Politics
« Previous EntriesGetting windy at the Opera
Friday, July 11th, 2008Glyndebourne Opera House, one of the most prestigious venues for the artform in the world, has been given the go-ahead to install a wind turbine to generate its own power. The decision has come after a public enquiry, protests from various groups like the Campaign to Protect Rural England and much wrangling over whether the [...]
60 years too late
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008According to Nazi-hunters supreme the Simon Weisenthal Centre, they’ve found so-called Dr Death Aribert Heim alive and well and living in Patagonia.
I’m always a little conflicted when I hear about these sort of cases, whether they be Nazi’s from the Second World War, or Bosnian’s, or Romanian’s or any of dozens of other nations that [...]
Paying lip-service
Thursday, May 29th, 2008The BBC is reporting a new proposed scheme from the Environmental Audit Committee. They’re suggesting the introduction of “personal carbon credit” system, in an attempt to limit the amount of energy that we all use.
The big hole in the plan is the same one that effects carbon offsetting; people who exceed their limit will be [...]
Stephen King vs some guy
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Stephen King’s taking some flak at the moment for comments he made about the US education system and how it’s failing its students. He suggested that many leave with barely enough education to function and have limited career options. He goes on to suggest that, because of this, many end up in the armed forces [...]
All four trotters in the trough
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008These two stories from the BBC concerns a wider issue that has been bubbling away in British politics for a little while now, the issue of MP’s expenses.
Given that an MP currently earns just over £61,000 - and a Cabinet Minister earns an extra nearly £77,000 on top of that - it seems somewhat obscene [...]