Those who follow the Westminster Parliament’s Hansard will know that the scribes of that august publication are masters at disguising absolute uproar as ‘Several Hon. Members: Oh! Oh!’. While this is doubtless a skill, we do sadly lose some of the flavour of the occasion when MPs use particularly choice language. Fortunately for us, the [...]

On the Met Office website is a statement, I presume in response to the emails leaked from UEA, that reads We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities. The evidence and [...]

The European Commission is calling for a suggested maximum volume to be set on MP3 players, to protect users’ hearing reports the BBC. One proposal is to have a limit of 85 dB, which can be overridden as far as 100 dB. This is a bit daft for three reasons. Firstly, it’s a bad idea. [...]

Hello from Brussels # Back in Blighty. # So, what's been happening while I've been away, Twitterverse? # I fear I may be behind the times, but am nevertheless glad to see @tom_watson has joined the beardies # I reject your reality and susbtitute my own. # Thalatta! Thalatta! # I subscribed to NykSciPhi's channel [...]

and happy Hannukah to all. xD.

It would appear that Premiers Sarkozy and Merkel are joining with Gordon Brown in wanting a super tax on on bonuses and, perhaps, further action to prevent banking causing a recession such as we are experiencing at the moment again. On 2008 figures, that’s slightly more than fifty per cent of the EU’s GDP1, which [...]

A cracking episode of the Pod Delusion, now available for your auditory delectation. A special extended episode, featuring: Libel Reform Campaign launch (1:13) by Jack of Kent Homeopathy Select Committees (9:26) by Martin Robbins The future of NATO (16:24) by James O’Malley Darwin’s Detractors (23:07) by Liz Lutgendorff In defence of Bob Crow (27:38) by [...]

UK plc is not in a great state and today’s PBR is a recognition that recovery is not just around the corner. We are in a worse condition than our G20 peers; alone still in recession and with three quarters of recession ahead of us. The question to be asked is why we are particularly [...]