Beer Sales Tumble
Pub closures are running at 27 a week, according to the BBPA, amounting to some 1,200 that have been forced out of business over the last 12 months.
From a purely utilitarian point of view, what’s that in job terms? OK - you’ve got the publican, his wife, probably a couple more bar staff […]
hmmm…
London will host a free party in the Mall on 24 August to celebrate the handover of the Olympic Games from Beijing to London, the 2012 hosts.
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London Mayor Boris Johnson said: “I’m suspicious of any state-sponsored effort to encourage any national mood of euphoria, but looking at what’s going to be in store for us […]
Saw this chap today, thought I’d share it…
So, now that I try and tell people that UKIP’s a party that believes in freedom and liberty, I’ll have “so why did your only MP vote for 42 days detention without charge?”.
The tories are already having a field day over this.
I’m starting to think about maybe splitting the blog up into a number of blogs, probably using subdomains to manage each, so one for each of the following:-
tech
politics
other stuff and nonsense
Is this a good idea?
I’m not sure that I particularly like Barack Obama’s policies, but I do feel a bit like the contestants on 3-2-1 when they got rid of dusty bin.
I’m not sure whether the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) was inevitable, or kick-started by the OLPC project, but it’s now in full flow. There now seem to be no end of companies competing in this market.
Asus have just released a new, faster Eee PC. MSI have their Wind PC. HP have the Mini-note, and Dell […]
Michael Johnson on drugs and handing back his 4×00 medal:-
It is also a huge responsibility for the World Anti-Doping Agency, because many of the athletes who have now had to admit to using banned substances never tested positive.
It’s a good read. When someone of the stature of Michael Johnson admits that he was naive about […]
via The Times
All fathers will be required by law to sign their child’s birth certificate under new measures designed to increase parental responsibility.
The new law will give birth registrars powers to pursue reluctant fathers who do not want to be named. It will also prevent mothers from keeping the name of the father off […]
I spotted this on Iain Dale’s Diary about Ken Clarke’s possible re-instatement to a Cameron cabinet:-
1. Would he sign up to Cameron’s European policy?
Interesting question, but before anyone could answer it, surely they’d have to know what Cameron’s policy on Europe was.
I asked Iain himself, and he rather unhelpfully suggested I Google for it, a […]
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