This is interesting, its an article from The Daily Mail where the Health Minster has criticised Britain’s weird relationship with food. She has reportedly said that eating lunch at your desk is disgusting and that office workers should take a proper lunch break. I’m not not sure about others but I find the comments to…
Category: Political
The Fur Flies at Downing Street
It seems all is not well at Downing Street with the cats from number 10 and number 11 being far from good friends. Whilst Downing Street have played down the disagreement, it seems the cats are not getting along. A previous story detailed how the Chancellors cat, Freya had been drafted in to take Larry’s…
Downing Street Gets a New Mouser
Larry the cat (left), who was previously the chief mouser at Downing Street could soon be seeking new employment after being replaced in the post. It seems Larry was simply not doing the job properly, with the last straw being when the Prime Minister spotted a mouse making it’s way across the floor whilst Larry…
Scotland to Lower Drink Drive Limit
If you are driving in Scotland you may soon have to take into account different drink drive limits to those in the rest of the UK. That’s according to this article which says Scotland intends to lower their drink drive limit. It is proposed that the limit will be cut to just 50mg of alcohol…
Malta Votes to Legalise Divorce
I was unaware until recently that divorce was illegal in Malta. The country which has recently voted to change the legalisation did not allow divorce making it the last European country to do so. People could, however, obtain a divorce from overseas and it would be recognised within Malta or they could seek a church…
Speed Limits Could be Changing
That’s according to this article which suggest ministers are unveiling new proposals on speed limits. Under the proposals the speed limit on motorways could be raised to 80pmh whilst those on other roads could be cut. The Government is looking to cut the number of people killed and seriously injured in car crashes. They will…
Too Sick to Work: Prove it
People who claim they are too sick to work could soon have to prove it under a new scheme. The scheme which is currently being piloted in Greater Manchester would see benefits claimants being sent to their GP for fitness tests. They would have to perform tests such as climbing stairs and picking up objects….
Transport Secretary Suggests a Lower Drink drive Limit
Lord Adonis has suggested that the drink drive limit should be lowered in England and Wales. The Government is currently waiting on the results of a report on whether the current limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood should be cut to 50. This could mean that motorists will be over…
Immigrants to be Taught How to Queue
According to this article immigrants will be taught the fine art of queuing in an effort to help them integrate into society. If the article is correct foreigners wanting to settle here would need to learn how to queue in a test of aspects of British life. Ministers believe that queue jumping is damaging social…
The BNP on Question Time: What do you Think?
I will start this post by stating that I in no way agree with any view expressed by the BNP or support them in any way. I was, however, interested to watch last weeks Question Time, in which the leader of the BNP Nick Griffin appeared. Whilst I don’t watch Question Time every week, from…