Britain has been stunned by a series of commonsense statements from Labour politicians
Labour MP, yes, Labour MP, David Lammy, has called for a return to Victorian laws on discipline, and basically condemns Labour Governments for their namby-pamby approach.
One day, even Labour MPs will realise that traditional values are/were better, such as effective discipline, traditional marriage, UK independence, [...]

I hope it will be happy, but is it New Year at all? Why do we celebrate it on 1st January? I had to find out more than I already knew, which wasn’t much. 
Basically, the length of a year according to the Julian Calendar was too long, and after thirteen centuries of use, the actual vernal [...]

So, Gaddafi was pulled from a hole in a desperate condition, as was Saddam, and bin Laden was killed in his house after hiding behind one of his wives like a coward. Only it turns out that last bit was made up. The common factor is that these madmen were made to look like pathetic [...]

Firstly, apologies fellow sojourners for not writing in ten days. The spirit of blogging was low in me. Of all the garbage in the news lately, this is the one which has my fingers furiously tapping the keyboard again. You might be wondering why another silly health and safety story got me back on the [...]

Cranmer reports that after the international outcry over the death sentence of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani,  the authorities in Iran have invented different crimes to accuse him of as an excuse to kill him (for being a Christian). He is now accused of rape, extortion, and being a Zionist.
This is how justice works in Iran: if [...]

I happened to see part of the EastEnders ‘omnibus’ edition this afternoon in someone else’s house. We watched for about forty minutes before we saw any of the characters as much as raise a smile. It should be renamed MiseryVille.
I haven’t watched this feast of insanity for years and I hardly knew any of the [...]

The Total Politics blog awards have all been published now. I haven’t won this many badges since I was a cub scout.
I came 48th in the Scottish Top 50 last year, but there is only a Top 25 this year, so I knew it would be touch and go whether I could improve that much, [...]

A post on 9/11 will be appearing tomorrow, but in the meantime, I thought you would be interested in these ‘conspiracy theories’ that ended up being more than just theories. The writer reminds us that a conspiracy is just a scary way of saying “alternative agenda” and gives the example from USA Today that “over [...]

The Daily Mail has published an article, One in seven believe U.S. government staged the 9/11 attacks in conspiracy, which is based on a poll for the BBC Two programme, The Conspiracy Files – Ten Years On.
The telephone survey conducted by Gfk NOP found that 14 per cent of Britons believed that there was a [...]

Do you consider everyone who disagrees with you to be a fool? Should people who believe that others ought to have the opportunity to formulate their own opinions be thought of as fools?
Professor Dawkins seems to think so. Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is one of the candidates for the Republican nomination in next year’s [...]