Another fence post

‘The defence secretary, Des Browne, has gone to the high court in an attempt to prevent coroners criticising the Ministry of Defence during military inquests.’
 
Gag coroners from telling the truth, so as to deflect any criticism of the MoD and its incompetent ministers. Very nice. Thus, they will be able to continue to treat our [...]

Budget stuff

Can anyone tell me what on earth relative poverty is, and why, for the love of god, it matters?
If, by some strange occurrence, the entire country become trillionaires overnight (while the rest of the world remains static), and we are all living in big gold houses and driving rocket cars* ~ does the fact that [...]

Read this

now.

Mmmmm

Not convinced on this one;
 
 

Greed:
Medium

Gluttony:
High

Wrath:
Medium

Sloth:
Medium

Envy:
Low

Lust:
Medium

Pride:
Medium

The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com
Hat tip ; Shades

LVT - Still not convinced

Within the libertarian umbrella, there are those who advocate the replacement of some (or indeed all, in the case of ’single tax’ Geolibertarians) taxes with Land Value Tax. Put simply, and there are many ways to skin the LVT cat depending on whom you talk to, LVT is an annual tax or rent that [...]

Sods law

Q) By the law of sod, what happens when you are self employed, and start taking your land rover apart in a mates garage, in order that you can prep it for an expedition you are planning to take later in the year?
 
A) On the way back from said mechanical tinkering, your brake system completely [...]

End game

Today, ladies and gentlemen, we will witness the beginning of the end of the UK as a sovereign state. Well done.
Cleggs position on this issue hasn’t gone down well with all Fib Dems , but is to be expected. I’m sick of saying it, and you are all probably sick of reading it, but the [...]

Sssshhhh…

Tuesday, a night normally reserved for cooking friends a meal, was temporarily replaced with the pub last night, as Grimsby Town were playing for a place in the JPT Final at Wembley . They took a 0-1 away advantage into the game, and managed a draw last night. So, ten years after they went to [...]

Iain Dale naked ~ shocker

‘An emperor who cares too much about clothes hires two swindlers who promise him the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they tell him, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position. The Emperor is nervous about being able to see the cloth himself [...]

Go on, waste you vote….

In The Simpsons ‘Treehouse of Horror VII’, one of their annual halloween specials, one of the shorts involves two aliens from outer space. After kidnapping Homer, they learn that to conquer the Earth,all they need to do is kidnap the two presidential candidates, emulate them, and then take over the world.
 
On the eve of the [...]