Ninety-four years ago today, the 1911 Parliament Act was passed, stating the following: “And whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it is at present exists a second chamber constructed on a popular instead of … Continue reading →

The Sun. (Prop. R. Murdoch.) Britain’s best-selling daily. Getting its priorities right.

(Via) Not too happy about giving them my details though… Heh…

Is this true? Is the US really drawing up plans for a nuclear strike on Iran in the event of another terrorist attack on the American mainland? Anyone seen any verification of this anywhere, or is it just a rumour? … Continue reading →

Somebody got what I was trying to say – thank God for that. Thought I might have been going mad for a while there…

The German election race looks to be getting more interesting – Schr�der could be making a comeback. And if he does get back in, Blair’s chances of reshaping the EU in his image are screwed. Worth keeping an eye on. … Continue reading →

Blood & Treasure on Britishness – top – “It is not British to elect a new people if the old one doesn�t suit the government” I’m still trying to work out whether, under the new “hyphnated Britons” thing, I would … Continue reading →

“I will blog about the situation in Uzbekistan, supporting call for sanctions on Uzbek cotton on September 1st but only if 20 other people will too.” It’s one of those dodgy Central Asian regimes with a weird name ending in … Continue reading →

Heads up UK bloggers: Our man Worstall (of Britblog Roundup fame) is actually getting somewhere with his BlogAds UK scheme. Could be a way of actually wrangling us some money for the stress and effort this blogging lark costs us. … Continue reading →

A new post over at The Sharpener.

Time to start being suspicious of Chinese people on the tube/bus: A man dying of lung cancer set off a homemade bomb aboard a bus in downtown Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province, this afternoon, killing himself and injuring 23 others. … Continue reading →

Turkish diplomat in charge of EU accession talks resigns – cites “personal reasons”, but speculation is that he had got pissed off not only at the slow pace of the talks (especially thanks to French reluctance to even consider the … Continue reading →

What Would Juvenal Do? – a potentially promising new current affairs type blog with the added benefit of words of wisdom from some guy who lived 2,000 odd years ago. So kind of like those weird Christian ones you find … Continue reading →

Well that was unexpected. I didn’t always agree with Cook. But I did meet him once, while he was Leader of the House and I was a but a lowly researcher for an opposition MP. And he was thoroughly nice. … Continue reading →