Archive for November, 2007
Sky rival launches sports news channel, but we miss the original
Setanta Sports launched its sports news channel in the UK yesterday. This was seen in its latest weapon in their battle against the ever-dominant Sky Sports. It was launched on Virgin Media to replace the much-missed Sky Sports News, which was pulled from the cable company’s channel line-up because of a long-running carriage dispute with [...]
Government caught in new donations row
It’s yet another tough week for our beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Labour Party is involved in yet another cash-for-access row. They had been found out by the press for failing to declare donations from a wealthy supporter. David Abrahams had donated around £600,000 to Labour through third parties (in this case, asking several [...]
Free speech must be allowed, even for racists
Historian David Irving, and leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin. Two extremely odious men whose right-whinge political views are often beyond the pale. Yet they must be allowed to speak their minds in public and should never be censored. Both men are due to give a debate at the famous Oxford Union tonight. [...]
More on the data loss scandal
I read this letter in the Guardian today: “This is a potentially serious matter for millions of families. But to make it into a government scandal is way over the top. The revenue head did not need to resign; Gordon Brown did not need to make an abject apology. David Cameron and George Osborne used [...]
British football failure….again!
It had to happen. For the first time in nearly fifteen years, no national football side from the Home nations will be at a major tournament final. They will be absent from the Euro 2008 finals which take place next summer in Austria and Switzerland. The fates of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were already [...]
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