Anna Racoon has a wonderful post up about the difference between the English "must have everything now" way of life and the way the French system works. As a taster : In the UK there is a pressing social need to ‘have things’, cars, houses, furniture, clothes. They...
The Big Lie.
Over at Burning our Money today is a good post on our governments peddling of lies on the subject of immigration into the UK. It seems that their oft repeated assertion that it was just to make us all richer and to fill vacant jobs is just a cover for the real reason...
The UK is broken.
For a very well written summary of why the UK is so utterly broken then look no further than underdogs bite upwards. If you want a taster : A deficit that can only be paid by putting the country back to the Dark Ages and starting again. Dover sold off to the French....
Why the world is broken.
If you want a very well written summary in 10 paragraphs as to why the world monetary system is broken then look no further than over at Zero Hedge. Do go have a read.
Halifax Bank TV adverts
OK ... so I was wrong before. I need a large field, machine gun and unlimited ammunition. NOW dammit! And if you are feeling particularly masochistic, have a look below. WARNING - remove anything fragile from the room as well as any small pets which may get stomped....
What planet are these people on?
Just when you thought you had read all the latest commentary on the horrors of alcohol and how it should be banned and taxed and banned some more before taxing people who even think of a beer we get this : The alcohol commission, being chaired by education expert Prof...
Quote of the day.
Interesting article and great quote : Revolutions happen when broken parts of existing structures reassemble themselves in novel ways. Will we all be carrying dollars in out pockets in the future?
Subsidy Madness.
Announced last week was the level of subsidy to be paid for people with micro-generation installations on their homes - solar panels, wind turbines etc etc. There are some pretty generous payments up for grabs all designed to give a return on capital of 8-9%. It could...
UK Politics
Over at Burning Our Money, a post about the global warming industry and how all our mainstream political parties are all true believers brings this quote .. It's very difficult all this, isn't it. The horrible fact is, there isn't actually anyone we can vote for who...
The brilliance that is the Daily Mash
Seriously, if you have never read Daily Mash then do so now! MOST mobile phones are now more intelligent than their teenage owners, it emerged last night. Researchers at the Institute for Studies found the latest Nokia smartphone has an extensive vocabulary, a...