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Pointless Passwords
My work laptop has fingerprint recognition – it never asks for a password to login, I only ever access it using my fingerprint. Nonetheless, every three months I log on and I’m greeted by the message “It’s time to change … Continue reading
Curfew Call
It seems that an awful lot of people are getting their knickers in a twist because the Green Party’s Baroness Jones made a call for a 6pm curfew to be enforced upon men in the wake of the death of … Continue reading
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Boris Johnson’s Vaulting Ambition
With his nakedly populist demands for more money for the NHS (with no source specified this time, in contrast to 350 million previous untruths), Boris Johnson has once again exposed himself as being a shameless blaggard. Surely nobody can now … Continue reading
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Theresa May’s Claim to British Values
Theresa May got a lot of praise for her speech in response to Wednesday’s terror attack, and rightly so. In that speech, she stated that “democracy – and the values it entails – will always prevail. Those values – free … Continue reading
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The Politics of Smears and Accusations
There’s no denying that Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t give good sound-bites. He may be a great many things but he’s certainly not a PR man. Nonetheless, I was most surprised that our Prime Minister recently described Corbyn as “the Britain-hater” when … Continue reading
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Disproportionate Representation
Conservative defence minister Anna Soubry has described the prospect of a Labour government supported by the SNP as “terrifying”. Really? What about a government that has cut deals with the racist EDL? What of a government supported by Ukip (a … Continue reading
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An End to a Life on Benefits
I see David Cameron has pledged that, if the Conservatives are returned to power in May, he will bring an end to a life on benefits. What, another one? It was recently revealed that the rate of suicides under the current punishing … Continue reading
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Cadbury’s Crèming Profits
This week it was revealed that Cadbury’s have made their Crème Eggs smaller and have reduced of the number of eggs in a pack from six to five. They have also changed the recipe, substituting standard milk chocolate for the … Continue reading
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Church Weddings
The Church of England has claimed that laws to permit gay marriage may portend an end to church weddings altogether, with suggestions that it is ‘one of the most serious threats to the Church in 500 years.’ This seems odd, … Continue reading
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Immigration
I see that Migration Watch UK (which describes itself as both a non-political body and a think-tank, despite abundant evidence to the contrary) has produced a report which suggests that Eastern European immigrants are taking jobs from British youths. Chairman … Continue reading