Ken Loach’s new film, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, has had the British press up in arms, with one paper declaring that it is “designed to drag the reputation of our nation through the mud.” In fact the critics had their condemnation in print before any of them had seen it! George Monbiot has [...]
Guy Goma, an economics and business studies graduate from Congo,was waiting in the reception area of the BBC news building for a job interview. Guy Kewney, editor of Newswireless.net, was also waiting for an interview, but his interview was in front of the cameras to discuss the Apple vs Apple court case. One massive cock-up [...]
In 1996 the British Labour party announced in it’s election manifesto that it would hold a “Royal Commission of Inquiry” into Vivisection. As a result many animal rights groups backed Labour in the 1997 election. Labour never initiated the Royal Commission, which outraged many, and today Tony Blair has come out and said that he [...]
We’re in the home stretch now – the mortgage is arranged, the searches are nearly finished, everything else is in place. Househunting has been transformed by the internet, gone are the days of pounding the pavement in order to jump through the right hoops in order to buy your home. Our mortgage broker, solicitor and [...]
So Tony Blair reckons that he backed going to war in Iraq because he thought that’s what the Bloke Upstairs wanted him to do. Of course this is just repeating what Bush has said many times in the past, so you have to wonder is this all part of Blair’s plan to position himself for [...]
Quite good this – type in your UK postcode, or the postcode of your neighbour/friend/granny etc… and you can see how much properties on that street have been selling for. And maps too. http://www.houseprices.co.uk/
Can you spot the deliberate error in this picture? Answers on a postcard please. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1701518,00.html ]