Archive for December, 2009
Merry Christmas
The Armchair wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and hopefully a peaceful and prosperous New Year. I’ll be back soon.
Party leaders agree to TV debates
It’s been a long political soap opera which exceeded even the expenses scandal, but now it’s almost over. The leaders of the United Kingdom’s three main political parties have agreed to face off against each other in three televised debates during next year’s general election campaign. The three election debates (the first to be shown on ITV, the second [...]
Snow!
It has been snowing not just in the UK, but also in most of Europe, and the north-eastern United States, increasing the hopes for a white Christmas. I like the current weather….except when I have to bloody go to work in it….
Putting off the day of reckoning…again
So, there was a deal… of sorts…. in Copenhagen this week, but not the sort of deal in which many environmentalists… and commentators…. may have wanted. After much wrangling, haggling, and walkout threats, more money will be provided by the richer nations, around $30billion (£18.5billion) for the next three years, and that the main goal [...]
One HAS to take a regular train….
From the Daily Mail: “The Queen on a First Capital Connect- Unbelievable!” So, Her Majesty has to take the regular train service like the rest of her subjects. So bloody what? By the way, is this story really newsworthy? Sheesh!
London
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