Comical Ali was right all along

Camelot runs the SOCA
The lottery of crime-fighting

(A guest post by Gus of 1820 fame.)
Anyone who didn’t believe in karma should take a peek at what’s going on in the Antarctic Ocean. As Associated Press reports: “The crew of a Japanese whaling ship (the Nisshin Maru) stranded in Antarctic waters by a fire that killed one seaman were trying to repair its [...]

There is much discussion amongst our continental brethren about just what to do with the aborted EU constitution. Some suggest simply ratifying the thing anyway, despite the French and Dutch “no” votes; others propose cutting bits and trying again; others still that bits of it should be introduced gradually (so that no one really notices); [...]

Much has been written about David Cameron being a Blair manqué. The accusations of style over substance, the eye-catching initiatives, the willingness to alienate his party, the constant drive for modernisation, and the sleight of hand that leads one to believe that one day soon it will be necessary to count the spoons.
And here is [...]

Pickled Politics
Guido Fawkes, the full story

Feeling the squeeze.
‘Even at my age, blackheads can be a problem,’ says Will Hutton.

Gaining independence from the English, only to see hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of people applying dual citizenship, would be a hollow victory for the SNP.

Happy Cyril’s Day!

EU Referendum comes out in support of terrorism

Iain Dale and the Nick Boles question
Richard Gere and the race for London Mayor.

I didn’t get to hear the John Humphreys interview with the Prime Minister when it was broadcast on Friday. Happily, it’s archived on the Today site. The interview itself is available in Real Media format. BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson analyses in Real Media. Most newspapers commented on Saturday; the BBC summarised the interview as [...]

How Green Is Green Electricity?