Archive for October, 2007
Immigrants- the UK’s favourite “whipping boys”
Immigrants. Ah, yes, they’re always expendable. They come to the UK to do the dirty and unglamorous jobs the natives refuse to do, yet we blame them for taking our jobs, commiting crime and sponging off the social. No wonder they have become the nation’s favourite whipping boys (and girls). Another in a long line [...]
Brazil to host 2014 World Cup
Brazil has been announced as the venue for the 2014 World Cup. Why on earth has it taken so long? The five-times winners should have not waited this long to host such a great tournament for the second time. (PS: Is there any chance that Brazil would hold the 2012 Olympics too?)
Lewis Hamilton calls it quits
From The Times: “I’ve decided to move to Switzerland,” Hamilton said. “You lose your ability to go places. You struggle to have a normal life.” “It’s been a tough year. I’ve not been able to spend a lot of time with my friends, my family. You come home and everybody knows you, it makes it [...]
Give the Scots (and the Welsh, and the Northern Irish) independence from the UK
The creation of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments along with the revived Northern ireland assembly was one of the Labour government’s (very) few policy success stories. Now, however, that successs story is beginning to work against them, creating a ‘constitutional crisis’. Each of the parliaments now have their own funding and spending priorities, but it [...]
No anti-smacking law
I read this article online that the government will not bring in a law against the smacking of children by their parents. The issue of smacking in the UK rouses passions from those who would either support or oppose such legislation. Lets’ face it- most of us have been smacked as a child. Smacking, mainly [...]
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