and 50,000 people are expected to join a national event in Cardiff to be attended by […]
It’s the ultimate in “news that you don’t give a toss about but need to know in case it comes up at next weeks pub quiz“. If it does, you’ll thank me. Lady Gaga is now positioned to be the next big challenger to President Obama. It’s not exactly a […]
The Treasury has just launched a website yesterday (how’s that Government website culling going? Not so well, apparently) where civil servants can submit ideas about how to save cash. The plan is that the site will be opened up to the general public on 8th July. The Spending Challenge is your […]
As usual, we liveblogged Question Time last night, followed by the always dreadful This Week. For those who don’t follow it, Michael Portillo confuses the eyes with his salmon tinted shirts, Diane Abbott stares longingly at the ceiling lusting after a massive pie only just out of reach (©John Ward), […]
Question Time tonight comes from Glasgow, where in 2006 the Centre for Social Justice reported that 29.4% of the city’s working-age residents were “economically inactive” and where the city council has been controlled by Labour for over 30 years. Coincidence? On the panel we have the halo-tarnished Business Secretary St Vince […]
Edith Shain was the anonymous nurse photographed being kissed in Times Square, New York, celebrating the end of the Second World War in 1945. On Sunday last, she died, aged 91. The iconic VJ Day picture by Alfred Eisenstaedt was published in Life magazine, but the identity of the nurse […]
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