Tim Almond

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.

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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 […]

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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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Just doing a quick peruse of Comment is Free when I found this:-
Asked about that modern green dilemma - whether it is better to buy organic fair trade from developing countries, Monty’s reply was uncompromising and a little politically incorrect. “Maybe the third world countries also have to suffer a bit as a result of […]

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Please Vote No For Me in the referendum.
(I promise I’ll have a few sessions on Guinness if you vote the right way, but don’t expect me to buy any Louis Walsh records).

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NHS IT 4 Years Late
It will be at least 2014 - four years later than planned - before a single NHS electronic patient records system is in place in England, say auditors.
What the hell? This was started in 2002. It’s going to have taken 12 years to deliver a patient records system?
But an NAO […]

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Carly to run with McCain?

McCain has said he’s not as strong on economics as he is on national security, so he needs accomplished business leaders, like Fiorina, advising him.

In case anyone reading has never heard of Carly Fiorina, she was CEO of HP for a few years. Her time there was so accomplished that […]

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A whole Guardian article of about 2400 words on how the world oceans are running out of fish, lots of things about how the EU are doing things globally, and not one mention of the disastrous EU fisheries policy.

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There’s now a paypal link on stuartwheeler.co.uk, so if you want to help out, it’s much easier than it was…

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via the BBC:
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay says British restaurants should be fined if they serve fruit and vegetables which are not in season. He says it would cut carbon emissions as less food would be imported and also lead to improved standards of cooking.
I was considering going to one of his restaurants for a special […]

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