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No! No! No! 26 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
Voting should be compulsory for young people taking part in a general election for the first time, according to a report published on Monday by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Voting should...
UKIP 26 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
Hello one and all, just a short introduction, My Name is Kath and LR has amazed and astounded me by asking me to guest Blog on his hallowed ground. It is a privilege and an honour, Here for your de...
We Are All Individuals 26 Aug 2013 | 01:27 am
Another attack on individualism. Society is “losing the plot” as it becomes more secular and less trusting, the UK’s outgoing Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has said. Lord Jonathan Sacks told the BBC the gr...
The Twist of Language 25 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
It’s amusing to see a politician being on the receiving end of the petty macro life management they propose for the rest of us. Just ask David Cameron, 46, who was photographed topless on a Cornwall ...
Simple Answer To That 22 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
Farcebook again. An Anglesey mother has talked over her anger after an internet troll took her son’s picture from her Facebook profile and posted it online with offensive comments. Problems began af...
Bangorrhea? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:37 am
A BBC article discusses the use – or should that be overuse – of the exclamation mark!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem… Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87. The crime novelist really didn’t like exclamation mark...
Meh 20 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
This is supposed to be funny. The line that won Dave’s Funniest Joke of The Fringe ran: “I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa.” I’m incli...
Quelle Surprise… 20 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
Well, blow me down… Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time, says the UK’s leading GP. Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of GPs, says the government is prom...
Copypock! 20 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Another survey based on junk science. Bullying in childhood “throws a long shadow” into victims’ adult lives, suggests research indicating long-term negative consequences for health, job prospects an...
Now It’s Coffee 19 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
It’ll kill you, apparently. Lots of headlines last week warned young people (those under 55) that drinking more than 28 cups of coffee a week – four cups a day – may lead to an increased risk of all ...
