I don’t normally write about smoking, but things have become so unbelievably crazy that I’m going to start. Scottish Labour welcomes:
an initiative by the UK Government to halve the number of people smoking by 2010. The strategy includes a crackdown on cigarette smoking.
A crackdown?! You mean a total ban in all enclosed public places is [...]

I ended up on Thomas Byrne’s blog, ByrneTofferings (geddit?) and wondered who this chap is. The first bit of info on his About Me page is his liking for Diet Coke.
Hello, I’m Tom. I like Diet coke, Indiepop and Politics.
I warned him and thought it might be a timely reminder to repeat here – what [...]

The picture is of Ukrainians in Kiev burning a replica of an anti-flu mask in a protest against what they call government-inspired hysteria about swine flu that distracts the public from political issues.
Indeed. Last year, the WHO redefined what constitutes a ‘pandemic’ and removed the important factors that there must be a high morbidity and [...]

We know how much New Labour despises the individual (not just the family). They hate intelligence (because a little knowledge in the proles is a dangerous thing to the elite); that’s why we had to be dumbed down. They hate goodness (because through goodness comes strength); that’s why they teach children that all religions are [...]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, here’s a New Labour suggestion for the introduction of “entitlement cards” to enable us to purchase alcohol and tobacco – and have our purchases “recorded”. All to help tackle problem drinkers. The idea is from a fellow Cowan. John Cowan is Labour’s Parliamentary candidate in South [...]

…well, sort of. When I read this in the Telegraph the other day, “The average British adult has indirectly had sexual intercourse with more than 2.8 million people, it has been claimed,” I thought, come again? I’ve not had sex with 2.8 people, never mind 2.8 million. What’s this all about? I knew things were [...]

I was doing my shopping in our local Morrison’s supermarket during the week and there was a tannoy advert for toothpaste, complete with directions on how to use it, like “remember to brush below the gum-line”.
Can’t wait for the toilet paper announcements!
Boom-tish!