As any good comedian knows, it is all in the timing. So what better proof could we have all been shown, than that supplied by the woman who has given us many laughs over the past few weeks, Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith. On the same day she has announced the introduction of the controversial identity […]
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Caught Off Camera – You’re Nicked!
The boss of one of the main companies responsible for supplying speed cameras to the authorities has been fined £300 and banned from driving for six months for ……speeding!! Tom Riall, is head of the Serco company which has provided around five thousand cameras across the UK. He was caught by a police patrol while […]
Beware The Ninjas Gordon!!
The Ninjas are busy ironing their best black pyjamas and sharpening the points of their knives. While PM Gordon Brown hops from foot to foot on You Tube, looking like an epileptic on steroids, his trusted cabinet colleagues are busy plotting. Last week, Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, openly stated that her boss had led a […]
A Crashing Time For Police Drivers!
Figures obtained under the Freedom Of Information Act have revealed that police officers caused over 64 accidents per week last year – that’s a staggering 3,357 over the full year. Since 2004, the number of police-related car accidents has also included the loss of 150 lives. These figures may even be lower than they should […]
Iraq – More ‘Official’ Lies!
An article in today’s Independent’s Commentators section by the much respected Robert Fisk highlights the deception that is still being ‘spun’ about our role in Iraq and the state in which the country has been left. The article has been based around a letter, forwarded to him by one of his readers, Tom Geddes, and […]
Iraq – The War of The Vanities!
Today, saw the official ending of our six years of military presence in Iraq. Only future generations will be able to provide a clear answer as to whether we should ever have been in the country in the first place; many of the official documents recording the decision to take military action are still classified […]
Twitter – Long May It Last!
No-one can doubt that Twitter has been an unqualified success story. It came from no-where to being one of the most mentioned – and used – websites on the internet. Celebrities are not considered A-Listers unless they are known to be posting their (often vacant) thoughts, using less than 140 characters. Their popularity is judged […]
Parliamentary P***Heads!
Foreign Office Minister, Gilliam Merron, has been forced to reveal that the government holds a staggering 39,500 bottles of wine, spirits and liqueurs worth around £792,000 in the parliamentary cellars. Maybe, it was because they needed the additional storage space, that they sold all of our gold reserve at bottom of market prices and why […]
President Flies Into Trouble In New York!
As stupidity goes, it must be right up there at the top of the table! The decision to fly Air Force One – the US presidential plane – at low altitude over New York, accompanied by a fighter escort, understandably, caused a minor panic among some of the city's residents. The horrific events of 9/11 are still fresh in the […]
Pandemic Of The Press!
It seems we are all doomed. Well we are if we are to believe the stories in the tabloids and the reports being shown on tonight’s early evening news. Apparently, two people in the UK have now been confirmed as having Swine Flu, the highly contagious version of the flu family for which we do […]