According to Treasury Secretary, Danny Alexander, those who use tax avoidance measures to reduce their tax liabilities are the “moral equivalent of benefit cheats” He was speaking publicly after it was reported that comedian Jimmy Carr is saving himself masses of cash by using a tax avoidance scheme called K2. It works by transferring income […]
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Not Many New Friends Are ‘Liking’ Facebook
If something sounds too good to be true, then it normally is, which segues nicely to the sale of shares in social networking site Facebook exactly a week ago. The internet is a mystery to many of us but if there is one thing that has been proved since its inception, it’s that a fool […]
The BBC (unwittingly) Discovers The Answer To Declining Marine Life!
It’s not often that the answer to a worrying environmental problem can be found on the same news page but, today, the BBC News website managed it without even realising it had. At the top of the page its editors featured this: A deeply disturbing story on the decline of the world’s marine life, for […]
MPs Just Clowning Around!
I was playing around with an idea of comparing the antics of parliament with a circus, when I came upon a website called clown-names.com I just couldn’t resist the temptation to feed the following names into the clown name generator to see who their clown alter egos would be: David Cameron = Baron Noogstein Nick […]
Dreaming Of A Tough Life In California While Facing The Reality That Is The UK!
Spare a thought for those living in the US state of California who are complaining that a gallon of fuel for their vehicles has risen to the ridiculous price of three dollars (£1.79 in our currency). While I was shelling out my £1.22 per litre (£5.44 per gallon) in my local Asda this morning, I […]
Think Yourself Fit – Avoid The Cold
It’s almost that time of year again when everyone around seems to be staring at you through watery eyes or coughing and sneezing in your face. For some, it is a time of sharing while for those bathed in sneeze particles, it is complete annoyance. However, a new study of over 1,000 people, claims […]
He’s A Liar Liar
Whether you agree or not, a lot of work must have gone into this! Try singing along….
How To Demonstrate EU Style!
With a high probability we will be seeing mass demonstrations against the cuts announced in our coalition government’s spending review, I thought it would be interesting to compare our technique with our European neighbours: How we demonstrate here in the UK How they demonstrate in France How they show their displeasure in Germany All things […]
World Statistics Day
Today is United Nations World Statistics Day and to enter into the spirit of things, our own Office For National Statistics has released the following information about the average Briton: The ‘average’ British woman is 40 years and seven months old and has 42 years left to live. If she works full time, she works […]
Leading Labour Into The ‘Brotherhood’
Tomorrow, we will finally learn who is to be the new leader of the Labour Party. One things seems certain: whoever it is will have the surname Miliband. Yes folks, Labour’s Miliband family roadshow has finally parked up, after a leadership campaign lasting longer than the average series of the X Factor. Unlike in that […]