Sep
27
2009
With apologies to The Sunday Times and Jon Moulton whose words I have shamelessly plundered… “What would you think if you were forced to invest in a Company which always misses its targets, has unhappy owners and a huge unfunded pension deficit, has increased overheads in real terms for over a decade, has had negative [...]
Tags: jon moulton, new labour
Sep
21
2009
With so-called ‘feral gangs of youths’ roaming our streets and terrorising people it’s easy to jump up and down but, really, we’re all to blame for this. Decisions made by successive Governments, businesses and individuals over decades have a cumulative effect. Governmental meddling moved us to a more service-based economy resulting in decimation of our [...]
Tags: crime, feral gangs
Sep
15
2009
Over the years numerous individuals and groups have sought to change the name of various things and the well-known pudding, Spotted Dick, has been right up there among the most maligned. Of course, with a name like that it will come in for immature, even puerile, comments from the sniggering schoolboy types amongst us – [...]
Tags: spotted dick
Sep
08
2009
Well, after publishing advice on Swine Flu I never really expected to think about it any more. Then I got it! The phrase ‘It’s unlikely to kill you’ in advice leaflets could be replaced (in my case) with ‘You probably won’t die, it’ll just feel like you are, for days’. Mosts cases have been mild [...]
Tags: swine flu, tamiflu