Gordon Brown continually dismisses questions on the current economic climate by stating that '...we have a strong economy...'.

So HD ...   more »

Continuing the theme of identity, isn't it painful how history can come back and kick you in the soft parts ...   more »

Wandering around the National Gallery of Scotland with ‘a keen eye for Socialism’ (OK so I don’t get out that ...   more »

I have been reading the newspaper reports that the National Archives (Kew, UK) have forged documents. This is about Himmler ...   more »

Clearly fatboy not so slim Presso is doing two things here. Assuring his book sells and bringing to the attention ...   more »

I have heard a few stories about card companies getting tough with their customers when they do not pay their ...   more »

When you put your trust and more importantly your money in the hands of a fruit & veg man can ...   more »

I can't get out of my head that this is a squabble between very rich people/institutions and I should go ...   more »

Good idea provided the political class in the whole of the UK take an allegiance to

Not act on self ...   more »

As the Northern Rock plc turns to subsidised Government department one thing is at the front of my concerns.

Firstly ...   more »

Here are my 8 for ‘8 predictions for 2008

After the debacle of Northern Rock, another financial institution ‘run’ will ...   more »

A year goes by so quickly these days! It is time to see how my predictions faired through the year 2007.   more »

I wanted to write an open letter to Gordon Brown about the ‘Donorgate’ affair. Something was nagging at me by ...   more »

I do not have any family at home so my data is OK, I hope. I was going to say ...   more »

I wrote recently that had I money invested in the Northern Rock I would be the first in the queue ...   more »

I read with interest today that Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, the head of The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) accuses ...   more »

Well it had to happen one day. A Conservative MP (or rather a candidate) would not be able to resist ...   more »

If you ask a seven year old 'who is Princess Diana?', they will probably reply 'that lady that lives in ...   more »

I was searching for some news on Google today, which is something I do on a regular basis of course, ...   more »

Today we learned that the UK Government can call on just 4.4 million GBP to repay any investors in concerns ...   more »

I watched the Channel Four Dispatches program about the emergence of a 'Political Class'. The part dedicated to MP's accommodation ...   more »

This contribution to another site tells some of story of the 'Great 2007 Floods of Gloucestershire'. I'm ...   more »

In a perverse sort of way, listening to the problems of those caught up in the recent floods in England ...   more »

Talking of the class of '66, it appears this week that the UK government have resorted to recruiting someone my ...   more »

This week we heard '...White British boys from poorer backgrounds are more likely than other social groups to perform badly ...   more »

Today is World Environment Day. Harpmandoodle dedicates a lot of time and effort to assist protect our planet. Harpmandoodle cannot ...   more »

The following was an answer I posted elsewhere to some arguments on global warming and sustainability of our planet. I ...   more »

It's been building up in me this year. First it was the sight of that great wrinkly old twit sniffing ...   more »

How do I know that you may be asking? Well I just do. it has already happened. Not some scheme ...   more »

A very good friend of mine works in the Foreign and Colonial office in London. 'They' tipped me off about two years ago that the Civil service was catholicising...   more »