The wheels came off Rudi Giuliani’s waggon while he was still gathering speed, but I think there is a distinct possibility that his analysis of the election, if not his tactics, was correct.
The early primaries (by which I mean those states whose primaries or caucuses come before Super Tuesday) have had three roles. Firstly, give […]

The issue that affects me most on a day-to-day basis that falls within the Mayor’s power is transport. It is my experience that transport - mainly the buses - has improved. There are more buses; they are new and clean; night provision has improved; and there are more routes.1 The Oyster card has worked brilliantly, […]

Lord Darzi has said that single-sex wards are not possible:
“The only way we’re going to have single-sex wards within the NHS is to build the whole of the NHS into single rooms.
which, apparently, drew ‘an angry response’ from the Patients [sic] Association:
We want to see entirely single sex wards, not accommodation. Otherwise patients still have […]

I wrote a little while ago about the quite phenomenal screw-up at Societe General. It turns out that a rogue trader gambled seventy-three billion, three hundred million United States dollars – US$73,300,000,000 – according to a French presidential aide reported by AP. In addition to the states I mentioned on the earlier post, that would […]

Like Paul Evans of Hot, Ginger and Dynamite, I hail from Somerset but live in London. Paul has given a ‘State of the Blogosphere’ address in advance of President George W Bush’s final State of the Union address. In anticipation of the final opposition response to a State of the Union address by Bush, this […]

From time to time, we hear that the private sector should do pretty much everything because it is more efficient, more effective, better and so on. While I don’t doubt that there are problems with the public sectors (nota bene plural), there are some problems with the private sector, too.
As I understand it, someone earning […]

The Winchester Whisperer has tagged me with a meme about household management - what tips can we pass on? WW has successfully used a stone cat as a mouse deterrent. I have three suggestions:
If you have just spilt red wine on the carpet, white wine is good for removing the stain. Red wine should not […]

Had I been voting in the recent Lib Dem leadership contest, I would have voted for Chris Huhne as the candidate most identifiably different from Gordon Brown and David Cameron. In voting for Mr Clegg, they have chosen someone who looks and sounds like Mr Cameron and, I feel, impacts in a similar manner. Mr […]

I’m actually rather sad about Heath Ledger’s untimely death. He came across as a decent sort in interviews and I rather liked some of the films in which he acted. Indeed, some of them will go down as classics. Ten Things I Hate About You, Monster’s Ball, Ned Kelly and, of course, Brokeback Mountain. A […]

Nickelback have re-released their song ‘Rockstar’. For those that don’t know, Nickelback are a popular beat combo. I rather like the song; however, VH1 has a different take on things.

VH1 have censored some of the lines. They are, with the inaudible word in italics,
the drugs come cheap
Everybody’s got a drug dealer on speed dial
and
Gonna pop […]