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A referendum on Scottish independence; how would the English vote?
The Scots will be holding a referendum in which the Scottish people will be asked whether they want to break away from the rest of the United Kingdom and become an independent nation again, after three...
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The old lie
A thing that made me sad today was to hear Gordon Brown say how sad loss of life makes “us”, presumably the royal plural. In fact he said “Obviously the loss of life is something that makes us all sad....
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Iceland votes no; quite right too!
If the banking crisis has cost the British a huge amount of money, then it is worth the British thinking just how much the Banking crisis might cost the Icelanders. There are only a quarter of a...
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Why fuel prices are getting higher
If you live in the United Kingdom you will almost certainly be driving less in the near future because it will cost you more to drive than ever before. Petrol prices are rising and will soon be close...
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Gordon Brown’s error – being directed by the bankers
It is refreshing and admirable when a politician admits to making a mistake, because politicians spend so much of their time professing their infallibility. Of course, as soon as one admits to a...
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BP and their environmental record
After the hurricane came the plague of oil. Accidents will happen, but they seem to happen far too frequently in the oil industry and in the coal industry. BP, proudly “beyond petroleum” has shown us...
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The banks are returning to profit, but where did it all go wrong?
The news that the major United Kingdom Banks are returning to profit is welcome. In 2008 most of them were at risk, so it seemed and most of them needed taxpayers’ money directly as an injection or...
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A modern mask of anarchy
I like poetry, but I am not particularly fond of the Romantic Poets or of one of their most famous people Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelly lived for only thirty years, dying fashionably young. He wrote one...
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Papering over the cracks in banks
The financial crisis rumbles on. Despite the wars and earthquakes and tsunami we find that the sticking plaster, used to patch up the finances of some European banks, has failed and more drastic...
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Biofuel Madness
Biofuels are unfortunately an important part of European Union and United Kingdom policy. At the moment the United Kingdom sources about 3% of its vehicle fuel from plants, which have starchy or woody...
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