From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Saul on Sunday.

February 28, 2010

Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Much has been said recently about the antics of professional footballers. John Terry and his alleged affair with his team-mate Wayne Bridge’s former girlfriend. Ashley Cole and alleged saucy texts to various models, which has led to his wife Cheryl Cole announcing their separation in a blaze of publicity. Not to mention [...]

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Pub Landlord Nick Hogan – Jailed over No-smoking Ban.

February 28, 2010

There has been a fair amount of comment in the blogosphere regarding the six month jail sentence given to Nick Hogan for flouting the ‘no-smoking ban’.
Outrage has been duly expressed, here, there, and everywhere. Perhaps we can do better than just express outrage?
Nick was actually jailed for non-payment of the fine originally imposed for a [...]

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The Murderous Death Rate in the NHS

February 28, 2010

The recent uproar concerning the estimated 400, and possibly as high as 1200, patients who may have died needlessly as a result of ‘routine neglect’ by nursing staff after the management became preoccupied with cost-cutting and meeting government targets is by no means the first, nor the most serious, episode of ‘death by NHS’.
Leaving aside, [...]

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PigPen Gordon Brown – the Bully.

February 28, 2010

It is an unexpected pleasure to be able to credit the Metropolitan Police with anything good – almost unbelievable that it should be a witticism concerning our bullying Prime Minister!
I did, though, once work opposite the semi-secretive garage in South London where they repaired the various milk floats, removal vans and taxis that they use [...]

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

February 27, 2010

Iain Dale brings uncomfortable words from the Conservative Conference.
Behind Blue Lines on the Special Relationship.
Letter From A Tory on the weather forecast.
Dave Semple gives my Pet Labour Troll stiff competition.
Peter Harrison on the death of Dawkin’s Forum.

Wikio

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A De-Regulated Parallel Universe.

February 27, 2010

We regulate the sale of houses quite tightly, in fact we regulate the sale, the advertising, the reliability, of most items tightly.
Just imagine for a moment that there was no such thing as rented property. Imagine that you had no choice other than to buy a house to keep your family warm and dry.
Imagine that [...]

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Heartless Authoritarianism.

February 27, 2010

Kate Harding was nine years old when she helped her Mother dig over their garden in Tenbury Wells. Her Mother found this object, which looks like a coin, walks like a coin, quacks like a coin, but is apparently, not a coin.
Her Mother died shortly after this event, and young Kate kept the ‘not a [...]

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