Here’s the full judgement in the Sharon Shoesmith appeal. Basically, she succeeded in getting her dismissal by Haringey Borough (London) proclaimed unlawful by the Appeal Court for a number of solid procedural reasons which together amounted (said the Court) to unfair treatment. I liked these passages, going to the issue of […]
Here is an astonishing mistake by President Obama – he today signed the Westminster Abbey guest-book using the wrong year. This is much more embarrassing than ex-President Clinton getting his Balkan Ms in a twist earlier this week. Thank goodness these fine leaders are not G W Bush, otherwise we’d all […]
Martin Kettle of the Guardian is having a bad run of form. First this clunker about the Coalition’s plans to cut back of Labour’s oppressive legacy. And now this one, arguing that any traffic offence committed a few years ago by Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne is so puny as to […]
Sorry to have been quiet, folks. Last week late on Tuesday night I found myself having a sprain-like pain in my shoulder, which then spread and spread to the point where it was clear even to a crusty old doctor-avoider like myself that something was Not Right. So we called […]
What with nearly conking out and all last week, I have not been able to post comments from readers as quickly as I usually do. Now back to what purports to be normal. Apologies to anyone whose thoughts were not shared with the world as promptly as might have been […]
Now and again we find via the Web a piece so smart that it changes the way we look at things. Such as this one over at Slate by Thomas Nachbar on the emerging assertions that Bin Laden was ‘assassinated’ or even ‘executed’ by the Americans. Read the whole thing, […]
Yesterday to wild acclaim from associated Crawfs we saw first two fresh ducklings on Crawford Pond, then a further five. Seven! Ducklings! Bliss. By late afternoon yesterday six were left. Then five, first thing this morning. Now they have all … gone
This seems like an appropriate time to remind gentle readers of this famous episode in the history of the then ruling Labour Party’s attitude to possible electoral voting procedure changes: Back in early 2005 I had sent an email to the FCO team in which I attempted to explain what […]
