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Stephen Frears unfortunately then ruins it by saying Brown is a Tragi-Hero

I posted here that Chicago was being forced to close Government operations for periods, now Rhode Island has had to follow suit. This morning Public Sector workers are being softened up for the inevitable. Brown is going to attempt to end final salary pensions in the public sector in line with the Private Sector. That puts him on collision…

The Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) was established in order to better protect the public and vulnerable individuals in response to evidence that a significant proportion of people who engage in bizarre communications or contact with prominent people in public life are severely and acutely mentally ill and urgently need professional help. A small but significant…

Tony Blair will be hosting a series of seminars and speeches in London over the autumn. Organised by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, in association with DFID, Islamic Relief, WorldVision and Oxfam, they will cover the subject theme: ‘New Perspectives on Faith and Development’. The goal is to explore the vital role that faith can play in all aspects of international development…

So Ted Kennedy has gone to meet his maker, so why are the BBC lauding his ‘achievements ‘ . He comes from the loins of Joe Kennedy Snr US Ambassador to Great Britain, who wrote us off in 1940. Until two jets slammed into the twin towers he gave aid and comfort to this country’s enemies. His driving…

You grab their no claims bonus, I’ll kick him in the nuts Four years ago when I was on a business trip my Land Rover Discovery was broken into in the carpark of Bristol Airport. It was parked next to the ‘security office’ in the long stay car park. The break in was caught on…

It’s a work in progress and I’ve already managed to delete all my links to you wonderful people So if you want to be in my links, send me your details oldhoborn@gmail.com

Oh joy. After costing us a mere £4.1 BILLION in 2009/2010 to be a member of the EU, the price has suddenly been hiked to £6.4 Billion for next year. Yup, another £260 for every UK household to find (in 2004, the sum was £54 per household). Why? “to share the burden of membership with…

Nearly finished updating the blog, but my limited HTML is causing grief. Is there a kindly soul out there who could edit my template so that: The left colums are a bit bigger The right columns are a bit smaller The middle columns are bigger Add a section on the right whereI can add a…

Click to enlarge   As Labourlist foam at the mouth, figures produced today show that large cities are indeed WORSE than depicted in the Wire. I blame the parents. Northern monkies.