Tue 2nd December, 2008 Category Global warming, Green issues, Idiots/Mugs
There was a long, boring segment on Newsnight last night which almost sent me to sleep — about the rising cost of saving energy. But there was one particular section which woke me up. And that was a bit about how we are all going to be paying 20% extra in ten years time — above and beyond any normal rise that might occur. They suggested that this was due to the cost of building renewable energy sources.
Okay, that is fair enough. I understand that — renewable energy sources are a good thing. And we all want to save the planet etc etc etc blah blah blah. But in the very next breath they said that the UK has already committed itself to sweeping cuts in energy emissions. So the facts are these: we will be using far less energy — but paying more for it. How does that work?
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Sat 29th November, 2008 Category Civil liberties, History, Labour, Politics (UK)
Cast your mind back to October 1641…
It was a long time ago so maybe you’ve forgotten, but that was the month when Charles I tried to arrest five MPs for giving him gip.
The parallels with this week’s arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green for leaking embarassing government blunders are striking — so much so that I wouldn’t be surprised if Gordon Brown jumps on the next train to Nottingham and declares war on Tory HQ.
Let us examine the similarities in detail…
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Fri 28th November, 2008 Category Broken Britain, Crime/Policing
It wasn’t so long ago that I wrote about Simon Cremner catching a thief and marching him a half-mile to the police station. I don’t know if you remember the story — but this was the guy that was so hacked off that his employee was caught nicking money from his bank account that he hung a sign around his neck whilst trooping him through the streets.
It will come as no surprise to learn that the police then arrested the wrong guy — and did Cremner for false imprisonment. I mentioned at the time that he would probably end up getting a longer sentence than the thief. Well… the verdict is now in.
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Thu 27th November, 2008 Category Royal Family
Before you get all excited, I admit that I exaggerated a little bit when I said that the Queen fought off death himself with nothing but her handbag. But it sounds a lot more exciting that way, and I’m trying to attract readers.
The Queen did have a busy day though — it seems that a man rushed her car and started shouting abuse through the window as they drove through Oxfordshire. He was gesturing and swearing and making a complete idiot of himself. I wonder what could have got his goat up? Maybe Prince Philip put his foot in it again.
An eyewitness said “All of a sudden this man came running by and went charging for the car and three officers went after him.”
Luckily the Queen was caccooned inside a bullet-proof Bentley, and his lead-lined insults bounced back off the windshield and into his twisted face. Apparently she gave as good as she got though — turning one’s royal air blue. God save the Queen!
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