Archive for October, 2009
Controversy over the BNP's appearance on "Question Time"
The BBC should be congratulated for inviting the ultra-right-wing British National Party leader Nick Griffin to appear on tonight’s Question Time programme. It is right that broadcasters should allow him to appear on grounds of impartiality. The BNP’s views may be odious and disgusting, but the British people have a right to debate the issues [...]
More troops to be sent to Afghanistan- for what purpose?
Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently announced that around 500 more British troops will become like lambs to the slaughter in Afghanistan, bring the total to around 9,500. He also paid tribute to the 37 soldiers who were killed since July. The current total of troops killed since the war began in 2001 is around 221. [...]
I want my Evening Standard- now!
London’s leading newspaper, the Evening Standard, was relaunched today as a freesheet… and guess what? I can’t get a copy. I went down to my local newsagent to buy a copy of the newspaper. I looked on the shelf to see that I couldn’t see one anywhere. I asked him about the loss of the [...]
Crisis at the Royal Mail
What is going on with our much-maligned postal service at the moment? The on-going dispute at the Royal Mail is threatening to turn very nasty indeed, particularly with the busy Christmas seasonal period coming up. Postal workers from the CWU union have voted by a majority in favour of strike action over worsening job security [...]
Happy birthday, Monty Python!
On October 5th 1969, a new comedy series was born. The series, which was shown on BBC TV, had ran for 45 episodes over five years, which then became a cult… and then expanded to several feature films… all of them had some of the most funniest sketches of all time…. and it’s still going [...]
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