News

Inequality in the UK: DEMOS and the One Society

Tomorrow, the 9th February 2010, at 10:45 in Committee Room 14 of the House of Commons, Jenni Russell the writer and commentator of the Guardian will chair a meeting on the “Politics of Fairness”. This has come in response to a recent report by the Equality Panel

The Economic Voice Inflation Watch Update

The sharper eyed amongst you will have noticed that there was no inflation watch last week. I have decided to extend this out to two weeks this time and then monthly.

UK to sell Dover to France

One could be forgiven for checking the calendar when reading a headline like this just to make sure it isn’t April 1st. It isn’t. In a reversal of Britain’s two century ownership of Calais from 1347 onwards,

Virgin, NAB and Santander eye up 318 RBS branches

While furore surrounds the level of bonuses about to be announced to some Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bankers Santander, Virgin Money and National Australia Bank (NAB) are gearing up to take on the 318 branches that RBS has put up for sale.

 

Business & Finance

The US powers out of recession, the UK limps behind

Whilst the UK economy hobbled out of recession with a 0.1% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009, the US recorded a more emphatic annualised rate of 5.7%.

The UK figure was actually within error margins

 

Politics

Swine flu and the wasted billions

Across the world many governments committed many billions toward combating the threat of Swine ‘flu.

Now that the dust has settled and the very limited scope of the actual threat

 

Comment

The climate change debate heats up

People may agree or disagree with climate change but the debate, if you can call it that, is definitely

 

Environment

Plastic soup in our ocean gyres

Whilst everyone gossips about whether climate change data has been manipulated or not and traders quietly start making fortunes trading carbon credits, there is an environmental disaster happening right under our noses.

This disaster can be seen and quantified. It can be measured and easily demonstrated

The environment, what do we really know?

According to the Times Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, knew about the flaws in the Himalaya Glacier report well before the Copenhagen climate summit. The report was a major factor in formulating the summit’s proposals.

The report claimed that most of the Himalayan glaciers would have melted away by 2035. But according to most

 

Tripe

Alistair Campbell’s eyes fill with tears in defence of Tony Blair

What is going on? big bad Alistair Darling nearly breaks down on the Andrew Marr show when questioned about Tony Blair misleading Parliament over the premise of reasonable doubt with reference to taking Britain to war against Iraq.

Darren Day is a very naughty boy

According to some reports in the media Mr Day is back to his old tricks of sleeping around and who cares?.

Katie Price and Alex Reid’s Marriage isn’t good news for everyone

Yes I am afraid its true, Katie Price has married again after her husband won Celebrity Big Brother meaning their public profile will soon eclipse that of David and Victoria Beckham.

Prince Charles attacks global warming sceptics

Straight off his polo horse (and I don’t mean Camilla) the Prince of Wales decides to set the record straight and give a piece of his mind to all those nasty people who question global warming.

John Terry can make babies but he can’t play football

In summary, the England football captain John Terry allegedly had an extra marital affair, got a girl pregnant, paid for the abortion and gave the woman a small payout.

The lady is not for boiling

Wonders never cease to amaze! The formerly most powerful woman in the world used to eat 28 eggs a week to help her lose weight.