After the Gold Rush

The last few days in Seattle have not felt like a holiday. Firstly both of us have been Sleepless due to having to conclude some financial matters in the UK which is eight hours ahead. We stayed up til 3am and were up again at 7.30 two days running and it has affected our desire [...]

Land of the Free

The baseball season kicked off here the other day and George W Bush was asked to throw the first pitch.

On ESPN all you heard was 30,000 people booing him. The commentator did not comment on this instead he chose to complement the president on his (clearly bad) pitching technique.
I eagerly awaited [...]

Victory on ID cards

The government has done the sensible thing and practically abandoned its plans for ID cards, thanks entirely to this blog.*
I wonder if my MP Anne Begg will be carrying on the campaign on her own as she told me she was a big fan and that we couldn’t function as a society without them. I [...]

Spot the Difference

On January 14th David Cameron, conservative leader accused Gordon Brown of dithering over what to do with Peter Hain. Gordon said he had to wait until the parliamentary process had taken its course. Cameron insisted he should do something immediately.
Today David Cameron, when questioned on the behaviour of Tory MP Derek Conway said that he [...]