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Local councils request guarantees for Icelandic investments
The Times has published a list of local councils which may lose money invested in the Icelandic banking system. I notice my own local authority is among them - is yours? What are your thoughts about ...
The Story of Thanet's Water
Thanet. It's in Kent which itself is just south of London. Here in this sleepy and largely mismanaged corner of the UK a storm is brewing.Something called the China Gateway is being proposed. Allegedl...
There is no unlimited
Lots of UK ISPs offer ADSL (Broadband) packages that have an "unlimited bandwidth" option but this is nowhere near realisticly unlimited. As I have mentioned in "iPlayer and BitTorrent: The truth abo...
Why I Must Learn French
I am thinking that I must learn to speak french. I don't just mean "Bonjour" and a spattering of phrases I'm talking chattering away in french as if there was nothing to it.I feel I must because I w...
Because I am poor I am denied justice.
What follows is a draft letter written after I experienced no less than three distinct and illegal breaches of my human rights in one day. I have spoken about this more here Because I am poor I am de...
Big borther arrives as UK plans X-Ray cameras in streets.
The Government is considering installing X-ray cameras on lampposts to spot armed terrorists and other criminals.According to a leaked memo seen by The Sun, "detection of weapons and explosives will b...