How do you feel about the burka? France is more than a little negative. To be perfectly honest, I don’t know. I see the argument that some women are being forced to wear the burka, directly or indirectly, and that this is an affront to our sense of liberty and justice. I also see the [...]

Well, I had haggis (didn’t like it much) and whisky (please, sir, can I have some more) for Burns supper last night. It only seems appropriate: Address to a Haggis: Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye [...]

As we all know, the London Borough of Barnet has dubbed itself ‘easyCouncil’ after taking a leaf out of budget airlines’ book and providing a very basic service as standard and charging for all manner of extras. Let us look at another budget airline, as reported in the London Evening Standard, as it copes with [...]

Just over a year ago, I posted some predictions for MMIX. They were, with results, There will be an attempt to ‘test’ Obama militarily within his first year of office Not as I expected There will not be a General Election in the UK Correct There will not be a go-ahead for the third runway [...]

and a peaceful new year. xD.

My day job involves working with various members of the Atlantic Treaty Association. There is a general feeling that working with Nato and working with the EU go hand in hand. This is especially pronounced amongst recent and aspirant members, but various associations, explicitly or otherwise, see their role as promoting ‘Euro-Atlantic integration’. I think [...]

Twitter has been hacked this morning by a group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army, which have defaced it with a message in English and Farsi, now removed. When translated, it read: Iranian Cyber Army THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM U.S.A. Think They Controlling And Managing Internet By Their Access, [...]

I’ve only been to Oslo once. It’s a lovely city; I arrived, though, on a winter’s Sunday afternoon. The cold and the habit of Osloers of spending the weekend outside the city meant that there were very few people out and about other than a slightly chilly Brit and a group of protesters outside the [...]

and happy Hannukah to all. xD.