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Black cabs; smelly, expensive, but still the best(2)
Image by ShedBOy^ via Flickr I had a couple of very strange news items drop in to my inbox this mroning. The first was from Reuters which claims that a survey of taxis in major global cities placed London taxis as the best in the world. They do say they are the most expensive, but [...]
Dreams of new oil
The attitude of President Obama to what is happening in the gulf of Mexico has puzzled me. Few can doubt that the environmental disaster is a reason to act but the President’s bashing of BP seems to have gone beyond that which can possibly be helpful. Wrecking the finances of BP by letting its share [...]
Mapping the concerns of the world community
When you are a Parliamentary candidate your junk mail (both paper and electronic) goes through the roof. I am currently getting a minimum of five requests a day from pressure groups and others trying to have me to sign up to their own personal manifesto or campaign. However, now and again you get some fascinating [...]
Why you need to cut now to cut in 2011
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Prince of Darkness, Peter Mandelson, has been on the news again telling us all how unpatriotic the Conservatives are for comparing our busted economy with that of Greece – an economy so bust that it has been put on suicide watch by the European Central Bank. Mandelson , [...]