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Posted in Ramblings on Mar 12th, 2008
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has made it clear during his Budget announcements this morning that there are grim times ahead in his opinion.
Growth expectations have been slashed and he has had to announce huge increases to Government borrowing.
The overall tone of the Budget statement was hardly what you might call upbeat and even [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 12th, 2008
Chief Constable Mike Todd was a ‘Coppers’ Copper’ according to his colleagues. He was well respected, at the top of his game, and had a reputation for making the difficult arrest and the difficult statements in public.
Mike had challenged organised crime directly and was at the forefront on the ‘battle on terror’.
Judged as the ideal [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 11th, 2008
Lord Goldsmith (ex Attorney General) appears to be trying to make sure that he stays in with HRH by calling for all kids to have to pledge allegiance to the Queen prior to leaving school, and that there should be a National Holiday along the lines of Australia day.
Personally, I don’t have a particular difficulty [...]
The guy in this picture is Mohammed Hamid. He has been convicted of recruiting for Islamic extremists, and he is going to be sentenced soon.
He stood in court accused of taking young ‘vulnerable’ Muslims to training camps in the Lake District and the New Forest and preparing them to fight. It is believed [...]
Posted in Rants on Feb 26th, 2008
Nothing wrong with protesting in my opinion. The British don’t do enough of it, and (it could be argued) the French do just a little too much of it.
What DOES wind me up though are professional protesters. There’s plenty wrong on this planet of ours, but when I hear about self appointed guardians [...]
