I was going to write a very long blog entry about last night’s BBC2 documentary programme - but I find that Vanessa Barford has said all that I had to say here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7259057.stm
They look for a solution that will at least allow them to be attracted to the gender they are naturally attracted to [...]
(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.) I am very much enjoying Channel 4’s Chicken Season so far and have booked the sofa for Friday night for the Jamie show.
One of the most interesting bits for me however has been watching the supermarket and farmers’ PR reactions.
Yesterday, for example, I received a letter from Judith Batchelor, Brand Manager [...]
Writing about http://caseyleaver.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/red-arrows-daily-mirror-successful-public-affairs/
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7175513.stm
Well, when is an Early Day Motion not an Early Day Motion?
Today David Willets, the Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills, will put a motion opposing the withdrawal of funding for “equivalent or lower qualification students” to the House of Commons.
We are wondering whether this has led to the [...]
I am taking a more than usually keen interest in Early Day Motions and Number 10 petitions these days.
In fact, last week, for the first time in my life, I wrote to my MP. And of course that entailed finding out the bugger’s name!
(To his credit, he signed the EDM as requested and sent me [...]
I caught part of a rerun of Yes Minister last night….
Hacker: When you give your evidence to the Think Tank, are you going to support my view that the civil service is overmanned and feather-bedded, or not? Yes or no? Straight answer.
Sir Humphrey: Well Minister, if you ask me for a straight answer, then I [...]
