Fresh from the file marked ‘Haven’t you twats got something better to do?’ comes this latest sorry tale of bureaucratic stupidity… Name warning for dragon sausages A food company has been warned it could face legal action over the name of its Welsh Dragon Sausages. Trading standards said […]

Curious Hamster offers up an intriguing little tale of comment censorship over at the Daily Torygraph… Last night, I noticed that “journalist” Con Coughlin has a blog at the Telegraph. His latest post references the “Iran is taking over al-Qaeda – nuclear armageddon – we’re all going to […]

Here’s a question for you. Is it possible, do you think, to find a newspaper columnist who’s opinions are so far ‘out there’ that they make even the apocalyptic world of Mad Mel Phillips look like an oasis of sanity in and insane world? (And before any starts, […]

So little time, so much ground to cover… One of real pleasures, and also sometimes frustrations, of blogging is that you can never be quite sure just how your readers will react to your views and what, if any, comments you might get by way of a response […]

In terms of the generalities of both Jon Cruddas’s and Mike Ion’s recent comments on the resurgence of the far-right, and particularly the BNP, I find myself in broad agreement with both. Yes, I would certainly agree that it is important that we carry the fight to the […]

It’s difficult to know quite which is the least enticing prospect; that of the government setting up its own ‘Ministry of Propaganda’ to promote ‘British values’ to the Muslim community as part of ‘The War Against Terror’ (T.W.A.T) – I know, altogether now, ‘whaddya mean ‘setting up’? – […]

Much as I’ve got a lot of time, personally, for Tom Watson and know enough about both the Yew Tree and Tamebridge area and the work of its Resident’s Association to be sure that good cause he’s currently promoting on his website is worthy of support, nevertheless I […]

Ordinarily I’m a great supporter of dear old Auntie Beeb and not one to be overly concerned by the near routine complaints of bias that it faces from all directions. As I see it, if the Beeb succeeds in drawing such complaints from all directions in roughly equal […]

Over the Kitchen, DK not only refrains from his usual line in invective but relates a rather disturbing story about the use of Chip and Pin cards which resulted in this statement being made by a senior member of staff in HBOS’s retail banking division… Up to 40 […]

Aside from being a day for dissecting the latest set of gushings from dear old Polly Pot, Friday is also Home Office press release day (particularly when there are unpromising statistics that need burying). And so, on the Labour Party website, we find that Dr Demento doing his […]