Open Letter to MPs on the EU Referendum Debate and Vote

To all Members of Parliament,
Please vote on Monday to allow the people of the United Kingdom to have a say in OUR future. We demand the right to a referendum on EU membership, denied for so long and promised by Labour and Tory.
The time is now. Please don’t believe the following two common misconceptions:
1) The [...]

Now 60W light bulbs to be banned

The European Union seems determined to take the continent back to the Dark Ages – literally – as the ban on the manufacture of 60 watt incandescent light bulbs comes into force at the end of the month. A couple of years ago the 100W bulbs were removed from the shelves, now the 60W and [...]

Business as usual?

Blogging has been non-existent again this week. My retail flag website was hacked into and used to send thousands of spam emails, and the hosting company more-or-less removed the site, so we have had to build a brand new one from scratch. Two or three years ago, I made a big mistake when messing around [...]

Gordon Brown’s New Job

Congratulations are due to our previous Dear Leader, but some people are a bit miffed:
THE appointment of Gordon Brown as an adviser to a key world economic body met with anger last night.
Mr Brown, who saddled Britain with a huge debt during his time as Chancellor and Prime Minister, has been appointed as an adviser [...]

O2 and CO2

O2 have still not cut their ties with eco-crazies 10:10. They are now the only corporate sponsor who still wish to be associated with the group and its video showing children who refuse to comply with their agenda being blown up by their teacher.
I received an email from Sony yesterday which ended, …we have taken [...]

Is Cameron a traitor too?

Real Street is listed as a political blog, so I thought I’d do some politics as I have been a bit slow of late. I have wanted to comment on much, but at the end of the day lately, I’m afraid I’ve not been much bothered about writing. I’m in the mood just now, so [...]

Plans to open Scotland’s first goldmine… ah, but…

A MAJOR environmental battle is looming over plans to open Scotland’s first gold mine within a national park.
Owners of the Cononish mine, near Tyndrum, expect to extract up to 73,000 tonnes of ore per year for a decade to cash in on demand for the precious metal, which has soared in price over the last [...]