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It is not often that I feel a pang of sympathy for dear 'ole Gordon, our esteemed prime minister but I did feel it stirring today. < p>He has, after all, been guilty of extreme arrogance and aloofness in the past but he does not deserve the bitter criticism he received from today's papers. < […]

The government is expected to announce a trial to allow independent television companies like, ITV, to profit from product placement in their programmes. This is another form of advertising where the bottles behind the bar in Emmerdale or the drinks in front of the judges in the X Factor will become paid space for manufacturers […]

On the day that Labour MP, Eric Joyce, resigned his job as parliamentary aide to the Defence Secretary, our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has decided to try to convince us all that things are really going well in Afghanistan. Mr Joyce, a former army major, said last night in his letter to the PM: “I […]

The conflict in Afghanistan is taking a heavy toll on resources and human lives in both the US and the UK. The media and public in both countries have taken a long time to wake up to the fact that it is not going to be an easy war to win against the Taliban and […]

Much has been written this week about whether Peter (Lord) Mandelson has plans to take over from Gordon Brown to lead the Labour Party. It seems to me, to be a bit of a ridiculous proposition and the only question that should really be asked is why should he, or anyone else for that matter, […]

Last night, I was trying to comprehend the size of a trillion. I was having trouble imagining the sheer scale of the $1 trillion package agreed by the G20 leaders at the London summit. It seems I am not alone, as today’s media have spent the day trying to explain the amount in ways we […]

Mention greedy bankers and the name Sir Fred Goodwin automatically comes into the conversation. He is the former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), who was forced to step down with a pension of £693,000 a year. He has become the focus of all that was wrong within the failing banking industry; he was […]

All homosexuals should be stoned to death according to the radical Muslim cleric, Anjem Choudary. I am sure that a large majority of us, who are made up from all sexual and religious persuasions, would rather be stoned – but using a different sort of method from the one being suggested – than listen to […]

In two weeks time, on April 1st, the price of fuel is set to rise by 2p per litre when the government increase fuel duty. This latest rise will mean that taxes account for a staggering 71p in every pound spent. The tax goes directly into a central government account and is not necessarily used […]

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) which is supposed to be the watchdog of the city, has today said that under new guidelines, banks would be facing "intensive supervision"in the future. The FSA’s chairman, Lord Turner, has promised a more intrusive approach which will include new rules to control banks’ bonus policies and monitoring the level […]