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Irish women and teenager caught in Cairo mosque stand-off 18 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
The above headline caught my attention in the Telegraph, and my first thought was "What on earth are they doing in Cairo?" Then I read the report and discovered their names were Omaima Halawa, and he...
Bongo Bongo Land (Part 2) 8 Aug 2013 | 01:51 pm
It is worth reading this piece in today's Mail outlining how some of our foreign aid is spent. Highlights are: Rwanda - The President has two private jets – South African-registered Bombardier BD-700 ...
Bongo Bongo Land 7 Aug 2013 | 02:04 pm
The BBC along with the usual left wing media are getting themselves worked up into a sweat because a UKIP MP, Godfrey Bloom, referred to much of Britain's overseas aid being sent to "Bongo Bongo Land"...
Human Rights Madness 31 Jul 2013 | 02:44 am
Surely these headlines in the Daily Mail are some sort of joke They can't be serious! Police let gypsy family stay in couple's £30,000 stolen caravan 'because moving them out will breach their human ...
Explosions at Mosques 19 Jul 2013 | 04:25 pm
There have been a couple of explosions at, or close to Mosques in the last few weeks and the media, particularly the BBC has been very keen to lay the responsibility on "right-wing extremists", the BN...
Independent Scotland's Budget 18 Jul 2013 | 02:09 am
Independent Scotland's budget predictions were based upon the revenue income from North Sea oil. There have always been discussions about where to draw the sea boundary between England and Scotland, ...
The NHS again 15 Jul 2013 | 05:08 pm
As the local NHS Trust is one of those with statistically high death rates, I am naturally concerned. At my age, there is a reasonable probability that I will need to make use of there services within...
Falkirk, Labour and Unite 7 Jul 2013 | 04:07 pm
I have no interest in whom the people of Falkirk elect as their MP at the next general election, but I am interested in the manoeuvring that is going on behind the scenes in an attempt to influence th...
Digging up Dirt. 25 Jun 2013 | 09:37 pm
The media today is full of the allegations made by a retired police officer claiming that he was asked to "dig the dirt" on the Lawrence family following the murder of their son Stephen 20 years ago. ...
Syria - The start of WW3 ? 14 Jun 2013 | 10:59 pm
The Mail today publishes an analysis of the situation in Syria under the heading Could Syria ignite World War 3? That's the terrifying question as the hatred between two Muslim ideologies sucks in t...
