Archive for October, 2008
'Shabby' bank deal gets the nod
In other, more important news…. the government has just given the go ahead for two banks Lloyds TSB and Halifax Bank Of Scotland (HBOS) to merge. The deal would create a mega-bank which would control around 35 per cent of UK personal bank accounts and around 28 per cent of the mortgage market. Lord (Peter) [...]
Radio Prank: A mountain out of a molehill
Russell Brand quits his radio show, Jonathan Ross is suspended, and the controller of BBC’s Radio2 Lesley Douglas resigns her position. The Corporation’s detractors have a field day. All this over-the-top reaction over a radio prank. When the crap hit the fan, both Brand and Ross apologised. But should an experienced radio controller be forced [...]
Hallowe'en sucks!
I’m sick and tired of the comercialisation of Hallowe’en. End of.
Minister's immigration madness
It seems that UK immigration minister Phil Woolas is having trouble trying to sell his controversial admissions policy to Sun newsreaders. The United Kingdom’s already harsh immigration policy is going to get even harsher. Non-white people , particularly those from outside the European Union and the United States, will be targeted, and even those who [...]
We need a proper national holiday, not a British Day!
The government has denied newspaper reports that plans for a national holiday to celebrate a mythical Britishness have been shelved. Not surprisingly, the alleged delays in the plans have attracted the usual criticism from those commentators claiming to be patriots. But the real issue is that the United Kingdom has fewer national bank holidays than [...]
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