Any Advance on a Hundred Pounds?
This delightful (and genuine) piece of irony via Guido.
Category: UK Politics
Why Darling should cut Fuel Duty
Here in the UK (and I guess elsewhere if my friends in the US are anything to go by) the price of petrol ("gas" for you colonists) has shot up in the last few weeks. Only yesterday the price per …
Sisters, Inheritance and Civil Partnerships
You’ll have seen the story in the past few days that the European Court of Human Rights ruled against a couple of elderly sisters who wanted to have the same inheritance tax rights as two women in a Civil Partnership. …
Choices 2005 – UK Voting
For my UK readers, considering whether to vote in tomorrow’s local and mayoral elections, here’s the video I did three years ago for the last General Election. Remember, if you don’t vote, you let others change everything.
How Gordon annoyed the most important people…
Nadine Dorries reports how it doesn’t get any better than this in terms of the 10p tax debacle. Stood at the till paying for my toasted tea cake and tea just as the lovely members’ tea room staff were handed …
Should Homosexually Active Men Give Blood?
The BBC is reporting today about a petition to change the rules in Scotland on blood donation. A petition by gay rights campaigners against what they believe is discrimination over who can give blood is to be considered by MSPs. …