First things first, let me point you in the direction of Dr Crippen and his excellent blog – if you’re wanting to know how and why the NHS is pissing money down the drain you’ll find few better sources of information. All of which reminds me of one […]

Over at Chicken Yoghurt, Justin’s finally managed to figure out exactly what Charlie Falconer’s job is… …he’s the Minister for Shite. Devil’s Kitchen’s also very good on this.

There will be no public inquiry into the July terrorist attacks on London. …Mr Clarke believes such an inquiry is not justified because it would duplicate work that is already being done by MPs, and could drag on for years. Hang on, lets look at the powers that […]

They say that there’s a broken light for every heart on Broadway… They say that life’s a game, then they take the board away… They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story… Then leave you all to improvise their Vicious Cabaret… "The great thing […]

And so Arnie decides to sign ‘Tookie’ Williams’ death warrant. I guess the moral of this story for Californians is next time, get a better actor – one that’s maybe read Shakespeare… The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon […]

Well that clinches it for me, Blair has finally gone completely off his head. Forget impeaching him, just get a registered community psychiatric nurse and section the fucker now. Ok, we had a fair few dumbass bouts of ‘thinking aloud’ before – remember the whole business of frogmarching […]

Boris is out as editor the Spectator (resigned)… …and in as Shadow Higher Education Secretary. Looks like his admission that he voting Cameron out of naked self-interest has done him no harm at all. Suddenly Education Questions in the House may become worth watching although, unlike the Beeb, […]

Oh dear, it seems the publishing world has got itself in rather a snit over the prospect of Waterstone’s proposed takeover of the Ottakar’s chain, as Simon Jenkins notes here: “Waterstone’s, once “the beautiful place”, was this week referred to the Competition Commission for trying to gobble up […]

I feel a rant coming on… On and off I get to wondering just what it is that pisses me off so much about the self-styled ‘muscular liberals’ of the pro-war left, and today’s one of those days. What’s prompted this train is thought is having spotted yet […]

“The duty not to countenance the use of torture by admission of evidence in judicial proceedings must be regarded as paramount and to allow its admission would shock the conscience, abuse or degrade the proceedings and involve the state in moral defilement.” Lord Carswell And so, the Law […]