admin | February 23, 2009
“Since my last report he has reached rock bottom, and has started to dig” or in other words, an old saying involving a frying pan and fire. I just got forwarded this old email chain letter about ‘army insults’ and guess what came to mind? Zimbabwe.
Think, the government of national unity? Look [...]
admin | February 10, 2009
“….High street banks and building societies are cracking down on new lending to previously credit-worthy customers using an early warning system, which assesses the chances of borrowers defaulting on loan repayments in the future….”
Seriously, has someone lost their mind? Is it not these same blasted technological prediction and modelling solutions that has lead to [...]
admin | February 9, 2009
Here is a question. Imagine that you are legally entitled to a £1 million bonus for one whole year of hard slog and stress, but however, everyone says or thinks you should not take the money as the company that you work for has not made any money. In fact, had it not [...]
admin | February 3, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/27/child-support-absent-fathers-passport
There is nothing in the UK to set off the gender war like the issue of Child Maintenance. The welfare reform bill blog entry at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/27/child-support-absent-fathers-passport is a good example of the feelings generated – getting nearly a thousand comments in a few days.
In the same week, the New Scientist has a special report [...]
admin | February 2, 2009
I can’t even be bothered to provide links to any snow stories; every single UK new source is carrying it. I won’t even go into how a Northern European country fails year after year to be prepared for a bit of snow. This weather is like manna from heaven for the news gathers [...]
